by Myrmecological News Blog · Published 02 February 2026 · Last modified 04 February 2026
Honeypot ants are iconic in the ant world and beyond for both their visual appearance and their fascinating lifestyle. Highly specialized workers with astonishing enlarged...
Have you ever wondered why some ants get aggressive over a drop of sugar, while others don’t react as much? In their fascinating study, “The...
Ant communication has long been viewed as dominated by chemical signals, yet growing evidence suggests a more complex picture. In their Focus contribution, “Multimodal communication...
Patrick Heidbreder and Jonna Kulmuni, first and last authors, discuss their recent review article in Myrmecol. News on speciation in ants. They highlight the significant, yet underutilized...
Ants are among the most diverse and ecologically successful organisms on the planet, yet little is known about how new ant species arise. In this...
In 2026, Myrmecological News awards for the 8th time the Best Paper of the previous year. One paper of all contributions published in 2025 is...
by Myrmecological News Blog · Published 15 December 2025 · Last modified 17 December 2025
Marlene Anether has been fascinated with insects, and especially ants, ever since kindergarten. Now, after years of interacting with many species, she shares her extensive...
Dear Readers, The year 2025 was very intense and productive for our blog. We published 31 posts with authors from many countries and many female...
Nils Schumacher is a PhD student at the University of South Bohemia in Budweis, Czech Republic. Under supervision of the New Guinea ant expert Petr Klimes,...
The study, “the nightjar and the ant: Intercontinental migration reveals a cryptic interaction”, by Carlos Camacho and colleagues, uncovers a remarkable and little-known interaction between...
Armed with lightning-fast jaws and complex societies, Odontomachus troglodytes has made its surprising home in southern Taiwan – far from its native Africa. In their...
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