Humans are Not Ants: The Need for Individuality
We like to draw parallels between ourselves and animals, perhaps because it makes us feel less alone. Is this dangerous? There are many articles and papers being written today about the …
Smooth Insect in Motion: Meet the A-Pod
Kåre Halvorsen, aka Zenta, builds robots. His specialty is the hexapod, like the A-Pod in the video below which is based on the body of the ant. Not only is …
Quote for Today: Henry David Thoreau
One day when I went out to my wood-pile, or rather my pile of stumps, I observed two large ants, the one red, the other much larger, nearly half an …
Does This Make My Butt Look Big? Dr. Mohamed Babu Dyes Ants
A scientist in Mysore, India found an unusual way to create art: using colored sugar water to dye ants bright colors. As the ants eat, their transparent stomachs give them …
Open All of Your Windows Now: Get Rocking with Kellermensch’s Army Ants
It isn’t often you run across a rock band with enough eloquence in the English language to write a chorus such as “We are but army ants, living in accordance …
This is an outstanding article which speaks to the awareness of ants and how they use their own body size to determine distance. Fascinating read from Inspiring Science.
Animated Ants: DeLijn Ants Defeat an Aardvark and Tell You to Ride the Bus
The DeLijn Bus Line of Belgium brings us a sparkling bit of humor and animation reminding you that it is better to travel in groups. I dare you to watch …
Revealing a Subterranean City: Pouring Cement in an Ant Hill
Scientists wanted a closer look at the subterranean passageways of an ant colony, so they decided to pour cement down an ant hill and then excavate it. Three days and …
Quote for Today: Miriam Makeba
I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the …
Quote for Today: Lewis Thomas
Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse …