Feeding ants dopamine might make them smarter foragers

Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 10:20 in Biology & Nature

In an ant colony, few tasks are as important as gathering food. But the desert heat can pose a challenge for an ant on foraging duty. Recent findings, publishing in the journal iScience on September 27, show how dopamine may influence the behavior of ant foragers in the desert.

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