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We perform amplicon sequencing to study symbiotic gut bacteria across life stages and castes from 13 species of Cephalotes turtle ants. We aim to provide some of the first...

Acacia-ant mutualists in the genus Pseudomyrmex nest obligately in acacia plants and, through stable isotope analysis, we show that they are among the strictest of herbivores,...

We compared the microbial communities of Megalomyrmex ants (Solenopsidini), containing free-living predatory species and a derived socially parasitic clade, and their...

A BioBlitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time. In 2017, scientists, families,...