Animal homing: Ants build their own landmarks when they need them

Cornelia Buehlmann

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.05.048

Animal homing: Ants build their own landmarks when they need them

Curr Biol. 2023 Jul 10;33(13):R721-R724. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.05.048.

Author

Cornelia Buehlmann¹

Affiliation

¹ University of Sussex, School of Life Sciences, Brighton, Sussex BN1 9QG, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 37433274
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.05.048

Abstract

Visual landmarks are extremely useful for successful navigation in many species, including ants. So much so that a new study shows that desert ants actually build their own landmarks when they need them.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Ants* / physiology
Spatial Navigation*