Scientists document a rare form of social parasitism in which invading queens weaponize chemistry and worker ants to dethrone ...

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

Parasitic ants have developed a method to take over colonies with rulers too strong to defeat by direct attack. They use a chemical spray to sow divisions within the colony, creating the circumstances ...