Posted by: Sandy Steinman | March 24, 2026

Air Pollution Is Wreaking Havoc on Ants, And The Effects Are Alarming

Science Alert reported

Scent is essential to ant society: every ant within a colony wears the badge of membership in the form of smelly hydrocarbons. Human air pollution, a new study from Max-Planck Institute researchers suggests, is wreaking havoc on ant society by interfering with these characteristic scents.

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