Most people have done it. You see something small and wiggly on a plant, your brain says “bug = bad,” and your hand is ...

An ant (genus Atta) removes fragments of a fungus garden used to feed the colony. The insects’ cleaning behavior functions as a social immune system. Credit: Quimi Vidaurre Montoya/IB-UNESP Analysis ...

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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.

Ant pupae are unable to move, however, so they've developed a unique mechanism that leads them to sacrifice their own life for the betterment of the nest. Researchers in Austria have discovered that ...

Here we present melanic forms of ants belonging to the light-colored Neotropical species Heteroponera dolo (Ectatomminae) and Prionopelta punctulata (Amblyoponinae). We also discuss the intraspecific ...