Ants can learn to forage on one-way trails

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 08:14 in Psychology & Sociology

Ant trails fascinate children and scientists alike. With so many ants travelling in both directions, meeting and contacting one another, carrying their loads and giving the impression that they have a sense of urgency and duty, they pose the following question: how do they organise themselves? A new study published in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE may have some answers...

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