Ants feigning death: How and why?
In the recent review article “Death feigning in ants” published in Myrmecol. News, Danon Clemes Cardoso, Ítalo Cordeiro Canguçu Alves, Maykon Passos Cristiano, and Jürgen...
Category: Photoblog
replicAnt: a data generator to create annotated images
Deep learning in computer vision is revolutionising the study of animal behaviour. Despite the advantages of transfer learning for non-model species, it relies on manual...
The astonishing ant diversity of Papua New Guinea
In this photoblog contribution, Phil Hoenle shares some amazing pictures taken during his field work in Papua New Guinea in 2022. Enjoy! A Photoblog contribution...
Adaptation of African big-headed ants to urban environments: Insights into colony structure, morphology, and diet
In the recent study “Urbanization influences the trophic position, morphology, and colony structure of invasive African big-headed ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Taiwan”, Peng et al.*...
Preventing nest flooding with bamboo sap
Some tree-dwelling ants are known to use flood defences to prevent flooding of their nests. In the recent paper “Bamboo sap ejection from the nests...
Visual and olfactory cues in the homing behaviour of Pseudomyrmex boopis
In the recent paper “Multisensory homing in the neotropical understory twig-nesting ant Pseudomyrmex boopis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)” published in Myrmecological News, Daniella Prince and Steve Yanoviak...
Reduced amount of food decreases colony size and impairs body condition in female harvester ants
In the paper “Lower food intake due to domestic grazing reduces colony size and worsens the body condition of reproductive females of harvester ants” published...
Ant cuticle microsculpturing
In the recent article, “Ant cuticle microsculpturing: diversity, classification, and evolution”, John Paul Hellenbrand and Clint A. Penick developed a simplified classification system to classify...
Atta ants in attack: investigating the relationship between body size and aggression in Atta sexdens
In the article “Small workers are more persistent fighters than soldiers in the highly polymorphic Atta leaf-cutting ants” published in Animal Behaviour, Lohan Valadares, Fabio...
The Amazon Forest can still keep secrets from us
In the recent paper “Igaponera curiosa, a new ponerine genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Amazon” published in the European Journal of Taxonomy, Adrian Troya, Frederico...
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