(CNN) — Researchers have uncovered an unusual survival strategy in Iberian harvester ants that turns basic biology on its head: The queens can produce eggs that develop into two different ant species.

Queen Iberian harvester ants are capable of storing and cloning the sperm from a cousin species, spawning hybrid offspring to take on the hard work of keeping the colony intact. reading time 3 minutes ...

Abstract: Traditional Ant Colony Optimization (T-ACO) algorithms often face challenges in dynamic environments, particularly the tendency to become trapped in local minima, resulting in suboptimal ...

This 1930s documentary-style film provides a detailed look into the lives and behaviors of ants, focusing on their social structure, nest-building, and survival instincts. The footage captures a large ...

An established colony of invasive, stinging ants was detected in East Baton Rouge last month, marking the first confirmed sighting in Louisiana, according to scientists at Louisiana State University's ...

PROVIDENCE – Read the news lately and you’re bound to find any number of dire warnings about the dangers of Asian needle ants. Their sting is worse than a fire ant’s. It’s been compared to having ...

Asian needle ants, an invasive species, have spread across 20 U.S. states, sparking concern due to their painful sting. Students studying under Providence College scientist Jane Waters discovered the ...

Leafcutter ants live in highly organized colonies where every ant has a job, and now researchers can flip those jobs like a switch. By manipulating just two neuropeptides, scientists can turn ...

Learn how to implement the AdaMax optimization algorithm from scratch in Python. A great tutorial for understanding one of the most effective optimizers in deep learning. Russian lawmaker issues ...