For social insects such as ants, the internal organs are likely important in understanding
their eusocial behavior and evolution. Such organs, however, are rarely preserved on …

The foundation of new ant colonies often involves a solitary phase for the newly mated
queens. These queens are subject to high food stress during this period that can last several …

In a majority of ants, a newly mated queen independently founds a colony and claustrally
raises her first brood without foraging outside the nest. During claustral independent colony …

The ability to share and store food is paramount in group-living animals, allowing a finely
tuned distribution of resources over time and individuals and an enhanced survival over …

Through time, ants have developed different adaptations as a means of survival, one being
caste specialization. Lineages with a specialized honeypot ant replete caste have acquired …

Worker specialization extends the behavioral and ecological repertoire of ant colonies.
Specialization may relate to colony defense, brood care, foraging, and, in some taxa …

Social insects sustain their colonies through nutrient transfer, predominantly via food sharing
among nest members. The most well-documented mechanism of nutrient sharing in ants is …

Worker specialization extends the behavioral and ecological repertoire of ant colonies.
Specialization may relate to colony defense, brood care, foraging, and, in some taxa …

Trophallaxis is a complex social fluid exchange emblematic of social insects and of ants in
particular. Trophallaxis behaviors are present in approximately half of all ant genera …