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Slave-making ants, or “dulotic” ants, belong to several genera, with the most famous being Polyergus and Formica. What sets these ants apart from their relatives is their dependence on the ...

Not all slave-makers are equally adept at enslaving other ants. Facultative slave-makers like Formica subnuda are commonly found without slaves in their colonies. The slaves, if present ...

To study immune priming in invertebrates, Swiss and Panamanian researchers chose two that have plenty of time to build immunity: Lasius niger (above) and Formica selysi ant queens, which may live ...