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.

A rare ant species endemic to Japan has been found to be the only kind that lacks both workers and males, consisting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ant colonies typically consist of reproductive females, also known as queens, and non-reproductive female workers, as well as ...

Finding a caterpillar with rhythm was “mind-blowing,” suggesting it might be a more widespread part of animal communication than thought.

For more than 40 years, researchers suspected this species might operate in such an extreme way, but they couldn’t prove it. Now, a new study confirms it. This is the first known ant species made up ...