The researchers think the pattern they observed in ants reflects a more universal trend in the evolution of societal ...

Species with thinner protective barriers may need fewer resources and tend to have a greater ability to adapt to new habitats ...

Ant species that evolved thinner shells traded individual armor protection for increases in colony size, University of ...

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Here’s a fun (and creepy) fact: The Earth is home to approximately 20 quadrillion ants. To put zeroes on it, that’s around 20,000,000,000,000,000 of the six-legged insects living all around us. How ...

Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of self-sacrifice.

The rapid diversification of ants has “led to their role as ecological engineers” that can work in habitats across the world, ...

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Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of self-sacrifice.

Paris (AFP) – Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in ...