The biological sex of an ant is determined by whether an individual ant is haploid or diploid. In other words, it depends on whether they have one set or two sets of chromosomes in the nuclei of their ...

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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, ...

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 team ...

Iberian harvester ant queens exhibit xenoparous reproduction, a unique phenomenon where they produce hybrid worker ants by utilizing sperm from another species, Messor structor. This allows the queens ...

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports ...

HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. THEY’RE MAKING ME FEEL LIKE I’M OKAY WITH SITUATION, SO I HAVE WAY MORE POSITIVE THINGS THAN I HAD BEFORE, SO I’M EXCITED TO SEE WHERE IT GOES. CHRISTINA WAHL IS JUST ONE OF ABOUT ...

DISTRICTS ARE ALREADY STEPPING IN TO HELP. DOMINUS HIGH SCHOOL WAS SET TO OPEN THIS FALL, BUT ACCORDING TO LEADERS, THEY’LL HAVE TO CLOSE UNTIL NEXT YEAR, LEAVING KIDS NOWHERE LEFT TO GO AND SCHOOL ...

Researchers have made an unusual observation that seems to be at odds with biology: an ant, known as the Iberian harvester ant can produce offspring of two completely different species. Many ants need ...

Nearly 30 students in ninth and 10th grade will attend Penn Hills High School after Dominus High School, a charter school in Wilkins Township, won't open in time. According to a Facebook post from the ...