Mastodawn

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

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

That is just begging to be used in a science fiction story. Because yet again truth is stranger than fiction

It's in the story I'm working on! Not a major plot point ... but part of the history of the moon ants.

Yes. The moon ants.

But I promise this is a "grounded" SF story.

Fantastic! Looking forwards to it.