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Myrmecology Dies in Darkness
Author: Benjamin Blanchard
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Recently, Tube Correspondant Katerina Theodossiou, who is currently undercover working in the United Kingdom, shared with The Daily Ant a series of observations of the T.V. show Santa Clarita Diet. The images she provided are reproduced below:
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Every living thing needs nutrients. Much previous work has shown that a variety of soil nutrients – in particular Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P), and Potassium (K) – greatly impact plant communities. Often, human behaviors, especially agricultural practices like fertilization, have generated significant shifts in these nutrients. When environments become flushed with these nutrients, overall biomass typically increases…
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Justin Brierley is host of the “Unbelievable?” programme on the British Premier Christian Radio station. The programme covers matters of faith, often including discussions on the interaction between faith and science. Now, you may be wondering, what does this have to do with ants? Recently, Fraternal Correspondant and well-known pseudoscientific philosopher Joshua Blanchard reached out to Brierley on…
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Six days ago, we featured a story about ant butts. Five days ago, we featured a quote from a book by Ed Yong. Today, we feature an article by Ed Yong about ant butts: check it out!
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An oldie but a goodie, from Alex Wild:
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Ants are dominant in a large number of terrestrial ecosystems on every continent outside of Antarctica. One of several reasons for their widespread ecological success is, undoubtedly, their social colonial nature. In fact, ants could be considered metacolonial. This Saturday, spend time considering this excerpt that Fraternal Correspondant Joshua Blanchard discovered in I Contain Multitudes, by Ed Yong: Ants live…
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On Thursday, Field Correspondant Natalia Piland, who is currently undercover as an evolutionary biologist studying birds in Peru, provided The Daily Ant with crucial insight into local ant-human relations. Piland found a beautiful specimen of an ant (beautiful as all ants are beautiful): What is this? It is a leaf-cutter ant queen! But what is most interesting is…
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Today, the top news stories is the highly unusual – many would say wholly unjustified – silencing of Senator Elizabeth Warren by Senator Mitch McConnell. Senator McConnell tried to explain his action, saying “She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.” This defense has ignited an amazing response on Twitter. Well, this morning,…
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On Monday, University of Chicago student and Field Museum intern Destiny Reeves released a mesmerizing short titled “Antimation”. Like The Ant Network’s recent video, this is required viewing:
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Perhaps the most widely-appreciated characteristic of ant colonies is their propensity for collective decision-making. How does a colony, with behavioral variation across individuals, optimize their collective choices? Thomas O’Shea-Wheller and colleagues at the University of Bristol decided to find out. What they discovered may surprise you. In short, their first finding is that individual ants in the species Temnothorax albipennis tend to…
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The Ant Network, which recently received funding through support from The Daily Ant and others, has produced a new short. According to the organization, this is the first in a series of what will hopefully be many other videos! Check it out:
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Although The Daily Ant is merely a fledgling source of premier ant content, we have already promoted multiple organizations that, in keeping with scriptures, go to the ant and are wise: A.N.T.S. of Wyoming, The Ant Network, Ant Swim School, Nomadic Ant, ANTS Tennis, and a bar serving an ant cocktail. Well, we are happy to add yet another noble institution…
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