As the sun goes down outside of Sydney, Australia, bull ants march out of their nests and into the trees. Once there, the ants attack other insects and arthropods, as well as collect tree sap and ...

Nocturnal bull ants can use low-level moonlight to navigate at night, according to new research. The study, published today as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife, is described by the editors as ...

Worker bull ants have military-style night vision, while their higher status winged nest mates see best during the day, Australian researchers have discovered. The research led by Dr Ajay Narendra ...

The study found the nocturnal bull ants were able to detect and use polarised moonlight throughout the lunar cycle for foraging, even under a crescent moon when moonlight is 80% less intense.

Ants vary dramatically in size. There are big ants, such as Australia’s Bull ants that can range from 8mm to 40mm, and then there are the tiny 1.5mm electric ants, which are currently an ...

Dr Narendra's latest research, into four species of bull ants common in the ACT, has linked their familiar march to food with the maintenance of orderly traffic flows. "Ants are social animals ...

Researchers at the University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience have discovered how bull ant venom has evolved to stop their major predator in its tracks but making it hyper ...

Nocturnal bull ants can use low-level moonlight to navigate at night, according to new research. The study, published today as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife, is described by the editors as ...