Species with thinner protective barriers may need fewer resources and tend to have a greater ability to adapt to new habitats ...

Swarm finance is set to transform financial infrastructure through decentralized, adaptive agent systems that enhance ...

The red, fertile soils of Bumbani, located in the heart of Tsimba Golini Ward in Kwale County, support a wide range of crops thanks to their deep, well-drained nature. It is here that Seeds of Gold ...

"By warning the colony of their deadly infection, terminally ill ants help the colony remain healthy and produce daughter colonies, which indirectly pass on the signaler’s genes to the next generation ...

Ant pupae that are fatally sick don’t hide their condition; instead, they release a special scent that warns the rest of the colony. This signal prompts worker ants to open the pupae’s cocoons and ...

Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of self-sacrifice.

New research shows that terminally ill baby ants tell other ants to kill them, potentially protecting the rest of the colony from their infection. In a study published today in the journal Nature ...

Joe Wince inspects a dying hive of bees that returned to their hive following the death of the colony’s queen. LIMA — A routine inspection of the honeybee hives at JK Orchard and Farm turned to ...

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide. The scientist E.O. Wilson once wrote that ants are the most warlike of all ...

Move over, Game of Thrones—ants can turn armies against their leaders and use subterfuge to take over entire kingdoms, too. This chilling discovery did not originate with a professional scientist, but ...

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 ...