Since fire ants first came to the United States in the early 20th century, researchers have searched for ways to control ...

Researchers observed nests created by ants of the Lasius genus and found out how their members attack their own mothers due ...

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

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.

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

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

Some ants kill the queens of another species and take over their colonies, but we now know at least one species gets workers ...

Newly mated parasitic queen ants invade colonies and spray their victims with a chemical irritant that provokes the workers to kill their mother.

L. orientalis usurps the throne by making their way into the nest and spraying the host queen with chemicals. As the dose ...

Rebecca Trager meets a cross-disciplinary team investigating an ancient way to make yoghurt, which involved a trip to a tiny ...

Ghost ants can be a major pest if allowed to enter your home. Follow these steps to keep them out, or, if they're already ...