Despite their tiny size, ants are able to accomplish absolutely incredible feats. They can build amazingly intricate nests, ...

In haploid males all the recessive problems of hybridization are exposed to selection. This makes ants a good model system for speciation genomics; genomic regions that prevent gene flow and lead to ...

Depending on the species, they can be hunters that keep other insects’ populations in check, scavengers that help in decomposition, and pollinators that aid in flower reproduction. Ants can also ...

Most ants have two morphologically differentiated adult castes - queens and workers - each irreversibly specialized for either reproduction or nonreproductive altruism such as foraging ...

Keller, L. Complex hybrid origin of genetic caste determination in harvester ants. Nature 424, 306–309 (2003). Monnin, T. & Ratnieks, F. Reproduction versus work in queenless ants: when to join ...