• Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X A queenTemnothorax kinomurai(left) tries to sting aTemnothorax makoraworker. • Credit: Kyoichi Kinomura For the first time, scientists have identified an ant species that is made up entirely of queens. • Lacking males and worker ants, it parasitizes other ants to survive and reproduces asexually1. • Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription 27,99 €/ 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access 185,98 € per year only 3,65 € per issue Rent or buy this article Prices vary by article type from$1.95 to$39.95 Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00517-9 References Bieri, G.et al.Curr. • Biol.https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01621-5 (2026).ArticleGoogle Scholar Bieri, G.et al.Curr. • Biol.https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01621-5 (2026).

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    • RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT This ant species is composed of only queens - no workers or males Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription 27,99 € / 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access 185,98 € per year only 3,65 € per issue Rent or buy this article Prices vary by article type from$1.95 to$39.95 Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00517-9 References Bieri, G. et al. Curr. Biol. https://www.ce

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