They recently discovered that Iberian harvester ant queens are able to produce offspring of a completely different species, ...
Bizarrely, Iberian harvester ant queens lay eggs that turn into male builder harvester ants, and some of her offspring are ...
Scientists discover that a queen ants of the Messor genus produce males from another species to breed hybrid workers in ...
Researchers discovered that Mediterranean ants are having babies that belong to a different species. Researchers observed queens of the Mediterranean harvester ant species Messor ibericus, left, ...
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"Impossible To Imagine": Queen Ants Produce Babies Of 2 Different Species, And It's Never Been Seen Before
Reproduction in the animal world is all kinds of freaky, from penis jousting to mammals laying eggs, there seems to be just about every method going. However, one thing that is not common is females ...
Researchers have uncovered an unusual survival strategy in Iberian harvester ants that turns basic biology on its head: The queens can produce eggs that develop into two different ant species.
A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species. These queen Iberian harvester ants (Messor ibericus) are ...
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