When infected by a fungal disease, ant pupae actively emit a chemical cue that prompts workers to get rid of them for the ...

Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part ...

Deep inside an ant nest, some of the youngest members are primed to die for the group. When infection strikes, these baby ...

The behavior prevents fungal pathogens from spreading through the colony Researchers call it "altruistic disease signaling" that protects the ant superorganism In a rare example of biological altruism ...

The classic thought experiment about a horse-sized duck and a hundred duck-sized horses is more than a joke. It captures a ...

Researchers have observed sick adult ants leaving their colony to avoid sickening others. Now, they've discovered that ...

Queen bumblebees have sparser hair on their tongues than worker bees, which makes them less efficient at lapping up nectar, ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in individual armor and produce far more ants. Larger colonies then ...

An unreleased Queen Christmas song that “no one has ever heard” will soon be released, according to guitarist Brian May. The song, titled ‘Not For Sale (Polar Bear)’ was recorded in 1974 during the ...

Caged in enclosures in Madrid's Retiro Park, they were described as 'strange', 'disfigured', 'brutal' and 'subhuman'. It was in the spring of 1887 that Spain's Queen Maria Cristina inaugurated the ...

Ph.D. student Juju Dessert will explore the fascinating world of leafcutter ants. These ants aren’t eating the leaves they carry—they use plant matter to cultivate a special fungus in their ...