Overloaded leafcutter ants develop “blind spots” that slow their movement - showing how nature’s most efficient workers hit sensory limits.

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Leafcutter ants of the American tropics exemplify animals that exhibit superorganism status, advanced social organization and symbiosis. As you walk through the jungle you become aware of these ...

Campbell holds a PhD in ecological entomology from the University of Reading and is a lecturer in entomology at Harper Adams University in Shropshire, UK. Blanchard holds a PhD in evolutionary biology ...

Ants – with their wise farming practices and efficient navigation techniques – could inspire solutions for some human problems. From The Conversation, by Scott Solomon, Associate Teaching Professor of ...

What do leafcutter ants and scores of middle-school students have in common? A mouth full of metal-laced teeth. Tiny arthropods such as ants, spiders and scorpions routinely bite, sting or otherwise ...

Celebrate Thanksgiving with some of the animal kingdom’s greatest cooks, including marshmallow-roasting apes and salt-sprinkling monkeys Jack Tamisiea In the tropical forests of Central and South ...

Ants are one of the most common types of insects on the planet. It’s estimated that there are more than 12,000 ant species worldwide and nearly all have the potential to bite or sting. An annoyance ...

The Butterfly Pavilion welcomed a new species of critter this month, and it’s already making itself at home. The new leafcutter ant exhibit showcases the lives of these invertebrates, who are known ...