MSN: Game of tiny thrones: Parasitic ants grab power by turning workers against their queen
Game of tiny thrones: Parasitic ants grab power by turning workers against their queen
Live Science: 'Nothing but a nightmare': Worker ants are tricked into murdering their mom by an imposter queen — who quickly takes the throne for herself
Live Science: Every ant is a queen in this parasitic species — and they reproduce by cloning themselves and hijacking other ant colonies
Mongabay: Game of tiny thrones: Parasitic ants grab power by turning workers against their queen
Parasitic ants have developed a method to take over colonies with rulers too strong to defeat by direct attack. They use a chemical spray to sow divisions within the colony, creating the circumstances ...
Scientists document a new form of host manipulation where an invading, parasitic ant queen "tricks" ant workers into killing their queen mother. The invading ant integrates herself into the nest by ...