The role of ants in relation to oil palm landscapes
Ants are key players in tropical ecosystems—busy performing crucial ecological jobs. But how do they fare amidst the expanding oil palm plantations sweeping across the...
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Ants, Plants, and Predatory Behavior: An interview with Alain Dejean
Alain Dejean, has dedicated his career to studying ants, especially focusing on their predatory behavior, their venom and interaction with plants. For his work he...
From genes to genomes: insights from ant researcher Lumi Viljakainen
Lumi Viljakainen is a senior lecturer at the University of Oulu and a mother of three. Her research focuses on population genomics, evolution and ant...
Diversity and evolution of the Acromyrmex octospinosus species complex: a century-old taxonomic puzzle
In the paper “Phylogenomic approach to integrative taxonomy resolves a century-old taxonomic puzzle and the evolutionary history of the Acromyrmex octospinosus species complex”, first author...
MonitAnt: European-level monitoring strategy for mound-building Formica ants
In the popular imagination, when we think about environmentally impactful ants, the first images that come to mind are often invasive ants (e.g. Argentine ants...
Strumigenys mutica confirmed to be a temporary social parasite of other Strumigenys species
Temporary social parasitism, where the parasite ant invades a host colony, kills its queen and uses the host workers to rear the offspring of the...
It’s In (the) Stars: Multiple methods needed to accurately map larval development
A review written by By Livia Pires do Prado, researcher of the Biodiversity Research Program/PPBio – Eastern Brazilian Amazonia, at the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi....
Best Paper Award 2024
In 2024, Myrmecological News awards for the seventh time the Best Paper of the previous year. From January 13th to January 27th, the editorial board...
Ancient ant colony and male fossil unveil evolutionary secrets in 99-million-year-old amber
In their study published today in Myrmecological News, Zhuang et al. revealed two extraordinary fossils preserved in 99-million-year-old Burmese amber. These findings shed fresh light on...
An exciting new ant book: Interview with Austrian ant specialist Magdalena Sorger
Magdalena Sorger is an accomplished ant scientist originally from Vienna, Austria. She dedicated her scientific career to studying ant taxonomy, ecology and evolution. Though she...
Competition for food and nesting resources in arboreal ant communities of Papua New Guinea
A Photoblog contribution by Phil Hoenle. All pictures © by Phil Hoenle. Edit by Florian Steiner and Salvatore Brunetti In this photoblog contribution, Phil Hoenle shares...
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