Researchers traced termite DNA back to cockroach ancestors and found genetic loss played a key role in building social ...

Social insects have evolved sophisticated systems of disease resistance that integrate individual immune responses with collective behavioural defences. These adaptive strategies are exemplified by ...

The interplay between gene regulation and behavioural plasticity is central to understanding how social insects achieve remarkable adaptability in their colony roles. Molecular pathways, such as those ...

The queens in colonies of social insects, such as ants, bees, and wasps, are considered the veritable embodiment of specialization in the animal kingdom. The common perception is that the queen's only ...

Scientists have long known that the social insects in the order Hymenoptera–which includes ants, bees, and wasps–have an unusual mechanism for sex determination: Unfertilized eggs develop into males, ...

Scientists studying the way ant colonies defend against disease have discovered a surprising strategy: Young ants who become terminally ill will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal for the worker ...

Official organ of l'union internationale pour l'étude des Insectes Sociaux. In English, German or French. Journal international pour l'Etude des Arthropodes sociaux. International journal for the ...

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