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  • The Daily Ant One-Year Antiversary: In Review

    It’s hard to believe it, but it’s true. What started out one year ago from yesterday as a podunk formicid-friendly online media project with an inaugural post on loving your house ants has grown into a podunk formicid-friendly online media project with 196 published articles. Whether you’re joining us now for the first time, or have…

  • Editorial: Tennis, Flying Ants, and the Vertebrate Media

    Thanks to a heads up from an avid reader who recently contacted us with the news, The Daily Ant has learned that this year’s Wimbledon tournament just received a great blessing. What blessing? Why, ants, of course! On Wednesday local time, millions of winged ants emerged to participate in a special nuptial flight the Brits call…

  • ANTS Tennis

    The Daily Ant is busy following the Australian Open semifinal match between Venus Williams and Coco Vandeweghe, and we just came across an interesting organization: America’s Next Tennis Stars (ANTS). The Daily Ant cannot vouch for ANTS, but we enthusiastically endorse their name.

  • Formicid Footballer Still Kicking

    Formicid Footballer Still Kicking

    As reported in The Daily Ant last week, Brazilian footballer Miraildes Maciel Mota, known as “Formiga”, has retired from football after a remarkable 21-year career. Understandably, we at The Daily Ant mourned this loss. However, we have recently learned, through an anonymous tip, that Formiga was not the only formicid footballer. The sport’s new standard-bearer is Sebastian Giovinco,…

  • Thank You, Formiga!

    Thank You, Formiga!

    After a stunning, 21-year career as a Brazilian footballer, Miraildes Maciel Mota, aka Formiga, has retired from football. It is not surprising that this football legend has played for so long – “Formiga” means “Ant” in Portuguese. Ants have a virtually universal reputation for perseverance, and Formiga, at 38 years old, has certainly lived up to her name. The Daily…

  • Fort Wayne Mad Ants March Forward After Stinging Loss

    The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, founded in 2007, quickly reached prominence as a top contender in the minor league, winning the D-League championship in 2014. This year, the Mad Ants are again performing well. Despite a narrow loss to the Maine Red Claws in an exciting game last Thursday, the Mad Ants persevered to heroically defeat both…