Move over, Game of Thrones—ants can turn armies against their leaders and use subterfuge to take over entire kingdoms, too. This chilling discovery did not originate with a professional scientist, but ...

The “criminal illegal alien” mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew has been detained by federal immigration officials in Massachusetts. Bruna Caroline Ferreira, a Brazilian ...

Civil rights organizer and activist Audley “Queen Mother” Moore looks on at the airport in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1977, during one of several trips the Louisiana native made linking anti-colonialism to ...

Queen Sofia of Spain made history on Thursday when her son, King Felipe, presented her with the Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. It was the first time in the 600-year history of the ...

Scientists document a new form of host manipulation where an invading, parasitic ant queen "tricks" ant workers into killing their queen mother. The invading ant integrates herself into the nest by ...

Scientists say they have for the first time unlocked how a parasitic ant uses chemical warfare to take over the nest of a different species, by tricking workers into an unlikely assassination. The ...

The passing of Thailand’s Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother, on October 24, 2025, ended an era marked by reverence and political anxiety. More profoundly, her death signaled the final collapse of the ...

Queen Mother Sirikit of Thailand has passed away at the age of 93. This marks the end of an era in the modern monarchy. Sirikit was married for more than 70 years to King Bhumibol Adulyadej and spent ...

A version of this story ran in the November / December 2025 issue. The image that graces the cover of historian Ashley Farmer’s new biography of Pan-African activist Audley “Queen Mother” Moore is no ...

His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen are in Thailand to pay respects to Her Late Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother of Thailand, and to convey personal condolences to His Majesty ...

His Majesty the King, His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen, and Her Majesty Gyalyum Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck offered prayers and lit one thousand butterlamps on October 25 ...

BANGKOK — Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who supervised royal projects to help the rural poor, preserve traditional craft-making and protect the environment, died on Friday. She was 93. The Royal ...