Animals
Ants Form Global Mega-Colony
Submitted by LiveScience Staff
posted: 01 July 2009 08:21 pm ET
Argentine ants are hyper-aggressive. They'll take on and destroy ants many times their size. They're also hyper-invasive. They've nearly wiped out native ants in California.
Now scientists say the invasive creatures form a mega-colony that spans Europe, the United States and Japan. Apparently when they get together for family reunions (simulated in a lab), the far-flung members of this highly territorial species still get along.
Learn more in Why Ants Rule, and see our gallery, Ants of the World.
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