When infected by a fungal disease, ant pupae actively emit a chemical cue that prompts workers to get rid of them for the ...

Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part ...

The behavior prevents fungal pathogens from spreading through the colony Researchers call it "altruistic disease signaling" that protects the ant superorganism In a rare example of biological altruism ...

Deep inside an ant nest, some of the youngest members are primed to die for the group. When infection strikes, these baby ...

A mother's love isn't necessarily universal across the animal kingdom, with some mothers even resorting to eating children who aren't quite up to scratch. Ant queens in colonies of black garden ants ...

New research shows that terminally ill baby ants tell other ants to kill them, potentially protecting the rest of the colony from their infection. In a study published today in the journal Nature ...

Ants use 'chemical warfare' to compel host workers to kill their own queen, reveals new research. Scientists have observed for the first time an invading ant queen using a chemical spray to compel ...

Researchers have observed sick adult ants leaving their colony to avoid sickening others. Now, they've discovered that ...