Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An intruding Lasius orientalis queen (left) gains access to the host queen of L. flavus for first contact. - Yuji Tanaka/Current ...

Scientists have uncovered a shocking tactic used by parasitic ant queens. These invaders infiltrate existing nests and manipulate worker ants. Using a chemical disguise, they gain entry. Then, they ...

For more than 40 years, researchers suspected this species might operate in such an extreme way, but they couldn’t prove it. Now, a new study confirms it. This is the first known ant species made up ...

Entomologist Jessica Purcell calls the learned behavior “a new height of exploitation” Getty Parasitic queen ants infiltrate rival ant colonies and trigger workers to kill their own queen The takeover ...

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 ...