The scientist E.O. Wilson once wrote that ants are the most warlike of all animals. He said clashes between ant colonies could make great military clashes seem almost small by comparison. Sometimes, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An intruding Lasius orientalis queen (left) gains access to the host queen of L. flavus for first contact. - Yuji Tanaka/Current ...

A mighty struggle for ultimate power, with calls of "death to the queen" answered by armies of workers, is routine in some ant colonies. Queen ants are therefore sometimes forced to take care of ...