Annalee Newitz 🍜Oct 11

I cannot stop thinking about this paper about how Iberian harvester ants can produce offspring of two entirely different species. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02524-8

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Ant queens produce sons of two distinct species

The discovery of an unusual reproductive system for one ant species solves a long-standing puzzle about a missing population of another ant species.

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What a shame Octavia Butler isn't here to see this.

Oct 11 at 5:24amWeb