Ant genomes reveal how social insects evolved cooperation, preserved caste genes, and rewired chromosomes over 100 million ...

A curious summer encounter with rogue ants turns into a humorous journey through science, myth, and the mysterious habits of ...

Once they’ve mated, the role of the male ants is over and they tend to die within a week. Female ants, uh, chew off their ...

This important manuscript by Genzoni et al. reports the striking discovery of a regulatory role for trophic eggs in ant caste determination. Prior to this study, trophic eggs were widely assumed to ...

The Indian government has long insisted that the social hierarchy has no place in the country, which banned caste discrimination in 1950.

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian ...

University of Copenhagen researchers uncovered how juvenile hormone regulates caste differentiation in pharaoh ants. By treating worker larvae with the hormone, researchers induced queen-like traits.

In Empire of the Ants you're 103,683rd, a warrior-caste red wood ant who fights for their confederation of ant colonies against the much larger world's wonders and horrors. It's a wonderfully ...

Turtle ants also have a caste system. The number of different female castes within that system can sometimes vary between species, but in all colonies, there is only one queen.