Army ants use their bodies to build bridges. Robots could soon take a cue from the tiny insect’s ability to collaborate. By Andrew Paul Published Nov 22, 2023 1:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

Even at rest and at home, the army ants are always prepared, for every quiescent individual in the swarm was standing as erect as possible, with jaws widespread and ready, whether the great curved ...

As part of its epic 10-part journey across the American supercontinent, The Americas takes viewers into the heart of the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest and a hotbed of biodiversity. It covers ...

As army ants travel over uneven terrain, they link their bodies together to create bridges — a system that might give engineers insight into controlling robotic swarms. Isabella Muratore at the New ...

Franks, Nigel R. 1982. "Social insects in the aftermath of swarm raids of the army ant Eciton burchelli." In The Biology of Social Insects. Michener, Charles D ...

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A high school in Pennsylvania was dismissed early after a swarm of flying ants took over the cafeteria, school staff said. Lower Dauphin High School in Hummelstown sent students home at 10:30 a.m. on ...

A rare 35-million-year-old fossil army ant, discovered in a 100-year-old museum collection, uncovers previously unknown European relatives of the infamously voracious insect. [UPDATE 2023-03-22: See ...

An unexpected infestation in a woman's home has left the Internet's skin crawling after gaining viral attention. With over 8 million views on TikTok, user @jacinta.krystel from Australia shared the ...

In the future, the most useful robots will work together as hives. That’s according to Radhika Nagpal, co-founder of Root Robotics and professor of computer science at Harvard University. Nagpal spoke ...

Isabella Muratore at the New Jersey Institute of Technology says studying army ants comes with certain occupational hazards. ISABELLA MURATORE: They're very aggressive. They have venom, so they will ...