Publications

Explore press coverage of our work and peer-reviewed scientific publications that we’ve contributed to, featuring new discoveries about invertebrate behavior and physiology.

Leaf Processing Behaviour in Atta Leafcutter Ants
Leaf Processing Behaviour in Atta Leafcutter AntsPeer-reviewed articleDecember 22, 2015
To Display 500,000 Ants, No Simple Ant Farm Will Do
To Display 500,000 Ants, No Simple Ant Farm Will DoApril 24, 2023
The Homogenous Alternative to Biomineralization
The Homogenous Alternative to BiomineralizationPeer-reviewed articleMarch 18, 2021
Ant Antics - BBC Unexpected Elements
Ant Antics - BBC Unexpected Elements
Listen nowMay 11, 2025
Mission unexpectedly possible - BBC Unexpected Elements
Mission unexpectedly possible - BBC Unexpected Elements
Listen nowMay 30, 2025
Heavy Metals Give Ants a Powerful Bite
Heavy Metals Give Ants a Powerful BiteSeptember 13, 2021
The Year the Leaf-Cutter Ants Took Manhattan
The Year the Leaf-Cutter Ants Took ManhattanDecember 22, 2023
Ant Wrangler
Ant Wrangler
Listen nowDecember 22, 2023
Researchers document the work of leafcutter ants
Researchers document the work of leafcutter antsJanuary 28, 2016
Videos reveal the amazing lives of leafcutter ants, nature’s underground farmers
Videos reveal the amazing lives of leafcutter ants, nature’s underground farmersJanuary 28, 2016
Work of leafcutter ants documented: Ants' prehensile abilities and how they divide their leaf-processing duties
Work of leafcutter ants documented: Ants' prehensile abilities and how they divide their leaf-processing duties January 31, 2016
How metal-infused jaws give some ants an exceptionally sharp bite
How metal-infused jaws give some ants an exceptionally sharp biteSeptember 8, 2021