The Ant Network 🐜
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@AntNetworkSM
Note: account rarely active due to changes at Twitter. Exciting ant & #scicomm videos, scientific expeditions, and ant keeping tips!
We are looking for an enthusiastic, curious & kind PhD candidate to join our team to work on foraging biomechanics in leaf-cutter ants in spring/fall 23. Fully funded (4y), with lots of freedom/possibility to contribute your own ideas. Details: evo-biomech.ic.ac.uk/wp-content/upl… Please RT!
Yes, this photo might look like nightmare fuel BUT turns out ants are preventing the world from imploding and they’re actually a bit cuter. Here’s a bit on how ✨that✨ photo came to be and why you might want to think twice before squishing an ant. washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10…
Super psyched for the #IUSSI2022 Special Symposium: Exhibiting social insect research through art and science communication 4:30-6:30pm, today, Wed, Rm 23-24 Talks by @AztecaCecropia, @DrKSTraynor, @clintpenick, @DrAdrianSmith, @pupating, @Elva_Robinson, @MilesMaxcer
In the Spring 2022 issue of American Entomologist, @mkirchner_ants and @JanePetzoldt take a critical eye to stipends for students in entomology graduate programs in the U.S., finding they typically fall short of a living wage. doi.org/10.1093/ae/tma…
Functional and species diversity changes seasonally at local scales and is important to understand and control for when evaluating changes over longer geographic areas and time periods! Great job Leo! track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=p-…
We look forward to recruiting more enthusiastic researchers #PhD #postdoc to help us with two new @NSF-funded research projects! We are interviewing research technicians NOW. Please retweet and email adams.1970@osu.edu with questions. #ants #evolution osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/job…
