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 ...

Ecosystems are entirely interconnected — if one element is changed, it can cause ripple effects through the entire system. For evidence, look no further than Kenya, where the introduction of a new ...

Researchers discovered that Mediterranean ants are having babies that belong to a different species. Researchers observed queens of the Mediterranean harvester ant species Messor ibericus, left, ...

Worker ants perform important tasks like gathering food, taking care of eggs and larvae and nest building. However, some species of ants cannot produce workers through reproductive means with their ...

Queen Iberian harvester ants are capable of storing and cloning the sperm from a cousin species, spawning hybrid offspring to take on the hard work of keeping the colony intact. Reading time 3 minutes ...