Ants use bacteria to grow gardens

Ants are definitely most amazing creatures, and there’s so much we could learn from them I wouldn’t even know where to start. But even so, there are many things we have yet to find about them. Leaf cutter ants are one of the most remarkable species, and scientists have recently found a new quality (or [...]

Ants - more rational than humans

Researchers from Arizona State University and Princeton University conducted a study that goes to show that our ‘multimodal, egg-headed, tool-using, bipedal, opposing-thumbed‘ selves come way behind ants when it comes to ration. That doesn’t actually mean that we are dumber than ants, but rather that we sometimes make irrational decisions, especially when faced with very [...]

How house ants pick their dream home

Seeing all the available houses in the neighborhood and then choosing is not necessarily the best option, especially if you’re an ant. These house-hunting rock ants manage to make a decision together even without going through the options they have. In this recent study conducted by Dr Elva Robinson and colleagues from the Bristol University, they [...]