Ants: The Superorganism
In short: Explore how ants use simple local interactions and pheromone trails to function as a complex, intelligent superorganism.
A 1:14 short film in the series “Mysteries Explained”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Improving estimates of global ant biomass and abundance”; NIH, “Army ants dynamically adjust living bridges in response to a cost–benefit trade-off”; National Institutes of Health, “Raft Formation by the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta”; Academia.edu, “Measuring Stigmergy: The Case of Foraging Ants”; NIH, “Ants adjust their pheromone deposition to a changing environment and their probability of making errors”; Annual Reviews, “Trail Pheromones: An Integrative View of Their Role in Social Insect Colony Organization”; Stanford University, “The Gordon Lab”; Stanford University, “Where ant colonies keep their brains | Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute”; The Rockefeller University, “The Rockefeller University » Ant colonies behave like neural networks when making decisions”.
Sources used in this film
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Improving estimates of global ant biomass and abundance · View →
- NIH — Army ants dynamically adjust living bridges in response to a cost–benefit trade-off · View →
- National Institutes of Health — Raft Formation by the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta · View →
- Academia.edu — Measuring Stigmergy: The Case of Foraging Ants · View →
- NIH — Ants adjust their pheromone deposition to a changing environment and their probability of making errors · View →
- Annual Reviews — Trail Pheromones: An Integrative View of Their Role in Social Insect Colony Organization · View →
- Stanford University — The Gordon Lab · View →
- Stanford University — Where ant colonies keep their brains | Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute · View →
- The Rockefeller University — The Rockefeller University » Ant colonies behave like neural networks when making decisions · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Improving estimates of global ant biomass and abundance
- Also: NIH: Army ants dynamically adjust living bridges in response to a cost–benefit trade-off
- Also: National Institutes of Health: Raft Formation by the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta
- Also: Academia.edu: Measuring Stigmergy: The Case of Foraging Ants
- Also: NIH: Ants adjust their pheromone deposition to a changing environment and their probability of making errors
- Also: Annual Reviews: Trail Pheromones: An Integrative View of Their Role in Social Insect Colony Organization
- Also: Stanford University: The Gordon Lab
- Also: Stanford University: Where ant colonies keep their brains | Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
- Also: The Rockefeller University: The Rockefeller University » Ant colonies behave like neural networks when making decisions
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