Scientists found that ants and other natural systems use optimization algorithms similar to those used by engineered systems, including the Internet. These algorithms invest incrementally more ...

For the past three decades Deborah Gordon has devoted herself to studying ant colonies in the Arizona desert. Although her chosen subject – the red harvester ant – isn’t much to look at, when they ...

Ants are known as social insects that form large herds while sharing roles between queen ants, worker ants, and soldier ants. The behavior of ants forming nests and forming a route to the feeding ...