(See T. Sasaki et al., “A simple behavioral model predicts the emergence of complex animal hierarchies,” The American Naturalist, 2016.)
Image of the Day: The Ant Police
Members of an Indian jumping ant colony (Harpegnathos saltator) “police” a nestmate at the center of this image to prevent her rising in the social hierarchy.
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