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  • Ants Again

    Readers with a mind like a steel trap jaw ant’s mandibles will remember that Poorly Drawn Lines is, without a doubt, the comic strip of record when it comes to formicid-friendly comics. Don’t believe us? Click here, here, here, here, and, if you dare, here. Well, ants have six legs and so it’s only natural…

  • T.V. Tuesday: Community

    It is only natural that our favorite social insects made it into the U.S. television show Community. Thanks to our Tube Correspondant Katerina Pollard – always on the ant T.V. beat – we know that in this case, what is natural is also real. Enjoy this short clip, captured by Correspondant Pollard, from Season 2,…

  • Seagulls Tripping on Ant Acid

    According to a 2016 report in The Huffington Post, when winged ants (males and reproductive females) emerge for their nuptial flights, the seagulls go wild. Or, rather, they trip out on the ants’ formic acid. As reported in HuffPo: “Dr. Rebecca Nesbit of the Society of Biology says the ants contain formic acid, which can cause gulls…

  • Beautiful New Logo Graces Asian Myrmecology

    The scientific journal Asian Myrmecology recently announced a delightful and creative new logo. Take a look: The logo was designed by the artistically antspired Runxi Wang (王润玺/王潤璽), a PhD candidate at Hong Kong University. See here for other design work by Mr. Wang.

  • Hiatus Ending Soon – and Coverage of TDA in Current Affairs!

    Blessed readers, we are pleased to announce two items of interest to you, the antlightened crowd! First, after too long of a publishing hiatus brought on by an unfortunate combination of distraction and malaise, it is our intention to resume the regular production of premier ant content for general consumption within the next week or so.…

  • Editorial: Halper and Taibbi Abandon Leftist Cause, Slam Ants

    We surely need not remind our readers that human leftists and ants go hand in tarsus. You can imagine our surprise, then, when Fraternal Correspondant Joshua Blanchard alerted us to a shocking, anti-ant video documenting a recent conversation between alleged leftists Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper. Before getting to the video, remember that labor unions…

  • Social Insect Distancing – Ep. 16: Ants in Washington Park

    In response to the ongoing pandemic, we are producing a short, no-frills daily podcast series: “Social Insect Distancing”. Today’s episode was recorded on the move, as our editor-in-chief took his daily stroll outside in a park (keeping 12 ft or more away from the nearest person, of course). We hope that learning a little about…

  • Social Insect Distancing – Ep. 15: Ants on Sea-Doos

    In response to the ongoing pandemic, we are producing a short, no-frills daily podcast series: “Social Insect Distancing”. We hope that learning a little about ants will provide cross-species comfort for anxious human readers!

  • Social Insect Distancing – Ep. 14: Gut Bacteria

    In response to the ongoing pandemic, we are producing a short, no-frills daily podcast series: “Social Insect Distancing”. For our 14th episode, we (remotely) sat down with guest Dr. Manuela Ramalho, a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University. We hope that learning a little about ants will provide cross-species comfort for anxious human readers! Figure from…

  • Social Insect Distancing – Ep. 13: The End of My Ant Jerry

    In response to the ongoing pandemic, we are producing a short, no-frills daily podcast series: “Social Insect Distancing”. We hope that learning a little about ants will provide cross-species comfort for anxious human readers!

  • Social Insect Distancing – Ep. 12: The Odorous House Ant

    In response to the ongoing pandemic, we are producing a short, no-frills daily podcast series: “Social Insect Distancing”. We hope that learning a little about ants will provide cross-species comfort for anxious human readers!

  • Social Insect Distancing – Ep. 11: Sewer Ants and Murder

    In response to the ongoing pandemic, we are producing a short, no-frills daily podcast series: “Social Insect Distancing”. We hope that learning a little about ants will provide cross-species comfort for anxious human readers!