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 ...

A sneaky, stealthy parasite queen can turn an ant colony against itself. Newly-mated queens of two parasitic ant species have been found to sneak into an ant colony, creep towards the resident ant ...

Matthew Sparks receives funding from a PhD studentship through an EPSRC UKRI Doctoral Training Partnership between Swansea University and Rentokil Initial under the name 'Characterisation and ...

Decades ago, a Chinese village became an official symbol of revolutionary “self-reliance.” The slogan hasn’t changed, but nearly everything else has. Jia Tianlian tending his tiny plot of land in ...

Earth's most successful creatures, ants, form vast, organized societies. The Argentine ant, however, has created an astonishing supercolony spanning thousands of miles across Southern Europe. Billions ...

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 ...

The black parasitic ant tricks the workers into attacking their amber queen. Current Biology / Takasuka et al. Ants are no strangers to violence. Sometimes, an outsider queen will attack a colony’s ...

Whether by sandbox or garbage pile, you've made it underground to the last Super Chip location, and now it's time to investigate the Black Ant Lab. Making your way through the underground tunnels ...

Discover the Dinoponera, Earth's largest ant, reaching up to 4 cm! These South American giants boast a unique queenless colony structure, with workers competing for reproductive roles. Their ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Brook was hired as a judge on the reality show in 2009, but was dropped just one week later. While it was explained that Brook had ...

Kelly Brook has officially landed in the Australian jungle for her stint on I'm A Celebrity. While she's surrounded by stars from all areas of showbiz on the show, there are two that the model has a ...