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.

REHOVOT, Israel — Scientists have long been fascinated by collective intelligence, the idea that groups can solve problems ...

Starting a colony is a dangerous enterprise - so some ants find creative and brutal techniques to take over other queens’ ...

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 ...

Tanya Latty co-founded and volunteers for conservation organisation Invertebrates Australia, is former president of the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour and is on the education ...