Written by Simon Garnier on February 6, 2011 – 1:59 pm
Alex Wild, biologist, talented photographer and author of the ant-dedicated blog myrmecos.net, has decided to have an entire week of his blog dedicated to the fascinating army ants. If you never heard about Alex Wild or about army ants, I strongly advise you to fill this gap in your knowledge by visiting his website. It's [...]
Written by Simon Garnier on June 10, 2010 – 9:49 am
It's not necessary to introduce Mark Moffett, the "Dr. Bugs" as he called himself on his website. The Los Angeles Times recently published an interview of this talented researcher, writer, adventurer, photograph… You can read it at this address: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-sci-ants-20100529,0,7987527,full.story.
Written by Simon Garnier on January 23, 2010 – 4:09 pm
Found while searching the web: http://www.weswarm.com. "All about swarms" says the (hopefully) temporary front page. Any information about this new website are welcome.
Launching expected for next February, I can't wait to see what and who hides behind this.
Written by Simon Garnier on January 11, 2010 – 3:02 pm
Iain Couzin, Professor at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and specialist of collective behaviours, recently answered to this interview on the website BigThink.com. The interview mixes questions about human crowds, locust plague, video games and more. The interview is available here, or can be seen below:
Written by Simon Garnier on December 9, 2009 – 1:53 pm
A short post to welcome a new blog about collective behavior: "Collective Behavior: From Cells to Animals to Us". This brand new website is run by three young leaders in the field of collective behavior: David Sumpter, Audrey Dussutour and Iain Couzin. This blog aims at sharing news, ideas and information about research on behavior of groups, and [...]