It goes without saying that anybody who is anybody enjoys ants with all the human senses. Taste is […]
Author: Benjamin Blanchard
The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and […]
Worker Correspondant Jason Bates recently shared with us the following comic, by Poorly Drawn Lines, ironically titled “Symbiosis”: […]
This intimidating ant is a species in the genus Odontomachus: Observe the powerful mandibles, the large eyes, the menacing […]
Earlier this week, a staff member at Rutgers – Camden Campus News reached out to The Daily Ant with an exciting […]
We already know that spiny ants are cool. But did you know that the first well-documented case of […]
Imagine that you are a mango farmer in Thailand. You’re happy with your mango crop, and happily head […]
The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and […]
Lovers of ant philosophy – that is, lovers of philosophy – will have noticed that our last Philosophy Phridays contribution was published on July 27th (an interesting piece on doubting ants by Dr. Andrew Moon). Such philosophy-lovers will be happy to hear that this time gap emphatically does NOT signal the death of our most world-famous series. In fact, we already have two upcoming contributions in the wings, and we’re confident you’re going to love them as much as you’ve loved each previous installment.
Until next Phriday, we’re thrilled to announce that Philosophy Phridays was recently featured on the widely-read American Philosophical Association (APA) Blog! The focus of the piece, penned by our very own Editor-In-Chief Benjamin Blanchard, is on the exciting Philosophy Phridays Phriends of the Phield event hosted by The Daily Ant during the APA Central Meeting in Chicago in February. If you support ants, make sure to check out the story!
We’ve once again fallen rather silent for over two weeks, yet throughout the past month or so, our devoted readership has sent us a steady supply of premier ant content. Below, we present you a list of seven interesting items we almost allowed you to miss!
Are you interested in the phrase “dangling ant asses”? Of course you are. Thus, you will now use […]
We wish all of our readers a simply thrilling 1st World Ant Day!
Myrmecologist Dr. Mike Kaspari, in a flash of inspiration, realized that World Ant Day did not yet exist. Thus, on April 21st, he announced a date for a new holiday:
On July 23rd, Dr. Kaspari proposed a special way to celebrate World Ant Day, for those on Twitter:
