The evolutionary puzzle of supercolonies
In the recent review “Supercolonies of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ecological patterns, behavioural processes and their implication for social evolution” by Heikki Helanterä published in Myrmecological...
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New blog formats & Top 10 Blog Posts 2021
As a frequent reader of Myrmecological News Blog, you probably know at the end of the year, we’ll take a moment to appreciate the past...
Ant-human symbioses: a journey across mythology, art, cinema, and artificial intelligence
In the recent article “Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and humans: from inspiration and metaphor to 21st-century symbiont” by Aaron M. Ellison and Nicholas J. Gotelli published...
Milestone reached: Gender equity in post contributions
A View by Alice Laciny, for the Blog team As frequent readers of the Myrmecological News Blog (MNB) will probably already be aware, we are...
Effects of neonicotinoids on ants
In the recent Focus paper “Unintentional effects of neonicotinoids in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)”, Daniel Schläppi, Nathalie Stroeymeyt, and Peter Neumann review the effects of neonicotinoids...
A journey through ant brains and human genders
Taylor Hart is a PhD student in the Kronauer lab at Rockefeller University. Using transgene insertions, she was able to create clonal raider workers (Ooceraea...
The mystery of mysteries as seen through the morphology of the mound-building red wood ants
In honor of his lifetime work, a commentary by Jonna Kulmuni on Bernhard Seifert’s article “A taxonomic revision of the Palearctic members of the Formica...
Organization of the behavioral repertoire in the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus chelifer
In the recent paper “Worker-behavior and behavior-behavior interaction networks in the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus chelifer (LATREILLE, 1802) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)” published in Myrmecological News, the authors...
Open wide! What mandibles can teach us about ant evolution
In the recent study “The head anatomy of Protanilla lini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae), with a hypothesis of their mandibular movement” published in Myrmecological News, Richter...
On the internet, searching for ants leads to new paths to engage with science
In the recent paper “No matter where you are, Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) get attention when it is warm” published in Myrmecological News, Queiroz et al....
