Review by Erik T. Frank Edited by Rohini Singh and Salvatore Brunetti In a recent comprehensive review, “Acid Reign: Formicine Ants and their Venoms,” Lukas Koch,...
As part of his doctoral project in Berlin, Lukas Koch worked on a comprehensive literature review of what is known about Formicine ants’ venoms, arguably...
In 2025, Myrmecological News awards for the 7th time the Best Paper of the previous year. One paper of all contributions published in 2024 is...
Dear Readers, The year 2024 was very intense and productive for our blog. We published 31 posts with authors from many countries and many female...
I am Olena, a second-year PhD student in the Department of Biology at New York University. My fascination with insects, particularly ants, began during my...
by Myrmecological News Blog · Published 09 December 2024 · Last modified 11 December 2024
How did fungus-farming ants and their fungal cultivators coevolve? In a recent study, “The coevolution of fungus-ant agriculture,” published in Science, Schultz et al. answer...
Ants obtain many of their essential nutrients from food, including essential amino acids that they cannot produce and must acquire from their diet. However, how...
by Myrmecological News Blog · Published 11 November 2024 · Last modified 13 November 2024
Monica Gruber is the co-founder and leader of the Pacific Biosecurity programme in New Zealand. She finished her PhD in ecology at Victoria University of...
by Myrmecological News Blog · Published 05 November 2024 · Last modified 26 November 2024
In the study “Variable viral loads and immune response in an invasive ant’s native and introduced ranges” published in Diversity and Distributions, Felden et al.*...
Hey, I am Purbayan. Ever since I was a kid, I have been fascinated by the tiny world of ants-observing their long trails, seeing them...
Hi, my name is Elia Guariento. I’m an ecologist working as a researcher at the @Institute for Alpine Environment (Link: Institute for Alpine Environment –...
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