Indiatimes: World’s biggest ant colony: How Argentine ants built a 3,700-mile supercolony
Earth's most successful creatures, ants, form vast, organized societies. The Argentine ant, however, has created an astonishing supercolony spanning thousands of miles across Southern Europe. Billions ...
The massive supercolony of pesky Argentine ants that stretches across California has been trumped: A newly discovered supercolony in Europe is nearly three times as long, spanning the Mediterranean ...
So ants from different nests in the same colony do not fight with each other.” Five supercolonies of Argentine ants are known to occur in southern California. The largest supercolony extends about 600 ...
Researchers have documented the largest ant supercolony yet, a network of Argentine ant nests stretching at least 6,000 kilometers across Europe. It’s “the largest cooperative unit ever recorded,” ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Argentine ant is one of the most invasive species of ...
Argentine ants attacking a larger harvester ants. The Argentine ants have become successful in California by cooperating across huge colonies. Argentine ants have thrived since they arrived in North ...
Los Angeles Times: For Argentine Ants in Europe, Life Is a Picnic