The rockefeller university

Selected Press Coverage

Daniel Kronauer general research profiles (in English):

– Colony of clues(opens in new window) (Natalie Angier for The New York Times)

– The secret lives of ants(opens in new window) (Sandeep Ravindran for PBS Nova Next)

Daniel Kronauer general research profiles (international):

– Räuber mit Pünktchen(opens in new window) (Johann Grolle for Der Spiegel)

Articles covering specific studies (in English):

– Like human armies, army ants trail crowds of hangers-on(opens in new window) (Matt Kaplan for The Economist)

– Beetles raise their young in trash dumps left behind by army ants(opens in new window) (Jake Buehler for New Scientist)

– Spying on transgenic ants reveals how their brains respond to alarm odors(opens in new window) (Alejandra Manjarrez for The Scientist)

– Transgenic ants shed light on insects’ sense of smell(opens in new window) (Miryam Naddaf for Nature)

– Mutations in “supergene” cause worker ants to sprout queenlike wings, get lazy(opens in new window) (Elizabeth Pennisi for Science)

– A mutation turned ants into parasites in one generation(opens in new window) (Viviane Callier for Quanta Magazine)

– Mutant, parasitic impostor queens lurk in ant colonies(opens in new window) (Rebecca Dzombak for The New York Times)

– Pupating ants make milk – and scientists only just noticed(opens in new window) (Miryam Naddaf for Nature)

– Ant pupae feed adults, larvae with secreted liquid(opens in new window) (Viviane Callier for The Scientist)

– Ants make “milk”? This new discovery took scientists by surprise(opens in new window) (Tim Vernimmen for National Geographic)

– Ant milk: it does a colony good(opens in new window) (Joshua Sokol for The New York Times)

– How insulin helped create ant societies(opens in new window) (Jordana Cepelewicz for Quanta Magazine)

– Worker ants: you could have been queens(opens in new window) (Karen Weintraub for The New York Times)

– A single gene helps to enthrone an ant queen(opens in new window) (Ewen Callaway for Nature)

– The benefits of being well fed(opens in new window) (Sacha Vignieri for Science)

– World’s first genetically modified ants shed light on how complex insect societies evolved(opens in new window) (Elizabeth Pennisi for Science)

– Scientists create the first mutant ants(opens in new window) (Ben Guarino for The Washington Post)

– CRISPR elucidates genetic basis of social behavior in ants(opens in new window) (Viviane Callier for PNAS)

– CRISPR ants lose ability to smell(opens in new window) (Daniel Cressey for Nature)

– Ant genomes rewrite history of Panama land bridge(opens in new window) (Carrie Arnold for Nature)

– This beetle bites an ant’s waist and pretends to be its butt(opens in new window) (Ed Yong for The Atlantic)

– Why cockroaches stay in your neighborhood(opens in new window) (Derek Kravitz for The Wall Street Journal)

Articles covering specific studies (international):

– Las primeras hormigas transgénicas abren nuevas puertas a la ciencia(opens in new window) (Geraldine Castro for Wired)

– Fourmis: comment elles perçoivent l’odeur du danger(opens in new window) (Nathaniel Herzberg for Le Monde)

– Les pupes de fourmis fabriquent un lait magique pour la colonie(opens in new window) (Nathaniel Herzberg for Le Monde)

– Formigas produzem “leite” que nutre tanto larvas quanto adultos(opens in new window) (Reinaldo Lopes for Folha de S. Paulo)

– Comment devenir reine des fourmis(opens in new window) (Florence Rosier for Le Monde)

– Derfor går myrer på række(opens in new window) (Lasse Foghsgaard for Politiken)

– Wie man Ameisen asozial macht(opens in new window) (Katja Ridderbusch for Welt am Sonntag)

– Wie Ameisen zu Einzelgängern werden(opens in new window) (Anke Fossgreen for Sonntagszeitung & Süddeutsche Zeitung)