It grows quickly and depends on adult worker ants to feed it. These workers decide how much and what kind of food the larva ...

Most ant species are born into royalty. But for Indian jumping ants, female workers can fight for the crown. The catch? The winner becomes queen, but its brain also shrinks. In a study published ...

Even among ants, royal status is mostly an inherited affair. But for Indian jumping ants, a shot at wearing the crown is worth losing a bit of your brain for — especially as you'll always be able to ...

Ant queens aren't just large workers; they possess wings, large ovaries, and special eyes, while workers lack these features.

If their bids at motherhood fail, they can then regrow their brains. By Annie Roth The Indian jumping ant, Harpegnathos saltator, has many talents. This inch-long arthropod, found in flood plains ...