Queen ants live far longer than their worker counterparts. The black garden ant queen has a lifespan of up to 15 years, while worker ants typically only live for a few months.

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 ...

Researchers thought colder temperatures and higher elevations could stop the march of invasive fire ants. Mother Nature had ...

Elusive ant queen pheromone tracked down Date: July 14, 2010 Source: University of Copenhagen Summary: Much like humans, social insects such as ants and bees behave differently when their mother ...

A black garden ant queen, for example, can lay one million eggs and live for 30 years, while her sterile worker sisters only live for a year. In the new study, ...

A file photo of a queen ant and her young hatching. Black garden ant queens cannibalize their offspring if they are infected with disease. ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS ...

Queen Ants and Other Insects Bury Their Dead—Here's Why. ... queens of the black garden ant will bury their co-foundress in the event of her death.