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Animal communication is a key innovation that allows a species to find resources, perceive danger and respond to it as a group. When these interactions scale up into complexity they start to define ...

Humans benefit from caffeine in an assortment of ways, not the least of which is making that morning commute much more bearable. But a study recently published in iScience proves we aren’t the only ...

Like a brain, an ant colony operates without central control. Each is a set of interacting individuals, either neurons or ants, using simple chemical interactions that in the aggregate generate their ...

Though an individual ant doesn't seem very smart, a group of these insects can perform amazingly complex behaviors. Listen as Ted Schultz, Research Entomologist at Smithsonian's National Museum of ...

How do ant colonies manage the nutrients in their food? Biologists have shown that an ant colony functions like a "collective mouth and gut". The members of a colony are capable of dealing with the ...

Ants are among the most successful creatures on Earth, with an estimated 20 quadrillion individuals spread across almost every habitat. They form highly organised colonies that function like complex ...

From Quanta Magazine (find original story here). Ants are capable of remarkable feats of coordination. They can forge complex paths through the jungle, build sophisticated structures, and adapt ...

Scientists have found the answer to a question that perplexed Charles Darwin. It seems that the ant colony itself generates soldiers and regulates the balance between soldiers and 'minor' workers ...