All the queens were seen to survive even after eating infected larvae. The researchers suggest this may be due to the queen ...

Genetic diversity is essential to the survival of a species. It's easy enough to maintain if a species reproduces sexually; ...

Ant queens stay close to home in their hunt for a mate and as a result produce thousands of inbred offspring, a study has found. A queen mates only once, can live up to 30 years, and will continue ...

In a surprising twist from the natural world, queen ants are taking extreme measures to protect their colonies from disease by eating their own infected offspring. According to a new study led by ...

Ant larvae fight the offspring of parasitic queens. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 03 / 190320102221.htm. University of Helsinki.

Compared to ants, that is a mediocre milestone. Skip to main content. ... and queens. The workers, all females, care for the bigger queen and her offspring, maintain the nest, and forage for food.

It has been dubbed Flying Ant Day and it wreaks havoc on Brits forced to swat away amorous swarms gathering for their annual ...

But for the male ants, this is an evolutionary dead end – since the hybrid offspring can’t reproduce, it means their genes won’t be passed on to future generations.

Ants use leaves to grow white tufts of nutritious fungus to feed their offspring. Ants don’t eat leaves, they use them to grow white tufts of nutritious fungus to feed their offspring. Their ...

In certain ant species, queens invade the colonies of other species, kill the host queen or queens and lay their eggs in the host nest. After this, the host workers tend to the offspring of the ...

Ants have a reputation of being industrious hard-working animals, ... Some violently tear their masters' offspring to pieces, depositing the remains outside the nest.