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The social lives of ants, and some things we as humans can learn from them
There is incredible variety in the kinds of ants in the world, and yet there some interesting similarities between ants and people including being social and living in communities.
We are showcasing how scientists at The Rockefeller University are studying ants to learn about how social behaviors work. Are these behaviors inherited, like eye color? Are they determined by the community? How are behaviors communicated between ants, including through touch or chemical cues? Check out the webinar below, and read on to learn more about some of these questions, and more…
Science Saturday is a science festival for kids and kids at heart, normally hosted at The Rockefeller University.
Learn About Ants
Topic:
Life Science
Content Type:
Article
There are over 10,000 different species of ants on our planet, with a variety of sizes, shapes, colors, environments, and roles within our ecosystems.
Experiment with Ants
Topic:
Life Science
Exploring ant interactions in a lab space allows scientists to discover the origin of lots of cool behaviors that exist in the wild!
Topic:
Life Science
Learn to observe and categorize ants based on common features in order to guess which ant your scientist collaborator is studying
Ants IRL
Topic:
Ecology,
Life Science,
Environment
Content Type:
Guidebook
Head on outside into your local green spaces and find some ants to observe!