When more humans are added to a team, each member accomplishes less work—but teams of weaver ants do better and better as more join ...

Weaver ants work as a team to build bridges and create nests in trees. Nature has once again proven to be an efficient designer, showing time and again how ant teamwork is much better than that of ...

Weaver ants have solved a problem that has plagued human teams for centuries: individuals contribute less to tasks when more people join in. New research published in Current Biology on 12 August ...

Imagine this - you're locked in a grueling game of tug-of-war, pulling as hard as you can to keep your team from going down. More people join, and you're pulling with all your strength, or are you?

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 ...

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 ...

Discover the benefits of consuming edible insects for sustainable food production and nutrition, including traditional ...

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Daniele Carlesso receives funding from Macquarie University. Imagine you are looking for a parking spot at a crowded event. You find one far from your destination. Do you decide to take it, or invest ...