Climate shapes how ants and parasite interact, fight, and evolve as temperature and humidity drive behavior and genetic change.

Two winged clonal raider ants stand out against a white background. About a decade ago, scientists observing clonal raider ants spotted something strange: Although the species is known to be queenless ...

Two new studies show how climate influences behavior, communication, and genome evolution—driving adaptation in a long-running conflict.

“Our discovery reveals a parasite that is more sophisticated than we originally believed it to be.” Studying hundreds of infected ants in the Bidstrup Forests, in Denmark, scientists painstakingly ...

CNN — Around the world, a parasitic fungus transforms ants into "zombies." The fungus is like something out of a horror movie: The organism hijacks the body and brain of its ant host, mind-controlling ...

A new genetics study of ant “social parasites” shows how complex sets of features can emerge rapidly and potentially split species. When the researcher Daniel Kronauer was still a postdoc in 2008, he ...

Imagine coming-to, jaws gripping the top of a swaying blade of grass, unaware of how you got there. That's the reality for ants infected with the lancet liver fluke, a tiny parasitic flatworm. Liver ...

All ants came from one mother. When the queen lays eggs, her daughters, the worker ants, care for them with utmost devotion and pass down the same genes to the next generation. When a parasitic ant ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Crickets are parasites—for some ant colonies. The species of ant ...

A genus of fungi previously considered a parasite of fungi associated with ants may actually have much more complex ecological functions. According to a study published in the journal Communications ...