In the clonal raider ant (Ooceraea biroi), workers in a colony alternate between caring for larvae and laying eggs in a ...

In this video, I raised a queen trap-jaw ant into an entire ant colony and simulated real-world events to observe the ants' reactions. The unexpected ending sets the stage for another video. #ants ...

Nigel Andrew is an editor of Austral Ecology and subject editor (Zoology) for PeerJ. He played no part in the double-blind peer-review process of the Austral Ecology research paper this article draws ...

A rare Japanese ant is the only species known to lack female workers and males; all of its young develop into parasitic queens that try to take over other colonies. When you purchase through links on ...

An ant that can turn carbon dioxide in the air into dolomite stone in its exoskeleton may hold clues to how humans can sequester greenhouse gases to avert climate disaster. Fungus-farming ants forage ...

Objective Sport Mental Health Assessment Tool 1 (SMHAT-1) ensures comprehensive and reliable mental health screening in athletes. However, its triage’s predictive validity varies depending on the ...

A few months ago, I awoke to find a streak spanning the length of my kitchen wall that looked like it had been drawn there with thick black crayon. This was confounding, given that I live alone, save ...

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Motion planning and Navigation of AGV/AMR：matlab implementation of Dijkstra, A*, Theta*, JPS, D*, LPA*, D* Lite, RRT, RRT*, RRT-Connect, Informed RRT*, ACO, Voronoi ...

A new study reveals astonishing behavior within ant colonies: certain worker ants willingly sacrifice themselves to protect the colony’s survival. Researchers found that these ants take on high-risk ...

Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of self-sacrifice.

Scientists say they have for the first time unlocked how a parasitic ant uses chemical warfare to take over the nest of a different species, by tricking workers into an unlikely assassination. The ...