Author: Myrmecological News Blog

23 October 2019

The learning walks of ants

When transitioning from in-nest duties to their foraging life outside the nest, ants perform a series of highly choreographed learning walks around the nest entrance,...

Interviews

16 October 2019

Doing an ant PhD: Paloma Alvarez-Blanco

Paloma Alvarez-Blanco comes from Asturias, a mountainous area near the coast of northern Spain, where she was born 35 years ago. She is passionate about...

Photoblog

09 October 2019

Nest modifications in Temnothorax crassispinus

In the recently published article “Nest modifications by the acorn ant Temnothorax crassispinus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)” in Myrmecological News, Sławomir Mitrus reveals that acorn ants can...

Interviews

02 October 2019

The Latitude Project – 60° North – Canada

Myrmecological News Blog has launched The Latitude Project – by using latitudes to circle the globe, we collect impressions of the ants of the world...

Interviews

25 September 2019

Interview with Tomasz Włodarczyk

Tomasz Włodarczyk is a researcher at the University of Bialystok in Poland, where he studies the interaction between slave-maker ants and their host species. He...

(Re)Views

18 September 2019

Differences in ant geographic distributions in China between forests and rubber plantations

In the recent paper “Differences in geographic distribution of ant species between forests and rubber plantations: a case study in Xishuangbanna, China, and a global...

Photoblog

11 September 2019

Competition mechanism of introduced and native ants in China

In the article “Comparing mechanisms of competition among introduced and resident ants in China: from behavior to trophic position (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)” published in Myrmecological News,...

Interviews

28 August 2019

Interview with Elva Robinson

Elva Robinson is a behavioural ecologist, and she is interested in social behaviour of animal groups. She uses ants because they are an incredible model...