Tiny pharaoh ants invade buildings and hospitals, moving along walls and pipes, defying all conventional control methods.

According to a new study published in Current Biology on Monday, Nov. 17, several species of parasitic ants have evolved a way to manipulate worker ants into killing their own queen — a form of ...

The critical factor for determining which ants become queens or workers may be as simple as some extra insulin. In a study published Thursday in the journal Science, researchers showed that the genes ...

“By warning the colony of their deadly infection, terminally ill ants help the colony remain healthy and produce daughter ...

Ant pupae that are fatally sick don’t hide their condition; instead, they release a special scent that warns the rest of the ...

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 ...

Dying ants broadcast a chemical “end me” signal that triggers swift sacrifice, protecting the colony from deadly infections.

Fatally infected ant pupae emit a precise chemical signal that triggers workers to disinfect—and sacrifice—them to stop disease spread.

Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said ...

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 ...

A new study shows that sick young ant pupae release a chemical scent asking worker ants to kill them to stop diseases from ...