Ant queens eat their infected offspring at the first sign of illness and then recycle them into producing new eggs, a new study has revealed.
The study, carried out by researchers at Oxford University’s Department of Biology, is published on the institution’s official X handle.
The study reveals that ant queens typically found new colonies on their own and, at the early stages, are highly vulnerable to their brood being wiped out by disease. The scientists discovered that…
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