Our society often touts teamwork, but when faced with an easy task, groups may actually perform worse than individuals – at least when the group is made up of Temnothorax rugatulus ants. When T.

For the past three months, I have been studying a species of ant called Temnothorax rugatulus. More specifically, I study how rugatulus interact with one another and choose new homes. I had never even ...

TUCSON, July 4 (UPI) --Compartmentalized and regimented -- ant societies are a model of efficiency. But they're not perfect. Some ants are lazy. When scientists at the University of Arizona noticed a ...

TEMPE, Ariz. – Scientists at Arizona State University have discovered that ants utilize a strategy to handle "information overload." Temnothorax rugatulus ants, commonly found living in rock crevices ...

Good news for slackers! Turns out nature’s archetypal busybodies, worker ants, are lazy too. Researchers have actually been aware of ants’ slacker habits for a while, but they didn’t know whether the ...

A research study with ants shows that collective decision-making proves more efficient than individual selection. Scientists at Arizona State University have discovered that ants utilize a strategy to ...