The chemical alerts appear to be situational and depend on proximity to adult worker ants. While a single ant is a comparatively simple creature, things quickly grow more complex as you increase the ...

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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 ...

In the forests of California’s Sierra Nevada, nature takes a dark, cunning turn. There’s a species of red ant, Polyergus mexicanus, that doesn’t just .