If the first thing that comes to mind when you think about ants is "industrious," you might be in for a surprise. In 2015, biologists at the University of Arizona reported that a sizable chunk of the "workers" that make up ...
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Proteins involved in the production and perception of pheromones may determine if red fire ant colonies contain a single queen or multiple queens.
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Aug 24, 2017
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We all know the type. The project co-worker who doesn't really work on the project, but shows up for the group photo. The dinner companion who develops alligator arms when the check appears. Shirkers. Goldbrickers. Idlers. ...
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Aug 21, 2017
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Imagine working for the harshest corporation in the world.
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Jul 21, 2017
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Army ants scare up a lot of food when they're on the move, which makes following them valuable for predator birds. But instead of competing and chasing each other off from the ant "raids," as scientists had thought, birds ...
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Jun 19, 2017
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As worker ants busily hurry about providing for colony and queen, we can imagine a range of tasks that they must be performing. But laying eggs?
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May 23, 2017
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Yes/no binary decisions by individual ants can lead to a rational decision as a collective when the individuals have differing preferences to the subject, according to research recently published in the journal Royal Society ...
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May 17, 2017
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For Indian jumping ants (Harpegnathos saltator), becoming royalty is all about timing.
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May 3, 2017
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Japanese scientists show that lazy ant workers step in to replace fatigued workers, improving colony long-term persistence.
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Mar 13, 2017
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Scientists from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have discovered that the chromosome responsible for the social organisation of colonies of the highly invasive fire ant is likely to have evolved via a single event rather ...
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Feb 20, 2017
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