When infected by a fungal disease, ant pupae actively emit a chemical cue that prompts workers to get rid of them for the ...

As individuals, driver ants are small and relatively insignificant creatures. But as a colony, they transform into a huge and ...

Deep inside an ant nest, some of the youngest members are primed to die for the group. When infection strikes, these baby ...

Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part ...

The classic thought experiment about a horse-sized duck and a hundred duck-sized horses is more than a joke. It captures a ...

Researchers have observed sick adult ants leaving their colony to avoid sickening others. Now, they've discovered that ...