Not all carpenter ants (Camponotus spp.) are black. But the two species you’re most likely to find in North America — the Eastern carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) and the Western one ...
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They are called this because of their long antennae, though they are sometimes referred to as "crazy ants" for their tendency to dash around. This familiar species of black ant, about 3 mm long ...
The humans, scientifically known as Homo sapiens, competed against black ants, scientifically known as Paratrechina longicornis. The names derives from their long antennae, though they are ...
New Delhi: A group of ants fared better than humans when confronted with a task of manoeuvring large loads through a maze, displaying strategy and collective memory that helped them persist and avoid ...
Or are we? In a surprising new study, researchers compared the cooperative abilities of ants and humans using a geometric challenge known as the “piano-movers”. This task involved navigating a ...
Ants acted together in calculated and strategic manner, exhibiting collective memory that helped them persist in particular direction of motion and avoid repeated mistakes ...
Velvet ants (Traumatomutilla bifurca, Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in their natural habitats. The images highlight the dark integument with contrasting patterns of black and white setae. Credits ...
A team studying the group behavior of ants has found that, in the right circumstances, ants can outsmart humans in collective problem-solving tasks. Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of ...