Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part ...

Deep inside an ant nest, some of the youngest members are primed to die for the group. When infection strikes, these baby ...

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This piece was originally published in Undark and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Given that she infects ant colonies with deadly pathogens and then studies how they respond, one ...

This story originally appeared on Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Given that she infects ant colonies with deadly pathogens and then studies how they respond, one might say that ...

Termite queens form an essential part of the colony by sustaining them. They lay over 30,000 eggs a day, and without them, ...

Michael Schulson is a contributing editor for Undark. His work has also been published by Aeon, NPR, Pacific Standard, Scientific American, Slate, and Wired, among other publications. This story ...

Insect Fear Film Festival T-shirts will be available for purchase during the festival. The 41st annual Insect Fear Film Festival (IFFF), sponsored by the University of Illinois Department of ...