Bizarrely, Iberian harvester ant queens lay eggs that turn into male builder harvester ants, and some of her offspring are ...

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.

When an animal parent has a child, both will belong to the same species. Humans beget humans, combfish beget combfish, and ...

The researchers even coined a word for it, xenoparity, meaning “foreign birth”. It pushes the boundaries of what we mean by ...

Iberian harvester ant queens produce offspring of their own species and of the builder harvester ant, seemingly by cloning ...

Scientists discover that a queen ants of the Messor genus produce males from another species to breed hybrid workers in ...

Insects are essential for ecosystems, but mounting evidence suggests many populations are collapsing under modern pressures.

Most people can't tell the difference between ants and termites—but it's very important to tell them apart so you know how to ...

New research finds that 79 percent of Fiji's endemic ant species—those that are native to and only found on the ...

Somehow, queen ants can mate with males of another species and clone them, producing eggs from another species entirely.

Anime battles today have amazing production value and choreography, but a vast majority don't hold a candle to 2011's Hunter ...