That makes ants, in the eyes of Ida Cecilie Jensen, a legion of unlikely warriors — one humans should consider enlisting in the fight to grow food in a warming world. “Ants are a Swiss Army ...
Japan-based IGArchitects has designed a concrete house in Okinawa, Japan for a married couple. Built on a narrow site surrounded by apartments and a cemetery, the residence is named Pyramid Hut after ...
The species of ant crickets from the Myrmecophilus genus can infiltrate ant colonies, despite the potentially lethal defences that ants have developed to fight back. Now, a team at Nagoya ...
On December 23rd, 2024, the Weizmann Institute of Science YouTube [1] page uploaded a video titled "Humans Vs. Ants: The Maze" in which ants are shown attempting to maneuver a T-shaped object out of a ...
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 ...
Now, an interesting new study reveals some unexpected findings about group problem-solving abilities across species, specifically comparing how ants and humans tackle complex spatial challenges.
Ants and humans competed in navigating a maze with a large load. While humans outperformed individually, ant groups excelled collectively, showing strategic coordination and persistence. The study ...