New Study Discovers Parasitic Ant Queens Can Trigger Workers to Kill Their Own Queen: 'Very Brutal'

According to a new study published in Current Biology on Monday, Nov. 17, several species of parasitic ants have evolved a ...
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Newsom roasts Stephen Miller over ‘homeland defender’ call: ‘Slay queen’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom ramped up his attacks on the Trump administration, with a meme mocking White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. On Thursday, Miller made an X post, urging ...

Why some ant colonies get tricked into killing their own queens

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide.

Parasitic ant tricks workers into killing their queen, then takes the throne

Scientists document a new form of host manipulation where an invading, parasitic ant queen "tricks" ant workers into killing ...

Parasite Convinces Ant Colony Workers to Kill Their Queen

In the ruthless world of parasitic ants, taking over a host colony is a matter of life and death. The conventional ...

How an ant colony can be tricked into betraying its queen

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide.