Lizard feces uncover benefits of Batesian mimicry in Camponotus lateralis
Batesian mimicry is when a harmless species adopts the warning signal of another, more harmful species. For instance, countless other arthropods evolved to mimic ants...
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Red wood ants (Formica rufa group) as a model for comparative studies of hybridization and speciation
Ants of the Formica rufa group, also known as red wood ants, have fascinated European myrmecologists for decades for their impressive mound nests, behaviors, and...
Meet Subject Editors of Myrmecological News! (Part 2)
It is high time to put in the spotlight the Subject Editors of Myrmecol. News that have worked for many years to help the journal...
What can larval morphology teach us about ant evolution and development?
In their recently published paper, Di Li and her co-authors illuminate the internal and external morphology of Ooceraea biroi, an important model organism in myrmecological...
Book review: “Ants”
A Book Review by Aaron M. Ellison Edited by Alice Laciny and Salvatore Brunetti The second edition of “Ants” has recently been released by Pelagic...
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...
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...
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