Unicolonial ant populations are the most extensive cooperative units known in nature,
forming networks of interconnected nests extending sometimes hundreds of kilometers …

Many insects and arthropods live in colonies or aggregations of varying size. Group size
may affect collective organization either because the same individual behavior has different …

Arboreal ants are both diverse and ecologically dominant in the tropics. Such ecologically
important groups are likely to be particularly useful in ongoing empirical efforts to …

The extreme diversity of dispersal strategies in ants is unique among terrestrial animals. The
nature of ant colonies as social, perennial and sessile superorganisms is the basis for …

Highlights•Polydomous ant colonies live in spatially separated but socially connected
nests.•Dispersed central place foraging may be a key benefit of polydomy.•Ergonomic …

The conflict between social groups is widespread, often imposing significant costs across
multiple groups. The social insects make an ideal system for investigating inter-group …

Supercolonies of ants are perhaps the largest non-human animal societies, at their largest
spanning several millions of individuals and thousands of nests and in invasive species …

Social interactions are often characterized by cooperation within groups and conflict or
competition between groups. In certain circumstances, however, cooperation can arise …

Aim One of the most consistent global biogeographic patterns is the latitudinal diversity
gradient where species richness peaks within the equatorial tropics and decreases towards …

Background The foraging task is one of the canonical testbeds for cooperative robotics, in
which a collection of robots has to search and transport objects to specific storage point (s) …