Unknown's avatar antlerboy - Benjamin P Taylor 12:35 pm on September 4, 2025  

Species of ant gives birth to another different (ancient ancestor) species of ant

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If you thought biology couldn’t get any weirder, life finds a way: “We term females exhibiting this reproductive mode as xenoparous, meaning they give birth to other species as part of their life cycle.”

Article https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09425-w