Food foraging co-op.(army ants )

The Science Teacher;  February 1, 2006 ;     485 words ......pursued by a column of hundreds of raiding army ants that quickly paralyzed or killed it...origin of cooperative hunting behavior in army ants, which are among the most socially complex...foraging, a key element in the behavior of army ants, may have begun as a way to subdue large...

How instant road repairs keep army ants marching ; HOME

The Independent - London;  May 28, 2007 ;     502 words ......selfless heroism and teamwork displayed by army ants, long considered to be among the most...trait means large groups of foraging army ants ( Eciton burchellii), travelling in groups...own do - it-yourself highways agency." Army ants are characterised by their unique nomadic...

Evolution of Army Ants Occurred Just Once

AP Online;  May 6, 2003 ;     306 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: WASHINGTON Army ants that sweep along in massive, voracious...Tuesday. Scientists have thought that army ants originated separately on different continents...Gondwana, which has since broken up. Army ants still occur primarily in the southern...

Evolution of army ants occurred just once

AP Worldstream;  May 6, 2003 ;     311 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: WASHINGTON Army ants, groups of ants that sweep along in massive...Tuesday. Scientists have thought that army ants originated separately on different continents...Gondwana, which has since broken up. Army ants still occur primarily in the southern...

Impostor in the Nest

Natural History;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......in the New World wrote home about army ants, as have more contemporary writers, natural historians, and the like. Army ants, particularly the species that raid...the early or popular accounts of army ants are accurate, but most of them owe...

How instant road repairs keep army ants marching

Belfast Telegraph;  May 29, 2007 ;     475 words ......trait means large groups of foraging army ants (Eciton burchellii), travelling in groups...own do- it-yourself highways agency." Army ants are characterised by their unique nomadic...sized holes into the path of a colony of army ants' foraging route in Panama. A Bristol...

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The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  March 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Thanks, Karen Kirk As individuals, army ants have almost no brain to speak of, just...at Princeton University, has watched army ants in Panama's rain forest and figured out how they do it. Army ants don't follow a leader. Rather, each...

CHIPPER CLUB: JOKES.(Features)

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  February 5, 2005 ;     32 words ...WHY was the frog down in the mouth? He was un-hoppy! Knock knock. Who's there? Army Ants. Amy Ants who? Army Ants coming round for tea today?! What's ugly, scary and very blue? A vampire holding his breath!

Pothole pals: ants pave roads for fellow raiders.(This Week)

Science News;  June 2, 2007 ;     447 words ...When army ants use their own bodies to plug tiny potholes...backups, Powell explains. Many species of army ants send out relentless columns of hunters...foragers catches up to a victim, the army ants form a mass, grab hold of the prey, inject...

Lesson for Ken as army ants charge without congestion

The Independent on Sunday;  January 26, 2003 ;     313 words ......between the problems faced by New World army ants and the millions of commuters who drive...published by the Royal Society, New World army ants, Eciton burchelli, have developed a simple...because it shows that extremely altruistic army ants can arrange smooth traffic flows. But...

NHL Roundup

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  April 27, 2007 ;     698 words ......the middle of the night covered with army ants, which were flowing down the wall and...from their rooms. Things got worse. The army ants were advancing through the lobby's thatched...opened umbrellas for protection. When army ants are on the move, nothing can be done...

ANTS carries more than its weight in information

Oakland Tribune;  April 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ......sights, however, will be found at the army ants colony, the first large-scale exhibition...food supply where ever they feed, army ants typically move their above-ground nest each night. Carnivorous foragers, army ants on the hunt align themselves in...

BUG OF THE MONTH.(army ants)(Brief Article)

Geographical;  December 1, 2000 ;     150 words ......behaving as if they were a single organism. Encountering prey, army ants quickly swarm over their victim, tearing away flesh with their sharp mandibles. They are vicious and tenacious. A half-dozen [army ants] swarmed over me, recalled one victim, drawing little gouts...

500S: animals and insects galore.(Army Ants)(Buffalo)(Centipedes,...

Teacher Librarian;  April 1, 2006 ;     224 words ...Army ants. Sandra Markle. Lerner, 2005. $25.26. 0-8225-3196-8. Grades 3-6. Scavengers...the world of animals, are shown here in stunning full-color photographs of army ants doing what they do best. Markle addresses the questions that readers want...

Ants plug the gap; NATURE.(News)

The Birmingham Post (England);  May 28, 2007 ;     92 words ...Army ants use their own bodies to repair potholes along bumpy rainforest floors to...floor. So to overcome the problem, the enterprising and highly organised army ants used their bodies to plug holes in the trail leading back to the nest, scientists...