New research has shown that when exposed to a pathogen, black garden ant colonies alter nest construction patterns to prevent ...

In an ant colony, the queen is dying, under attack by her own daughters. Meanwhile, the true enemy — an invader queen from ...

A new study published in Current Biology documented the queen of an ant species dethroning the queen of another species using ...

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide.

Scientists newly described how a parasitic ant queen infiltrates another ant species’ colony and tricks the workers into killing their mother.

Experts discovered an unusual form of regicide in which a parasitic ant queen tricks workers in a colony into turning on their own mother.

A sneaky spray of chemicals makes ant workers turn on their own mother — the queen — so a parasitic invader can take over the ...

This pattern deviated from previously known forms of parasitism in ant colonies, which typically had the invading queen ...

Backyards can harbor venomous creatures like scorpions, snakes, and spiders, which typically avoid humans and play vital ...

Scientists use a natural pathogen and ant behavior to collapse invasive tawny crazy ant colonies and help restore ecosystems.