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Myrmecology Dies in Darkness
Author: Benjamin Blanchard
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Many thanks to Worker Correspondant Jason Bates, who sent us this video by the BBC, which could also be called “Until the cows come home”:
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There is perhaps no tale as ancient as the tale of a human hell-bent on keeping ants out of their home. It’s no surprise that we chose to launch this outlet, over two and a half years ago, with a treatise in defense of house ants. Surely no one, by now, is shocked at the…
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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 interview with Dr. Vida Yao is the 67th contribution in the series. Dr. Vida Yao sat down with The Daily Ant to discuss graciousness, implicit bias, boredom, ant puns, and more. Enjoy! Dr. Vida Yao is Assistant…
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Continuing the long, lovely, storied history of ant comics by Poorly Drawn Lines, here is a playful comic, “Blocked“, from about 6 months ago (and trust us… it won’t be the last PDL ant comic – stay tuned): Of course, as is so often the case, we have our antrepid Comic Correspondant Matt Hernandez to…
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It should come as a surprise to no one – vertebrate or invertebrate – that a song (mostly) about an ant won a 1959 Oscar for Best Original Song. That song, “High Hopes“, is a charming ditty, as you can see and hear in the embedded video, below. The most antspirational lyrics are as follows:…
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This is… a wonderful animation about army ants. A retweet by myrmecologist Dr. Adrian Smith brought the video to our attention, so we’ll be one of the only ones to say it this week: Thank you, Twitter! Watch “The World War of the Ants – The Army Ant”, by Kurzgesagt, now:
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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-sixth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Eric Wiland. Colonies and the Common Weal Some ant colonies thrive. Others don’t. In many cases, myrmecologists can tell us what it is for one or the other…
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Who’s missed us? Let us know in the comments, before or after you’ve watched “Uncle Donald’s Ants”, from 1952.
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If you are reading this sentence, it is more likely than not that you’re aware of our Sunday poetry series, Formicid Form. Yet this series may be a little too mainstream for your tastes, and you may desire something more creative. Is that so? Then check out this step-by-step guide on how to get leaf-cutter…
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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-fifth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Luke Roelofs. Anty-Nesting and Anty-Combination Here’s a question: are ants conscious? Here’s another question: are ant colonies conscious? I’m not going to defend an answer to either…
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We know what you are thinking. Indeed, our production of premier ant content for general consumption has been flagging lately. It’s true, we haven’t posted a non-Philosophy Phridays article in quite a long time. Could it be a conspiracy? Has Big Vertebrate succeeded in silencing our noble cause? Could chemtrails be to blame? Well, we don’t…
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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-fourth contribution in the series, submitted by Dr. Briana Toole. To Follow Blindly – Army Ants and Echo Chambers Ant hills dominated the backyard of my childhood home. I once had the misfortune of falling…
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