Cataglyphis iberica queen while on a train to #taxomara2024 in Málaga.
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#cataglyphis #queen #myrmecology
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July 16, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Cataglyphis iberica queen while on a train to #taxomara2024 in Málaga.
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#cataglyphis #queen #myrmecology
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New study shows that Cataglyphis hellenica 🐜 learns a nest direction by using a magnetic compass 🧲🧭. Demonstrating that a magnetic compass is widespread in Cataglyphis ants. @chiaratenne.bsky.social @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Magnetoreception in Cataglyphis hellenica ants - Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Magnetoreception is the ability of animals to detect and use the geomagnetic field (GMF) for spatial orientation. Cataglyphis ants are experimental models for insect navigation and magnetoreception. A...
link.springer.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:08 PM
New study shows that Cataglyphis hellenica 🐜 learns a nest direction by using a magnetic compass 🧲🧭. Demonstrating that a magnetic compass is widespread in Cataglyphis ants. @chiaratenne.bsky.social @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
weirdly enough, ants are incredibly good at navigating the sahara desert: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Multisensory navigation and neuronal plasticity in desert ants
Cataglyphis desert ants are skilled visual navigators. Here, I present a brief overview of multisensory learning and neuronal plasticity in ants, with…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 26, 2026 at 3:25 AM
weirdly enough, ants are incredibly good at navigating the sahara desert: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🐜 Hoy vengo a hablaros de hormigas y de lo frecuente que es ver en Doñana por estas fechas a las obreras de Cataglyphis tartessica y Aphaenogaster senilis transportando pétalos de Halimium halimifolium hacia sus hormigueros. 🧵1/2
July 11, 2026 at 10:18 AM
🐜 Hoy vengo a hablaros de hormigas y de lo frecuente que es ver en Doñana por estas fechas a las obreras de Cataglyphis tartessica y Aphaenogaster senilis transportando pétalos de Halimium halimifolium hacia sus hormigueros. 🧵1/2
🤩 Very proud to announce that today @chiaratenne.bsky.social first #ant paper has been published in #JCP-A @springernature.com 🥳🧪👩🔬
We show that also C. hellenica has a magnetic sense suggesting that magnetoreception is rather common than unique in #Cataglyphis ants 🧭🐜🇬🇷
↘️ doi.org/10.1007/s003... ↙️
We show that also C. hellenica has a magnetic sense suggesting that magnetoreception is rather common than unique in #Cataglyphis ants 🧭🐜🇬🇷
↘️ doi.org/10.1007/s003... ↙️
Magnetoreception in Cataglyphis hellenica ants - Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Magnetoreception is the ability of animals to detect and use the geomagnetic field (GMF) for spatial orientation. Cataglyphis ants are experimental models for insect navigation and magnetoreception. A...
link.springer.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
🤩 Very proud to announce that today @chiaratenne.bsky.social first #ant paper has been published in #JCP-A @springernature.com 🥳🧪👩🔬
We show that also C. hellenica has a magnetic sense suggesting that magnetoreception is rather common than unique in #Cataglyphis ants 🧭🐜🇬🇷
↘️ doi.org/10.1007/s003... ↙️
We show that also C. hellenica has a magnetic sense suggesting that magnetoreception is rather common than unique in #Cataglyphis ants 🧭🐜🇬🇷
↘️ doi.org/10.1007/s003... ↙️
I’m really pleased to see this study out recently in @jexpbiol.bsky.social, composed partly of an experiment I helped to develop and run in the field for my master’s thesis. 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
How a salt pan ant Cataglyphis fortis navigates artificially complex environments
Summary: The desert ant Cataglyphis fortis is adapted to the rather featureless saltpans of Tunisia. However, when facing artificially complex environments, the ants exhibit navigational strategies th...
doi.org
February 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I’m really pleased to see this study out recently in @jexpbiol.bsky.social, composed partly of an experiment I helped to develop and run in the field for my master’s thesis. 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
(1/4) Hormiga sobre Euphorbia sp.
Parque Arqueológico de Carranque, Carranque, Toledo. España. Marzo de 2026.
#garcellor #cataglyphis #cataglyphisiberica #camponotus #camponotusaethiops #euphorbia #euphorbiaserrata #euphorbiahelioscopia #hormigas #carranque #floreshabitadas
Parque Arqueológico de Carranque, Carranque, Toledo. España. Marzo de 2026.
#garcellor #cataglyphis #cataglyphisiberica #camponotus #camponotusaethiops #euphorbia #euphorbiaserrata #euphorbiahelioscopia #hormigas #carranque #floreshabitadas
March 29, 2026 at 10:22 AM
(1/4) Hormiga sobre Euphorbia sp.
Parque Arqueológico de Carranque, Carranque, Toledo. España. Marzo de 2026.
#garcellor #cataglyphis #cataglyphisiberica #camponotus #camponotusaethiops #euphorbia #euphorbiaserrata #euphorbiahelioscopia #hormigas #carranque #floreshabitadas
Parque Arqueológico de Carranque, Carranque, Toledo. España. Marzo de 2026.
#garcellor #cataglyphis #cataglyphisiberica #camponotus #camponotusaethiops #euphorbia #euphorbiaserrata #euphorbiahelioscopia #hormigas #carranque #floreshabitadas
Robin Grob from NTNU talks about the magnetic sense of ants and how he wants to study the magnetic compass of migratory monarch butteflies.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Cataglyphis ants have a polarity-sensitive magnetic compass
Grob et al. show that Cataglyphis ants do not rely on the inclination but rather use
the polarity of the geomagnetic field for path integration during learning walks in
their natural habitat. This sug...
www.cell.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Robin Grob from NTNU talks about the magnetic sense of ants and how he wants to study the magnetic compass of migratory monarch butteflies.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
jiminy's animal reviews: The Saharan silver ant (𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘺𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢) is an ant in heat. Er, well, that is to say it deals well with heat. Remarkably well. They emerge from their nests during the hottest part of the day when just about every other animal has sought refuge. 🧵
August 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
jiminy's animal reviews: The Saharan silver ant (𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘺𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢) is an ant in heat. Er, well, that is to say it deals well with heat. Remarkably well. They emerge from their nests during the hottest part of the day when just about every other animal has sought refuge. 🧵
🚨It is finally out: In our newest paper paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social we show that #Cataglyphis #DesertAnts have a polarity-sensitive magnetic sense 🐜🧭 Please read & share 🧪↘️https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01519-7↙️ #Magnetoreception #Neuroethology #InsectNavigation
December 6, 2024 at 6:57 PM
🚨It is finally out: In our newest paper paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social we show that #Cataglyphis #DesertAnts have a polarity-sensitive magnetic sense 🐜🧭 Please read & share 🧪↘️https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01519-7↙️ #Magnetoreception #Neuroethology #InsectNavigation
New study @currentbiology.bsky.social reveals that ants use a polarity 🧲🧭 for navigation. www.cell.com/current-biol...
@cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social
@cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social
Cataglyphis ants have a polarity-sensitive magnetic compass
Grob et al. show that Cataglyphis ants do not rely on the inclination but rather use the polarity of the geomagnetic field for path integration during learning walks in their natural habitat. This suggests a different mechanism for sensing magnetic fields compared with most other insects studied so far.
www.cell.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:49 PM
New study @currentbiology.bsky.social reveals that ants use a polarity 🧲🧭 for navigation. www.cell.com/current-biol...
@cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social
@cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social
The Sahara is one of the most brutal environments on Earth: Sands reach 70°C (158°F).
Solar radiation can cook you alive.
So imagine the absolute bad-ass ants that thrive here, eating the remains of less-capable desert survivors.
Meet the Saharan silver ant, Cataglyphis bombycina.
Solar radiation can cook you alive.
So imagine the absolute bad-ass ants that thrive here, eating the remains of less-capable desert survivors.
Meet the Saharan silver ant, Cataglyphis bombycina.
October 13, 2023 at 12:15 AM
The Sahara is one of the most brutal environments on Earth: Sands reach 70°C (158°F).
Solar radiation can cook you alive.
So imagine the absolute bad-ass ants that thrive here, eating the remains of less-capable desert survivors.
Meet the Saharan silver ant, Cataglyphis bombycina.
Solar radiation can cook you alive.
So imagine the absolute bad-ass ants that thrive here, eating the remains of less-capable desert survivors.
Meet the Saharan silver ant, Cataglyphis bombycina.
No GPS.📍
No map.🗺
Just tiny brains of Cataglyphis hellenica doing elite navigation. 🐜🧭
Find a #video on the story of our SFB researchers @chiaratenne.bsky.social and @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social below & the article at link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Cataglyphis #ants #magneticsense #navigation
No map.🗺
Just tiny brains of Cataglyphis hellenica doing elite navigation. 🐜🧭
Find a #video on the story of our SFB researchers @chiaratenne.bsky.social and @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social below & the article at link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Cataglyphis #ants #magneticsense #navigation
February 7, 2026 at 1:28 PM
No GPS.📍
No map.🗺
Just tiny brains of Cataglyphis hellenica doing elite navigation. 🐜🧭
Find a #video on the story of our SFB researchers @chiaratenne.bsky.social and @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social below & the article at link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Cataglyphis #ants #magneticsense #navigation
No map.🗺
Just tiny brains of Cataglyphis hellenica doing elite navigation. 🐜🧭
Find a #video on the story of our SFB researchers @chiaratenne.bsky.social and @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social below & the article at link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Cataglyphis #ants #magneticsense #navigation
Happy to share our new paper! We provide the first evidence of magnetoreception in Cataglyphis hellenica, suggesting that the use of the GMF is more widespread than unique in Cataglyphis ants 🐜🧭@cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Magnetoreception in Cataglyphis hellenica ants - Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Magnetoreception is the ability of animals to detect and use the geomagnetic field (GMF) for spatial orientation. Cataglyphis ants are experimental models for insect navigation and magnetoreception. A...
link.springer.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Happy to share our new paper! We provide the first evidence of magnetoreception in Cataglyphis hellenica, suggesting that the use of the GMF is more widespread than unique in Cataglyphis ants 🐜🧭@cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
4. At the molecular level, they express heat shock proteins that conditions their cells against extreme heat, not unique for extremophiles.
What is unique, so far as I know, is that they produce these heat shock proteins in ADVANCE of exposure to heat.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7708762/
What is unique, so far as I know, is that they produce these heat shock proteins in ADVANCE of exposure to heat.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7708762/
Heat shock protein synthesis and thermotolerance in Cataglyphis, an ant from the Sahara desert - Pub...
The ant Cataglyphis lives in the Sahara desert and is one of the most thermotolerant land animals known. It forages at body temperatures above 50 degrees C, and the critical thermal maxima are at 53.6...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
October 13, 2023 at 12:19 AM
4. At the molecular level, they express heat shock proteins that conditions their cells against extreme heat, not unique for extremophiles.
What is unique, so far as I know, is that they produce these heat shock proteins in ADVANCE of exposure to heat.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7708762/
What is unique, so far as I know, is that they produce these heat shock proteins in ADVANCE of exposure to heat.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7708762/
La hormiga plateada del Sahara, Cataglyphis bombycina, puede moverse sobre arena que supera los 60 °C. Sus pelos plateados reflejan radiación solar y sus patas largas reducen el contacto con el suelo caliente.
March 5, 2026 at 1:01 AM
La hormiga plateada del Sahara, Cataglyphis bombycina, puede moverse sobre arena que supera los 60 °C. Sus pelos plateados reflejan radiación solar y sus patas largas reducen el contacto con el suelo caliente.
It was a great pleasure to present our last paper about #magnetoreception in #Cataglyphis ants at the #IUSSI2026. Extremely rewarding to exchange with incredible scientists working with social insects.
I learn a lot of new interesting facts. 🐜🧭🐝🌲
@uissi-social.bsky.social
I learn a lot of new interesting facts. 🐜🧭🐝🌲
@uissi-social.bsky.social
August 21, 2026 at 6:59 AM
It was a great pleasure to present our last paper about #magnetoreception in #Cataglyphis ants at the #IUSSI2026. Extremely rewarding to exchange with incredible scientists working with social insects.
I learn a lot of new interesting facts. 🐜🧭🐝🌲
@uissi-social.bsky.social
I learn a lot of new interesting facts. 🐜🧭🐝🌲
@uissi-social.bsky.social
✅️ And the second bachelor thesis has been finished in our team 🤩👍 Congratulations, Feline! 🥳
Feline had a closer look at the role of the GMF for spatial orientation in darkness 🧭🐜 #Magnetoreception #Cataglyphis #DesertAnts #Neuroethology #WomenInSTEM👩🔬👩🔬🧪
Feline had a closer look at the role of the GMF for spatial orientation in darkness 🧭🐜 #Magnetoreception #Cataglyphis #DesertAnts #Neuroethology #WomenInSTEM👩🔬👩🔬🧪
November 26, 2024 at 12:52 PM
✅️ And the second bachelor thesis has been finished in our team 🤩👍 Congratulations, Feline! 🥳
Feline had a closer look at the role of the GMF for spatial orientation in darkness 🧭🐜 #Magnetoreception #Cataglyphis #DesertAnts #Neuroethology #WomenInSTEM👩🔬👩🔬🧪
Feline had a closer look at the role of the GMF for spatial orientation in darkness 🧭🐜 #Magnetoreception #Cataglyphis #DesertAnts #Neuroethology #WomenInSTEM👩🔬👩🔬🧪
Congrats to our #sfb1372 research group fellow Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social and her team for their findings on the magnetic compass of #cataglyphis deserts ants! #magnetoreception #neuroethology #womeninstem
🚨It is finally out: In our newest paper paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social we show that #Cataglyphis #DesertAnts have a polarity-sensitive magnetic sense 🐜🧭 Please read & share 🧪↘️https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01519-7↙️ #Magnetoreception #Neuroethology #InsectNavigation
December 9, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Congrats to our #sfb1372 research group fellow Pauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social and her team for their findings on the magnetic compass of #cataglyphis deserts ants! #magnetoreception #neuroethology #womeninstem
Gewändern. Doch während Lawrence von Arabien mit diplomatischem Geschick und Kamelen durch den Sand navigierte, erledigt die Wüstenameise (Cataglyphis) das Ganze mit reiner Mathematik und einem eingebauten GPS, das jedes moderne Smartphone vor Scham erblassen ließe.
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May 1, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Gewändern. Doch während Lawrence von Arabien mit diplomatischem Geschick und Kamelen durch den Sand navigierte, erledigt die Wüstenameise (Cataglyphis) das Ganze mit reiner Mathematik und einem eingebauten GPS, das jedes moderne Smartphone vor Scham erblassen ließe.
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We usually assume 🐜 ants 🐜 learn views when facing their goal, but our data shows that it is not necessarily the case!
We combined field experiments with a biologically constrained model to show how a two-stage neural circuit (MB -> CX) could allow this:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We combined field experiments with a biologically constrained model to show how a two-stage neural circuit (MB -> CX) could allow this:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM
We usually assume 🐜 ants 🐜 learn views when facing their goal, but our data shows that it is not necessarily the case!
We combined field experiments with a biologically constrained model to show how a two-stage neural circuit (MB -> CX) could allow this:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We combined field experiments with a biologically constrained model to show how a two-stage neural circuit (MB -> CX) could allow this:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/5 A unique form of magnetic sense among insects
When desert ants (Cataglyphis nodus) leave the nest in search of food, they walk in a zigzag pattern and return in a perfectly straight line.
(paper) https://buff.ly/49zEzyn
(blog) https://buff.ly/4g9bNae
When desert ants (Cataglyphis nodus) leave the nest in search of food, they walk in a zigzag pattern and return in a perfectly straight line.
(paper) https://buff.ly/49zEzyn
(blog) https://buff.ly/4g9bNae
December 11, 2024 at 7:34 PM
1/5 A unique form of magnetic sense among insects
When desert ants (Cataglyphis nodus) leave the nest in search of food, they walk in a zigzag pattern and return in a perfectly straight line.
(paper) https://buff.ly/49zEzyn
(blog) https://buff.ly/4g9bNae
When desert ants (Cataglyphis nodus) leave the nest in search of food, they walk in a zigzag pattern and return in a perfectly straight line.
(paper) https://buff.ly/49zEzyn
(blog) https://buff.ly/4g9bNae