Thanks to this article in the Discover Magazine I found this small video on Slatev.com where the basics of pheromone recruitment in ants are explained and where their potential applications in car traffic management are introduced.

As indicated in their name, leaf-cutter ants cut tree leaves and bring the pieces to their nest where they are used as substrate to grow mushrooms. Usually, when the path toward the nest is clean, these pieces of leaf are large. But when the path is obstructed by twigs for instance under which ants have [...]

[ October 19, 2008 to October 24, 2008. ] Du 19 au 24 octobre prochain, le Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale (CNRS-URM 5169) et l’Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse (CNRS-UMR 5219) de l’Université Paul Sabatier à Toulouse organisent la première “Ecole d’Automne interdisciplinaire de Biologie Systémique”. Pour cette première édition, le thème abordé sera l’analyse et la modélisation des déplacements individuels et [...]