Superorganisms: How ant societies are organized

Most ant species have sterile workers and a reproductive queen. However, some species have a very special way of life. Here you can discover different ant species: for example, a polymorphic species from Europe with workers of different sizes; or ants that eat seeds and build grain silos. You may also be interested in a species from Asia that we are researching: it has no queen and all workers are clones and genetically identical. Ants of this species raid the nests of other ants to feed themselves. With more than 14,000 known ant species on our planet, anything is possible!