Corpse management of the invasive Argentine ant
In the recent article “Corpse management of the invasive Argentine ant inhibits growth of pathogenic fungi” by Jenni Kesäniemi, Janne J. Koskimäki, and Jaana Jurvansuu...
Myrmecological News Blog
Doing an ant PhD: Claudio Rabelo dos Santos Neto
Claudio Rabelo dos Santos-Neto is 34 years old and a biologist from Brazil. He did his master’s degree at the National Institute of Amazonian Research...
A photographic journey to the ants of the Ecuadorian Chocó
Ecuador is one of the places with the highest biodiversity on Earth. Despite the country’s relatively small size, it encompasses a variety of diverse regions....
Dietary specialisation in the mushroom harvesting ant Euprenolepis procera
Sofia Lizon à l’Allemand and Christoph von Beeren recently published their interesting new paper „Competition as possible driver of dietary specialisation in the mushroom harvesting...
Patrick Krapf
My name is Patrick Krapf, and I am the coordinator of the Myrmecological News Blog. In spring 2023, I joined the SpecIAnt group of Jonna...
Émeline Favreau
My name is Emeline Favreau. I am currently a postdoc at University College London, UK. I am working on understanding the evolution of social organisation...
Roberta Gibson
My name is Roberta Gibson. I am an entomologist and also a writer/blogger. I have a BS in Forest Biology/Entomology from SUNY College of Environmental...
Julia Giehr
My name is Julia Giehr. I am a Ph.D. student at the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Zoology at the University of Regensburg, Germany. Currently,...
Phil Hoenle
Hey, my name is Phil and I love everything about ants since I first started collecting them. My curiosity began during vacations in Croatia, where...
Dispersal strategies in ants
In the recently published review article “Evolution of dispersal in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a review on the dispersal strategies of sessile superorganisms”, Sanja M. Hakala,...
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