Each Argentine ant colony has multiple queens ... this “megacolony” of Argentine ants is the largest collaborative unit ever recorded among animals. Argentine ants from the California ...
This is my Western Harvester Ant colony. Despite starting from a tiny little tube, over the past 30 days, the colony has expanded to an entirely new level. Over the months Ive documented the ant’s ...
it forms just about a third of the Argentine ants’ colony. Covering significant parts of North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, this “megacolony” of Argentine ants is the largest collaborative ...
Major ants are the largest of them all. Like their name, major ants serve as the colony’s military force and defend the nest. Some major ants can grow 16mm long, which is pretty big for an ant!
Have you ever dreamed of exploring Antarctica and seeing the incredible wildlife there? A recent discovery revealed the largest colony of Emperor Penguins ever observed. This remarkable discovery was ...
A (still growing) paper list of Evolutionary Computation (EC) published in some (rather all) top-tier (and also EC-focused) journals and conferences. For EC-focused publications, only ...
The worker ants are the ones you see most commonly. They are responsible for colony maintenance, collecting food, and defending the colony. All workers are female, but typically they do not reproduce.
National Geographic scientists recently discovered the world's largest coral colony in the southwest Pacific Ocean, deemed the "mega" coral. The National Geographic Society's Pristine Seas team ...
The ant nest serves as the skeleton of the ant superorganism. Similar to a skeleton, the nest expands as the colony grows and requires repair after catastrophic events. We experimentally compared nest ...