ant
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In his short tenure, Walter ant TWG Global started remaking front office and business operations with the Lakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Wilson’s decades of ant studies eventually broadened into a landmark career in conservation until his death in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
As the authors put it, “one ant alone is a disappointment; it is really no ant at all.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
An ant brain contains about 60,000 cells, compared with roughly 100 million in a mouse brain, so scientists may be able to study the underlying circuits in much greater detail and at a faster pace.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
It was eerie, watching it, and I thought then of chairs running, their four legs knocking together, of water being held in a basket, of human forms climbing out of ant holes.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
That shifts attention toward other characteristics that may have helped ants, bees and wasps repeatedly evolve highly cooperative colonies.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
"All the birds have gone to bed," he said, adding that a flock of seagulls and choughs had been feeding on flying ants shortly before they returned to the cliffs.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“We’re ants, we’re nothing,” I remember him saying, sizing up the state of the American left.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
“If ants had nuclear weapons,” they write, “they would probably end the world in a week.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Once, ants seeking water and crumbs enter during a time of drought.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
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