Mystery of How Leaf-Cutting Ants Gauge Leaf Portion Size Revealedby The Company of BiologistsResearchers find leaf-cutting ants rely on the position of their hind legs and head to gauge leaf portion size
In Florida Study, Non-native Leaf-Litter Ants Are Replacing Native Antsby University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
NewsArgentine Ants Will Do Anything for Sugar, but They Won’t Do Thisby University of California - Los AngelesIn a twist that surprised UCLA researchers, starving ants were more cautious, not less, in their search for food
NewsAnt Colonies Behave like Neural Networks When Making Decisionsby The Rockefeller UniversityNew study indicates that ant colonies weigh environmental factors and colony size when making decisions
NewsThe Physics of Fire Ant Rafts Could Help Engineers Design Swarming Robotsby University of Colorado BoulderFindings could one day help researchers design next-generation materials in which molecules migrate to fix damage
NewsAccidental Tree Wound Reveals Novel Symbiotic Behaviorby Smithsonian Tropical Research InstituteAzteca alfari ants living within Cecropia tree trunks have been found to repair damage done to the tree
NewsQueen’s Genes Determine Sex of Entire Ant Coloniesby University of California - RiversideStudy uncovers biological secrets of flying, fatherless ants
NewsResearchers Identify New Antifungal Compound from Ant Farmsby American Chemical SocietyDiscovery marks the first report of a specialized metabolite with broad geographic distribution produced by ant-associated bacteria
NewsHow Giant Ant Heads May Aid Bio-Inspired Designsby University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignNew research identifies the benefits of "simple models" and hope that they can be used for bio-inspired designs
NewsResearch on Soldier Ants Reveals That Evolution Can Go in Reverseby The Rockefeller UniversityEvolution is not always a one-way street toward increasing specialization
News229 New Species Described by the California Academy of Sciences in 2018by California Academy of SciencesFrom fish to flowering plants and seahorses to snakes—spanning five continents and three oceans—these new discoveries grow Earth's tree of life
NewsFire Ant Colonies Could Inspire Molecular Machines, Swarming Robotsby University of Colorado BoulderA team set out to understand the engineering principles that underlie self-assembled structures of fire ants