Adaptive decision-making by ants in response to past, imminent, and predicted adversity
Yusuke Notomi, Shigeto Dobata, Tomoki Kazawa, So Maezawa, Shigehiro Namiki, Ryohei Kanzaki, Stephan Shuichi Haupt
This study shows that ants use internal states to modulate beacon-aiming behavior in response to past, imminent, and predicted adverse substrate conditions.
Journal of Experimental Biology · Jun 24, 2025Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition