Ant species that evolved thinner shells traded individual armor protection for increases in colony size, University of ...

A new study shows how ants grow huge colonies by choosing numbers over strength and relying on teamwork instead of tough ...

Learn how ants traded individual protection for collective power — and what it reveals about how complex societies evolve.

Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? As silly as it sounds, the question captures a real ...

Do you ever feel as if you could do your bosses' jobs better than they can? Or do you ever think about marching into a whole new career? If so, new research from the University of Arizona suggests ...

In sessile organisms such as plants and benthic invertebrates, founding propagules typically suffer extremely high rates of mortality due to both extrinsic and intrinsic factors. Many social insect ...

New research offers fresh insight into how different morphological types and social roles emerge in ant societies, confirming that size is coupled to caste, with genes ultimately deciding how size and ...