Category: Interviews

With the technology for sequencing DNA getting cheaper and more accurate, researchers studying the curious lives of social insects – most ants, some bees, and...

In the study “Thermal physiology, foraging pattern, and worker body size interact to influence coexistence in sympatric polymorphic harvester ants (Messor spp.)”, Xavier Arnan, Alba...

In the article “Ant phylogenomics reveals a natural selection hotspot preceding the origin of complex eusociality”, Romiguier and colleagues* discuss how the evolution of eusociality...

In the paper “The abundance, biomass, and distribution of ants on Earth” published in PNAS, Patrick Schultheiss, Sabine S. Nooten, Runxi Wang, Mark K. L....

In the recent review article, “Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and ecosystem functions and services in urban areas: a reflection on a diverse literature”, published in Myrmecological...

In the recent review article, “Supergenes as drivers of ant evolution”, published in Myrmecological News, Michel Chapuisat provided a thorough analysis of concepts and findings...

In the recent article “Adult-brood ratio causes behavioural modifications to maintain transport performance during colony relocation in the Ponerine ant Diacamma indicum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)” published...

In the recent article, “Wonderfully weird: the head anatomy of the armadillo ant, Tatuidris tatusia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Agroecomyrmecinae), with evolutionary implications”, Richter et al.* investigate...

In the recent paper “Low diversity and host specificity in the gut microbiome community of Eciton army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae) in a Costa Rican...

Michel Chapuisat reviews concepts and findings on supergenes in the recent article “Supergenes as drivers of ant evolution” published in Myrmecological News. Colony social structure...