Biologist E.O. Wilson once wrote that "ants are the most warlike of all animals," noting that clashes between ant colonies dwarfed the human battles at Waterloo and Gettysburg. But sometimes ant ...

Experts discovered an unusual form of regicide in which a parasitic ant queen tricks workers in a colony into turning on their own mother. By Rebecca Dzombak Rebecca Dzombak previously reported on ...

Scientists say they have for the first time unlocked how a parasitic ant uses chemical warfare to take over the nest of a different species, by tricking workers into an unlikely assassination. The ...

A nine-month-old baby killed by his family's XL bully dog has been named at the opening of an inquest into his death. Jonte William Bluck was bitten by the animal while staying at his father's home in ...

Two people have been arrested after an XL bully killed a baby in South Wales. They were arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control, causing injury resulting in death, ...

Police were called to a property on Crossway, Rogiet, on Sunday evening. The dog that killed a nine-month-old baby boy in south-east Wales was an XL bully, police have confirmed. Gwent Police said the ...

The dog that killed a nine-month-old baby boy in south-east Wales was an XL bully, police have confirmed. Gwent Police said the six-year-old dog was registered and that a certificate of exemption was ...

Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Trump administration officials warned of additional trade tariffs and made personal threats against negotiators from ...

Researchers have uncovered an unusual survival strategy in Iberian harvester ants that turns basic biology on its head: The queens can produce eggs that develop into two different ant species. A team ...

Iberian harvester ant queens have a unique superpower: They can lay eggs that hatch into an entirely different species. This discovery, described in a new paper published September 3 in the journal ...

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The discovery of an unusual reproductive system for one ant species solves a long-standing puzzle about a missing population of another ant species. Each of these species clones males: the father’s ...