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Ant Colonies Pulse Like a Physical System, And Scientists Are Beginning to Understand What Triggers Them
(andersboman/E+/Getty Images) An ant nest can appear to be a jumble of tiny bodies moving independently. But every so often, something remarkable happens: much of the colony springs into action almost ...
Scientists have long known that ant colonies sometimes seem to move as one. A nest that appears quiet can suddenly erupt into ...
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One ant sparks colony-wide burst: Math cracks 30-year mystery of ant synchronization
Ant colony synchronization has been explained for the first time by NYU and NJIT engineers, who found that a single ant can ...
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A fungus can hijack an ant’s body and steer it to a death grip before bursting from its head
In tropical forests, some carpenter ants leave the safety of their colony and climb into a narrow zone above the ground. They ...
Some worker ants forage, some tend the nest, and some do something far stranger to defend their colony. A species lurking in the rainforest canopies of Borneo has evolved a last-resort tactic so ...
Just like human societies, ant societies have a division of labor. Within a colony, some individuals feed the young while others are soldiers who protect the colony from intruders. New research across ...
Ant colonies behave as 'superorganisms' rather than collections of individuals, a study from the University of Bristol has demonstrated. The study seeks to explain the behaviour of ant colonies as ...
A team of researchers led by James Waters of Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. conducted a series of experiments designed to measure the components of ant metabolism, such as oxygen and carbon ...
The ant species Leptothorax acervorum is found throughout the Northern hemisphere. While many populations have multiple queens, a few have only one queen that reproduces. And in those societies, ...
The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) has created one of the most remarkable biological phenomena ever recorded: a ...
In colonies of certain social insects, such as ants, individuals are specialized for particular jobs. For instance, different ants can be responsible for foraging, brood care, nest maintenance, waste ...
No Contract Pest Solutions reports a comprehensive guide to eliminating ants, emphasizing identification and targeted ...
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