Bumble bees battling invasive Argentine ants may win individual fights but ultimately lose valuable foraging time, putting pressure on colonies already strained by habitat loss, disease, and ...

When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the hive. Bumble bees are already under pressure from habitat loss, disease, ...

It’s a battle most humans will never witness. The humble bumble bee defending itself against an aggressive and invasive ant population. But even if you don’t see it firsthand, the conflict could have ...

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide. The scientist E.O. Wilson once wrote that ants are the most warlike of all ...

Biologist E.O. Wilson once wrote that "ants are the most warlike of all animals," noting that clashes between ant colonies dwarfed the human battles at Waterloo and Gettysburg. But sometimes ant ...