Ant First Responders
Did you know that some ants work as first responders? It's their job to rescue trapped colony mates. New research looks at the heritability of this specialization and shows that ‘once a rescuer, always a rescuer.’
Read the whole story at my Animal Minds blog: Ant Colonies Have Specialized First Responders.
Ants Discriminate Snake Friends and Foes
In Madagascar, there is an ant with two very different relationships to two kinds of snake. These ants open their nests up to one of the snakes, which may help protect them from the other.
Read my latest Animal Minds post for the whole story: Ants Discriminate Snake Friends and Foes.
