Researchers created two sets of mazes that only differed in size to match the dimensions of ants and humans, as well as groups of different sizes. Being small does not mean being less intelligent or ...

An analysis of how ants quickly find new routes in a changing maze reveals techniques that could be useful to systems engineers. The research, reported in the Journal of Experimental Biology, shows ...

Ants use their numbers to overcome navigational challenges that are too large and disorienting to be tackled by any single individual, reports a new study in the open-access journal eLife. The results ...