Diseased Baby Ants Ask Their Nestmates to Poison Them With Acid to Protect the Colony, Study Finds

New research shows that terminally ill baby ants tell other ants to kill them, potentially protecting the rest of the colony ...
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Doomed ants send a final scent to save their colony

Ant pupae that are fatally sick don’t hide their condition; instead, they release a special scent that warns the rest of the ...

Elven colony sim DarkSwitch just got an official release date, so buckle up for cable cars and airships as you erect your treeside utopia

DarkSwitch is coming to Steam March 12, 2026. So only a few months to go before you can get stuck into some vertical, elven city building. Wishlisting now is the best way to keep an eye out for ...

'Come and kill me': sick ants invite destruction to save colony

Sick young ants release a chemical signal urging worker ants to destroy them, a behaviour aimed at protecting the colony from ...