Eusocial animals express complex behaviors, like group decision-making. Evolutionary biologists have asked how and why eusociality has evolved, and what we can learn from eusocial organisms. Aa Aa ...

The eusocial species we are the most familiar with are insects that have queens for reproduction. Many are in the phylum Arthropoda, such as ants, bees, termites, and wasps. However, among mammals, ...

In eusocial animals, the high productivity resulting from communal life and the efficient division of labor among workers takes place in an environment which is usually well defended against ...

They’re also an example of eusocial animals so highly organized that the entire society functions like a single superorganism, where groups of individuals function more like different systems in ...

For any other animal, sperm like the naked mole rat's would be considered faulty and infertile, new research suggests. Only about 0.1 percent of the sperm are fast, ... Weird, 'eusocial' animals ...

While measuring eggs vs. claw size may seem trivial, understanding these trade-offs could help scientists understand why so few animals have evolved eusocial behaviors and what is gained by those ...

Naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) are what scientists call eusocial animals: adults live in groups and care for their young cooperatively, and only certain individuals get the privilege of ...