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Experts discovered an unusual form of regicide in which a parasitic ant queen tricks workers in a colony into turning on ...

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide.

While ant queen violence is well-known, scientists recently documented the first evidence of parasite-induced matricide ...

Scientists newly described how a parasitic ant queen infiltrates another ant species’ colony and tricks the workers into killing their mother.

As if stealing the new queen's throne wasn't enough, these parasitic ants trick the workers into killing their own queen.

Scientists discovered a parasitic ant queen that hacks colony odors to trigger queen murder, exposing a rare form of chemical manipulation.

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How should I get rid of ants? Usually you don't need to bother. Where their activity has loosened plants, firm the plants back into the soil and water well. Good watering tends to discourage ants, as ...

Researchers have discovered parasitic ant queens that use natural "chemical weapons" to trick ants from rival colonies.