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(CNN) — 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.

New research is indicating that invasive foreign ants that have hitched rides on global imports are slowly becoming the dominant species in the state of Florida. Populations of non-native leaf-litter ...

Ants you might find on Maui: graceful twig ant (center) as well as (clockwise from top left) the sickle-toothed ant, black house ant, yellow crazy ant, Emery’s sneaking ant, little yellow ant, African ...

Fire ants might come in different flavors, but they're all basically nasty and unwanted in North Carolina. Even so, the invasive ant native to South America is here to stay − and is adapting. Here's a ...

NEW ORLEANS, March 17, 2024 — Insects are typically unwelcome visitors to a picnic, but they could be a flavorful, nutritious and sustainable addition to the menu. Eating insects is common in some ...

Some families of caterpillars (larvae of butterflies and moths) have developed a specific kind of interaction with ants. One ...