While animal mothers are known to sometimes dispatch of their young, very few animals will kill their own mother: the care ...

While ant queen violence is well-known, scientists recently documented the first evidence of parasite-induced matricide ...

Lasius orientalis and Lasius umbratus—invade and overtake a host ant colony. In both cases, the parasitic ant queen invades the nest and sprays the host colony queen with what is likely formic acid.

Scientists newly described how a parasitic ant queen infiltrates another ant species’ colony and tricks the workers into ...

Harvey Carignan, a serial killer and rapist who murdered three women in Minnesota and Alaska nearly 50 years ago, died this month at Oak Park Heights prison. He was also suspected in more killings, ...