The Daily Ant
Myrmecology Dies in Darkness
Month: November 2018
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The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the sixty-first contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Nathan Eckstrand. Supercolonies and Overcoming Self-Other Aggression The ant documentaries I saw as a kid showed brutal fights. Antennae drawn and mandibles bared, ants bit and pulled…
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Worker Correspondant Jason Bates recently shared with us the following comic, by Poorly Drawn Lines, ironically titled “Symbiosis”: Astute readers will notice that (1) this is a highly accurate depiction of the imbalanced relationship between man and ant, and (2) this is not the first time, nor even the second time, that we’ve featured an…
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This intimidating ant is a species in the genus Odontomachus: Observe the powerful mandibles, the large eyes, the menacing form. Conventional wisdom must assume that such a fierce warrior is a natural winner in the horse ant race that is life. Get ready for the upset. This pleasant ant is a species in the genus Formica: Charm…
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Earlier this week, a staff member at Rutgers – Camden Campus News reached out to The Daily Ant with an exciting press release. The release highlights the work of Sammy Schofield, a researcher and undergraduate student in Dr. Amy Savage lab: Schofield’s project examines how fine-scale habitat complexity affects the diversity of species of arthropods such as ants in…
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