New research offers fresh insight into how different morphological types and social roles emerge in ant societies, confirming that size is coupled to caste, with genes ultimately deciding how size and ...

Now, a new study suggests that body size and caste go hand in hand. Bigger ants generally become queens, while smaller ants become workers, and both genes and the environment influence how big an ant ...

For many ant species, caste determines destiny. Queens grow large, sprout wings, and lay eggs; workers stay small, wingless, and industrious. But how these castes develop—and how a young ant’s future ...