To solve this problem, we had to compare modern-day ants with their ancestors." Since the ant ancestors no longer exist, researchers used statistical approaches to infer what their colony sizes ...

The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

It was the perfect opportunity for the ancestor of a group of ants to start cultivating these microorganisms, according to a study published on October 3 in the journal Science. "The origin of ...

All insects descend from a common ancestor that lived about about 480 ... When people use words like “ant” or “fly” or “butterfly” they are referring not to species, but to categories ...