It's an effective trick if you can get away with it.

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 ...

The scientist E.O. Wilson once wrote that ants are the most warlike of all animals. He said clashes between ant colonies could make great military clashes seem almost small by comparison. Sometimes, ...

A single queen in the tropics; large colonies in deserts; workers with uniform morphology in temperate regions; ant social ...