Ants are hard workers, but they’re not multitaskers: They have to stop to think. Temnothorax albipennis worker ants typically need a pit stop to change their travel plans, researchers in England ...

image: This shows a Temnothorax albipennis colony inside a nest. New research by Ph.D. student Carolina Doran and Professor Nigel R. Franks of the University of Bristol's School of Biological Sciences ...

image: A new study of rock ants (Temnothorax albipennis) conducted by Edmund Hunt and colleagues at the University of Bristol, UK suggests that ants don't get distracted by social information when on ...

Colonies of rock ants (Temnothorax albipennis) need to find ideal homes for the safety and productivity of the queen mother and all of her offspring. They are regularly confronted with the dilemma of ...