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Harvesters are still active

Even though it was cold enough to wear a jacket, the harvester ants were still active at the San Pedro River area.

This is the day after Thanksgiving.

Funny, the leafcutters were moving very slowly at much higher temperatures over a month before.

New Ant Book for Children

Today let’s take a look at a children’s book about ants with suggestions for accompanying hands-on activities.

Look Inside an Ant Nest (Pebble Plus: Look Inside Animal Homes) by Megan Nicole Cooley Peterson is a straightforward nonfiction book that explores the unseen world of an ant nest. Laid out with large color photographs on the right [...]

Artificial Intelligence and Ants

Are you into programming as well as ants? The you might want to take a look at the Fall 2011 AI Challenge, sponsored by Google. It’s all about, you guessed it, ants! Create artificial intelligence and watch ant colonies fight. It’s win-win.

This video shows you what you need to do:

The contest will end December 18, [...]

What’s Up?

Any ideas what is going on here? I’ll give you a hint:  The photograph was taken in Tucson.