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A recent study “Territory and trophic cascading effects of the ant Azteca chartifex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a tropical canopy” was published by Soares et al.* in...

In the recent paper “Metabolic scaling of fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) engaged in collective behaviors” published in Biology Open, the authors Hungtang Ko, Keyana Komilian,...

In the recent article “Aversive learning as a behavioural mechanism of plant selection in the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)” published in Myrmecological News,...

A recent study “High resolution mapping in Southern France reveals distributions of supercolonial and monodomous species in the Tapinoma nigerrimum complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are related...

In the recent article “Kinematic study of six mangrove ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) reveals different swimming styles and abilities” published in Myrmecological News, Patrick Schultheiss...

In the recent article “Laboratory and field insights into the dynamics and behavior of Argentine ants, Linepithema humile, feeding from hydrogels” published in Pest Management...

In the recent paper “Long-term spread of the Argentine ant European supercolonies on three mediterranean islands” published in Myrmecological News, Sara Castro-Cobo, Oliver Blight, Xavier...

In the recent article “Ants adjust their tool use strategy in response to foraging risk” published in Functional Ecology, Aiming Zhou, Yuzhe Du, and Jian...

Cannibalistic necrophagy is rarely observed in social hymenopterans, although a lack of food might promote such a behaviour. A suggested reason for its rarity is...

In the recent paper “A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records”, Daniela Mera-Rodríguez, Francisco Serna, Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo,...