Dominant species

Ant mega-colony takes over world:

A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered.

Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong to the same inter-related colony, and will refuse to fight one another.

The colony may be the largest of its type ever known for any insect species, and could rival humans in the scale of its world domination. [...]

Two thoughts:

1. Coming soon¹: a battle for dominance of the planet between the intelligent ant colonies and the polydactyl cats.
2. Arthur C Clarke called this one years ago in Retreat from Earth.²

1. For some values of 'soon.' ↩
2. OK, so Clarke's story featured termite colonies, not ants. Don't confuse me with mere facts… ↩