Trap-jawed takeover: Unravelling the secret lives of Taiwan’s invading ants
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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An investigation of physiological adaptations for remarkable heat tolerance in a genus of desert-inhabiting African ants
In their study in Myrmecological News, “Some like it hot: Physiological responses of hot-rod ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their interactions with past and future climate...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Nutritional constraints in urban ant colonies: a comparative study between urban and rural Lasius niger colonies
Edited by Elia Guariento and Salvatore Brunetti A Photoblog Contribution compiled by Gema Trigos-Peral In the recent study “Urban diet as a potential cause of low body fat content...
Comparing Myrmica ruginodis populations between dolines and surrounding areas in Hungary
In the recent study “Climate microrefugia promote intraspecific trait variability of the Palaearctic ant species Myrmica ruginodis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)” carried out in Hungary, the authors...
Exploring the bacterial communities of polydomous ant colonies
In a recent study, “Bacterial communities associated with a polydomous arboreal ant: inter-nest variation and interaction with the phyllosphere of a tropical tree“, researchers investigated...
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