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 ...

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s good to be the queen—the ant queen, that is—because mating does wonders for her immune system. When exposure ...

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

The tough love of the surviving queens doesn’t stop at cannibalism. Researchers also observed queen ants spraying the infected larvae with acidic venom before feasting, which may help kill ...

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New research shows that ants have been farming fungi for 66 million years — thanks in part to the asteroid that fueled the ...

Research highlights how the meteor impact that ended the dinosaurs helped spawn the mutualistic relationship between ants and ...

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.

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Parasitic ants parasitize other ants using aggression ... The slaves tend brood, gather food, feed their enslavers, care for the queen, and defend the nest against threats. If the colony moves ...