When nature artist Franz Anthony found a caterpillar on a leaf rearing both its ends up at him, he thought it kind of looked two weaver ants. The color, the seemingly segmented body, the bulbs and ...

Most human and animal teams suffer from the Ringelmann effect: individuals contribute less the more the team grows Weaver ants avoid the Ringlemann effect as they work in a team to fold leaves into ...

The Ministry of Economy and Finance website's glossary of everyday economic terms includes the term Ringelmann effect. It refers to the psychological phenomenon in which individual contribution to ...

What if I told you humans aren't the only ones that set budgets? Of course, I don't mean the kind of budget where you break down how much you're going to spend on takeout each month. Instead, I mean ...

There’s a new ant–agonist on the pesticide market. According to a review published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, trees protected by weaver ants have less pests, less plant damage, and show an ...

Have you ever been part of a large group project? You might assume that with more people involved, the work gets done better and faster. However, as more team members join the group, the effectiveness ...

In the tropical forests of Australia and Asia, tiny red ants build vast, hanging homes by stitching leaves together with silk. But scientists have now discovered that these ants, called Oecophylla ...

(Beyond Pesticides, September 3, 2015) A study published this week reveals that ants are a cheaper, more effective means to managing pests than toxic chemical pesticides. The review was conducted by ...