Now, Pheidole pallidula has a nemesis named Paussus favieri. It’s a beetle that can only live inside the ant’s nests. To get inside, the beetles use ...

Across a broad group of ants, just eight species were known to naturally create freakishly huge "supersoldiers" to defend the colony. But new research shows that many more ants have the genetic ...

A few ant species of the Pheidole genus were already known to produce supersoldiers that deter invading army ants by blocking nest entrances with their enormous heads. Scientists have only ever ...

The species collected in New York, Pheidole morrisi, normally has two types of worker ants, according to Abouheif: minor workers, which are responsible for foraging, nursing, feeding eggs and ...

About one tenth of the world's ants are close relatives; they all belong to just one genus out of 323, called Pheidole. New research suggests that Pheidole evolved the same way twice, once to take ...

One massive group of ants has a secret supersoldier programme that’s been locked away for 35 to 60 million years. The Pheidole ants are an exceptionally diverse group with over 1,100 species.

Working with ant nest beetles and their Pheidole pallidula ant hosts in Morocco, Di Giulio and his team found that all three castes—the queens, workers and soldiers—of this ant species produce ...

The Pheidole ants are a fantastically diverse genus of ant, containing more than 1,100 species worldwide — that’s a lot — and they’re known for having advanced ant societies.

The species collected in New York, Pheidole morrisi, normally has two types of worker ants, according to Abouheif: minor workers, which are responsible for foraging, nursing, feeding eggs and ...

Carpenter ants, which include more than a thousand species in the genus Camponotus, nest in wood and can be destructive to buildings. (Much like termites, which cause far more severe damage.) ...