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Nature 392, 660-661 (16 April 1998) | doi:10.1038/33555

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Animal navigation:  Ants match as they march

Mandyam V. Srinivasan1

Behavioural biologists have long been intrigued by the strategies that animals use to find their way to a feeding site and return home. Hymenopterans, given their miniature brains, are particularly impressive navigators.

  1. Mandyam V. Srinivasan is at the Centre for Visual Sciences, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, PO Box 475, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
    e-mail: Email: M.Srinivasan@anu.edu.au