From many individuals to one whole
In the recent review article “How to become one: the proximate mechanisms of self-assembly behaviour in social insects (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Apidae)” published in Myrmecological News,...
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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...
Studying social insects in the age of integrative Omics
With the technology for sequencing DNA getting cheaper and more accurate, researchers studying the curious lives of social insects – most ants, some bees, and...
Shedding light on the evolutionary origins of repletism in ants
In the recent paper “The first fossil replete ant worker establishes living food storage in the Eocene” published in Myrmecological News, Sawh et al.* focus...
Join the dots…. to find out the ant
Hello everyone, We are back with another interesting, fun ant activity. Are you ready?? Do you all remember the different variety of ants you have...
Thermal physiology, foraging pattern, and worker size interactions in ants
In the study “Thermal physiology, foraging pattern, and worker body size interact to influence coexistence in sympatric polymorphic harvester ants (Messor spp.)”, Xavier Arnan, Alba...
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...
Ant phylogenomics
In the article “Ant phylogenomics reveals a natural selection hotspot preceding the origin of complex eusociality”, Romiguier and colleagues* discuss how the evolution of eusociality...
Ant abundance, biomass, and distribution
In the paper “The abundance, biomass, and distribution of ants on Earth” published in PNAS, Patrick Schultheiss, Sabine S. Nooten, Runxi Wang, Mark K. L....
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