Scientists create 'supersoldier' ants using ancient genes

SCIENTISTS have created "supersoldier" ants with huge heads and jaws by using ancient genes that trigger their development. 
 
Researchers at McGill University in Canada believe the mutant ants may be a genetic throwback to an ancestor that lived millions of years ago, according findings published in Science.

Supersoldier ants do exist but are rare and found in the deserts of America and Mexico.

They are bigger than normal ants and use their enormous heads to block the nest entrance from enemy ants.      More Read