Queens of some ant species have evolved an unusually hostile mode for colony takeover: they infiltrate colonies of other ant ...

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

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

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

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

Invasive ants disrupt bee feeding, trigger fights, reduce nectar return to hives, and may shape long term bee behavior and ...

During the original queen’s downfall, the parasitic ant will even retreat and hide as the workers kill their leader. In some ...

Scientists document a new form of host manipulation where an invading, parasitic ant queen "tricks" ant workers into killing ...

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They explained that in the ruthless world of parasitic ants, taking over a host colony is a matter of life and death.

Scientists say they have for the first time unlocked how a parasitic ant uses chemical warfare to take over the nest of a ...

Lasius orientalis and Lasius umbratus—invade and overtake a host ant colony. In both cases, the parasitic ant queen invades the nest and sprays the host colony queen with what is likely formic acid.