They recently discovered that Iberian harvester ant queens are able to produce offspring of a completely different species, ...

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The queens in colonies of social insects, such as ants, bees, and wasps, are considered the veritable embodiment of specialization in the animal kingdom. The common perception is that the queen's only ...

This week, a new lineage of tropical mammoth has been discovered in Mexico, the latest in the saga of whether the small-brained Homo naledi may have buried its dead, and violent storms led to the ...

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. A team ...