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Who will be the next termite queen?
By Zhuang-Dong Bai Zhuang-Dong’s study, exploring the evolution of a harmonious behavioral strategy to reduce conflict over reproduction in the lower termite Reticulitermes labralis can be found here....
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Interview with (a) Social Insect Scientist(s): The Molecular Ecology Lab at...
Miguel Piovesana Pereira Romeiro, Gabriel Tofanelo Vanin, Marianne Azevedo-Silva and Gustavo Maruyama Mori, the authors of Natural history of Camponotus renggeri and Camponotus rufipes in an Atlantic...
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Interview with a Social Insect Scientist: Joshua King
You can read the interviewee’s study, where they investigated factors that limit successful nest-founding by ant queens, specifically whether belowground predation by ants affects survivorship of...
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Dumping in red honey ants
By Sudhakar Deeti Sudhakar’s study, examining waste dumping behaviour in Australian desert ants can be found here. They found that ants choose their dumping distance based on how spoilable the...
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Interview with a Social Insect Scientist: Joël Meunier
IS: Who are you, and what do you do? I am a tenured CNRS researcher working at the Research Institute of Insect Biology at the University of Tours, France. I did my PhD about 15 years ago on the...
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Life and death in termitaria: Population dynamics regulated by termites’ death
By Raul M. Pisno Pisno’s study, together with his colleagues Dinamarta V. Ferreira, Julia J. Ferla and José E. Serrão tested whether mite population growth is dependent on termite mortality. Their...
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Ant infestation: a threat to sea turtle recovery efforts in East Coast...
By Yek Sze Huei with Long Seh Ling, Gan Jason Yew Seng and Loke Wei Qi If someone were to ask any scientist to sum up his reason for doing science in one word, the answer would most likely be :...
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Join the European IUSSI meeting, from July 7 to 11, 2024 in Lausanne,...
Please note: The deadline for abstracts is February 15, 2024! Wepage: https://wp.unil.ch/iussi-europe-2024/ From Cleo Bertelsmeier President of the French IUSSI section Professor at the Department of...
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Interview with the new Social Media Editor of Insectes Sociaux – Damien Gergonne
Damien will take over the position from Daniela Römer in spring 2024 IS: Who are you, and what do you do? DG: Hello! I am Damien Gergonne, born in Toulouse, in France, and I am a postdoctoral...
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Interview with a Social Insect Scientist: Stefan Popp
Stefan Popp is a PhD student, soon to be a Doctor, working on the foraging behavior of ants. His recent research published in Insectes Sociaux can be viewed here. IS: Who are you, and what do you do?...
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Interview with a Social Insect Scientist: Riley Shultz
Riley works in the Department of Entomology at Purdue University and is interested in honey bee health. Her recent research published in Insectes Sociaux can be viewed here. IS: Who are you, and what...
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Interview with a Social Insect Scientist: Gema Trigos-Peral
Gema works at the Department of Social and Myrmecophilous Insects in Warsaw, Poland, Her current research article concerning task syndrome in ant workers and the connection between behavioral traits...
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Interview with a Social Insect Scientist: Ben Hoffmann
Ben Hoffmann is a researcher based in Australia, focusing on invasive species management. His recent work on invasive red fire ants can be found here. IS: Who are you, and what do you do? BH: I am a...
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Interview with a Social Insect Scientist: Oscar Vaes
Oscar Vaes is a biologist interested in data analysis and scientific communication. He has just completed his PhD in Belgium. His latest work on “inactive” ants in colonies can be found here. IS: Who...
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Networks and ants: how do ants maintain connections?
By Balint Kovács In this blog, Balint Kovács, who is an assistant Research Fellow at the HUN-REN-PE Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, explains how social networks in ant colonies are structured and...
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Interview with a Social Insect Scientist: Andrea Ferrari
Andrea Ferrari is a PhD student (soon to be a PhD!) at the University of Milan. He studies the impact of urbanisation on wild bees’ morphology and physiology. His latest work in Insectes Sociaux can...
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Interview with a Social Insect Scientist: Lachlan Jones
Lachlan Jones is an ecologist and entomologist working in England. He investigates bumblebee disease spread and the potential for natural chemicals in heather nectar to protect bees. His latest work...
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Some random observations on the gypsy ants
By Ran Dai In this blog, Ran Dai, an environmental consultant and researcher, shares fascinating observations of gypsy ants in the forests near Kunming, China. From the interactions between different...
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Interview with a social insect scientist: Maria Eduarda Lima Vieira
Maria is a Brazilian PhD student at the Universidade de São Paulo, currently in her final year. Her research focuses on the foraging strategies of ants. Alongside her work, she is also deeply...
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Interview with a social insect scientist: Tomer Czaczkes
Tommy is a researcher at the University of Regensburg, where he leads the ACElab since 2016. He study value perception and decision-making in invertebrates (mostly ants). His latest work in Insectes...
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