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In the recently published review paper “Genes and genomic processes underpinning the social lives of ants” in Current Opinion in Insect Sciene (2018), Emeline Favreau,...

In the paper “Invasive Northern Red Oaks benefit Temnothorax crassispinus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) ant colonies” by Łukasz Myczko, Łukasz Dylewski, Sławomir Mitrus, and Tim H. Sparks...

In the paper “Symbiotic partnerships and their chemical interactions in the leafcutter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)” published 2018 in Myrmecol. News, Sarah F. Worsley, Tabitha M....

Ants are diverse insects exhibiting astonishing variation in chromosome number and structure. Their haploid chromosome numbers range from n = 1 to n = 60...

  A Book review by Aaron M. Ellison   Oliveira, P.S. & Koptur, S. (Eds.) 2017: Ant-plant interactions: impacts of humans on terrestrial ecosystems. –...

In the recently published paper “Diversity and distribution of Solenopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) thief ants belowground” in Myrmecol. News (2018), Leo Ohyama, Joshua R. King, and...

In their paper “No evidence for tactile communication of direction in foraging Lasius ants” published in Insectes Sociaux February 2018, Stefan Popp et al. test...

A View compiled by Tomer J. Czaczkes     Collective decision making is an important topic, especially for social insect researchers. Broadly, it asks how groups...

The AntWars (La Guerre des fourmis, in French) depicts a young, passionate scientist telling her friend about her studies on ants; the friend has a...

In their paper “Reconstructing the relatedness of cooperatively breeding queens in the Panamanian leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)” published in Myrmecological News in May...