Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two winged clonal raider ants stand out against a white background. Two winged clonal raider ants stand out against a white ...

Ants are known as hard workers, tirelessly attending to their assigned tasks—foraging for food, nurturing larvae, digging tunnels, tidying the nest. But in truth, some are total layabouts. Called ...

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Scientists isolated a “supergene” that seems to transform raider ants into freeloaders with attributes similar to queens found in other species. By Rebecca Dzombak To thrive, ant colonies rely on ...

For ants, the ability to instantly distinguish nestmates from outsiders who might hijack the colony is crucial. Now, a new study shows that the system that ants use to determine who belongs in the ...

The findings offer a new way to understand how some ants become total layabouts. Ants are known as hard workers, tirelessly attending to their assigned tasks -- foraging for food, nurturing larvae, ...