Ant queens in colonies of black garden ants (Lasius niger) do exactly this, devouring their sick young to recycle their ...

Ant mothers are the queens of tough love. They simply don't have time to coddle their sick young. If a newly hatched black ...

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Many species of animal eat their own young in certain circumstances. However, scientists report that queen black garden ants (Lasius niger) eat offspring in a seemingly unappetizing state ...

CHILD #1:How would an ant be born? ADAM:How would an ant be born? Well inside a colony there's a queen, she's a really big ant and she lays all the eggs that produce all of the ants in the colony.

NARRATOR:'In a leafcutter colony there is a queen ant, and she is much bigger than the other ants. And her job is to lay eggs. NARRATOR:'Then there are lots of different types of worker ant.

Ants, the most common insects in the world, are an essential part of our ecosystem. They're also a big nuisance. Here's ...

"The queen is at least 11 times bigger than a worker ant." "The queen comes back to land and she cuts off her wings, digs a hole and won't eat for at least a month," she explained. "She digests ...

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Loretta McEllhiney is largely responsible for creating the standardized trails people use to summit Colorado's iconic ...