Biologist E.O. Wilson once wrote that "ants are the most warlike of all animals," noting that clashes between ant colonies dwarfed the human battles at Waterloo and Gettysburg. But sometimes ant ...

Experts discovered an unusual form of regicide in which a parasitic ant queen tricks workers in a colony into turning on their own mother. By Rebecca Dzombak Rebecca Dzombak previously reported on ...

Ants Empire is a Roblox incremental sim that’s all about commanding an army of adorable little ants. In Ants Empire, you’ll take quests from the Queen Ant, hatch rare ants from eggs, and command them ...

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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, ...

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 ...

The Navy is turning out in force starting Monday for Navy Week in Wichita Falls, but the seafaring military branch already has a home in the city. The Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering ...

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The discovery of an unusual reproductive system for one ant species solves a long-standing puzzle about a missing population of another ant species. Each of these species clones males: the father’s ...

In this two-part series, former U.S. Navy Seabee Mel Pierson talks about his combat duty during the Vietnam war, and his struggles with alcohol addiction after he left the service. Read more about ...

Like battlefield medics, Florida carpenter ants are the first known animal to triage wounds and adapt treatments. In a first, researchers have observed that a species of Florida carpenter ant ...

Want to know about the U.S. Navy Seabee’s Underwater Construction Teams? Also referred to as UCT’s, they are the Seabee’s underwater construction force. Seabee divers make up a small portion of the ...