ant
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As the authors put it, “one ant alone is a disappointment; it is really no ant at all.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Wilson’s decades of ant studies eventually broadened into a landmark career in conservation until his death in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
An ant brain contains about 60,000 cells, compared with roughly 100 million in a mouse brain, so scientists may be able to study the underlying circuits in much greater detail and at a faster pace.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
The project involves carefully translocating ant colonies into suitable habitats within Comer Woods, where conditions such as woodland structure, sunlight levels and food provide the best chance for the colonies to establish and expand.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
If I left my house in Elba, I could walk to twelve trees, an ant mound, a hornets’ nest, and a bunch of rosebushes.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
“We’re ants, we’re nothing,” I remember him saying, sizing up the state of the American left.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
“If ants had nuclear weapons,” they write, “they would probably end the world in a week.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Adaptations over millions of years gradually shifted what were once egg-laying organs into the venom-delivering weapons that bees, ants and wasps now use to protect their colonies—and food stores—from predators and competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The researchers created an automated behavioral system that placed individual ants with individual larvae.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
“We follow the ants, because all ants go back to Valmiki.”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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