Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One Iberian harvester ant queen gave birth to two different species: an Iberian harvester male (left) and a Messor structor male. ...

A rare ant species endemic to Japan has been found to be the only kind that lacks both workers and males, consisting exclusively of queens. Ant colonies typically consist of reproductive females, also ...

Soft and defenseless, these baby caterpillars are pulling off the ultimate high-stakes heist. They don’t just sneak into an ...

Nature can get downright brutal in the most unexpected ways—especially when parasites are involved. For the well-organized society of ants, some parasites are known to topple the existing social order ...

MONTPELLIER, France — Researchers have uncovered an unusual survival strategy in Iberian harvester ants that turns basic biology on its head: The queens can produce eggs that develop into two ...