When an animal parent has a child, both will belong to the same species. Humans beget humans, combfish beget combfish, and ...

Discovering ants inside the pantry or on a countertop can be frustrating and even leave homeowners feeling a bit squeamish, especially if the ants attack containers of food. Fortunately, there are ...

Researchers have uncovered an unusual survival strategy in Iberian harvester ants that turns basic biology on its head: The ...

Meet the Messor ibericus harvester ant, the only animal on record that clones another animal to carry out its lifecycle, ...

Ants, though small, create significant disturbances in various environments. Twelve common species, including carpenter, pavement, and fire ants, disrupt homes and gardens. These ants cause structural ...

Scientists discover that a queen ants of the Messor genus produce males from another species to breed hybrid workers in ...

The strange reproductive trait in these ants was discovered by the scientists after more than five years of extensive ...

A species of ant found scurrying across southern Europe is the first animal found that clones males of another species.

(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.

Iberian harvester ant queens produce offspring of their own species and of the builder harvester ant, seemingly by cloning ...

Ants are tiny so that it’s nearly impossible to keep them out of your house, says Bertone. But these tips can help: · Remove thick mulch up against your home, and trim tree limbs and shrubs so they ...

Queen Iberian harvester ants are capable of storing and cloning the sperm from a cousin species, spawning hybrid offspring to take on the hard work of keeping the colony intact.