We investigated the spatial organisation and genetic structure of a polygynous, polydomous population of Formica truncorum in Finland. F. truncorum shifts nest sites between hibernation and the ...

Footprints discovered in Laetoli, in Tanzania, suggest that 3.66 million years ago the species that "Lucy" belongs to, Australopithecus afarensis was polygynous.(Image credit: David A. Lurino) ...

Polygyny in fire ants had two overt manifestations in field colonies: (1) workers from polygynous colonies were significantly smaller than those from monogynous colonies; and (2) two transects through ...