Category: Photoblog

In tropical coffee agroforests a diverse ant community can occur across multiple vertical strata, yet the extent to which dominant species influence these patterns remains...

In their article, “A hell ant from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil” the authors report the oldest known Haidomyrmecinae, preserved as a rock impression in...

How do ants identify who is a nest mate vs. who is not? Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) have been demonstrated to drive such recognition. In the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...