The biological sex of an ant is determined by whether an individual ant is haploid or diploid. In other words, it depends on whether they have one set or two sets of chromosomes in the nuclei of their ...

Four men were convicted in May for attempting to smuggle 5 440 giant African harvester ants from Kenya to Europe and Asia. The suspects (from Belgium, Vietnam and Kenya) were ordered to pay US$7 700 ...

Did you know that scientists have made an exciting discovery about an ant species native to southern Europe? They recently discovered that Iberian harvester ant queens are able to produce offspring of ...

Ants are known for their hierarchical societies and well-codified reproduction. However, a recent discovery shows that a European species completely upends these established rules. (a) M. ibericus ...

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It is assumed that when a living organism gives birth to a child, it will belong to the same species as the parent or parents. However, researchers have now found a species of ants that has turned ...

Ant queens do not usually blur species lines, yet the Iberian harvester ant (Messor genus) does exactly that. A new study reports queens that produce their own species and also generate males of a ...

Scientists have revealed that queen ants in southern Europe can produce male clones of a completely different species, in a remarkable discovery that is shaking up the field of biology. The ...

Scientists have discovered that Iberian harvester ant queens have a unique reproductive ability that has never been seen in any other animal. This type of hybridization isn’t uncommon on its own. Ant ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Iberian harvester ant produces ...

Researchers discovered that Mediterranean ants are having babies that belong to a different species. Researchers observed queens of the Mediterranean harvester ant species Messor ibericus, left, ...

Florida Harvester Ant – Pogonomyrmex badius, Lake June-in-Winter Scrub State Park, Lake Placid, Florida. Credit: Judy Gallagher – CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Researchers reported that a queen ant ...