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Navigational secrets of the desert ant

A sumptuous book explores how the insect finds its way. By William A. Foster
  1. William A. Foster

    1. William A. Foster is emeritus curator of insects in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge, UK.

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Desert Navigator: The Journey of an Ant Rüdiger Wehner Harvard University Press (2020)

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Nature 577, 162-163 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03956-9

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  • Correction 04 June 2020: In this article, a caption originally incorrectly identified the pictured ants as Cataglyphis. They belong to the genus Oecophylla.

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