Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a... fire ant? OK, fine, fire ant queens are probably way too small to see when they’re 400 feet above the ground, but flying is a vital part of ...

It grows quickly and depends on adult worker ants to feed it. These workers decide how much and what kind of food the larva ...

A tapeworm infection benefits ant workers by extending their lives, allowing ordinary workers to survive as long as their queen does. Susanne Foitzik at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany ...