Move over, Game of Thrones—ants can turn armies against their leaders and use subterfuge to take over entire kingdoms, too. This chilling discovery did not originate with a professional scientist, but ...

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 ...

Matthew Sparks receives funding from a PhD studentship through an EPSRC UKRI Doctoral Training Partnership between Swansea University and Rentokil Initial under the name 'Characterisation and ...

Biologist E.O. Wilson once wrote that "ants are the most warlike of all animals," noting that clashes between ant colonies dwarfed the human battles at Waterloo and Gettysburg. But sometimes ant ...

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 ...

Nature can get downright brutal in the most unexpected ways—especially when parasites are involved. For the well-organized society of ants, some parasites are known to topple the existing social order ...

Researchers discovered that Mediterranean ants are having babies that belong to a different species. Researchers observed queens of the Mediterranean harvester ant species Messor ibericus, left, ...

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. A team ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Jagneaux is a writer and analyst, covering MMOs and retro games. So far, we know Honkai: Nexus Anima is coming to both PC ...

The English-language Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Closed Beta Test is live this weekend on PC and I’ve been checking it out for myself ahead of the game’s global launch in October. There are eight ...

With the HyperOS 3 beta release around the corner, Xiaomi users may be wondering how to sign up for early access to the software. The brand allows limited users to test early builds once they are ...

After a month of beta testing, Apple is expected to release iOS 26 public beta either on Monday or within the next few days. If the company sticks to its usual pattern, the public test version arrives ...