Discover the Dinoponera, Earth's largest ant, reaching up to 4 cm! These South American giants boast a unique queenless colony structure, with workers competing for reproductive roles. Their ...

Scientists Ask Why There Are So Many Freaking Huge Ants Explore the fascinating world of Dinoponera australis ants, the top predators of the soil with remarkable hunting efficiency.

The Dinoponera gigantea (4 cm) is the largest living ant species, found in the Amazon. The all-time largest was the extinct ...

Dominance interactions determine reproductive status in many animal societies, including many cooperatively breeding vertebrates and eusocial Hymenoptera without queen-worker dimorphism. Typically, ...

Ants are among the most successful insects on Earth, thriving in nearly every environment except Antarctica and forming a significant portion of the planet’s total animal biomass. Evolving from ...