Ants live in communities just like we do but they don’t get sick as often as we do.

Ants have ways of coping with harmful microbes (grooming, antimicrobial immune defenses, etc.) that may vary due to environmental changes associated with human activities.

Fungal pathogens are also expected to change in response to environmental change, particularly changes associated with temperature and humidity. Pathogen interactions are key drivers of biological diversity and population structure

Understanding how ant-pathogen interactions vary will help researchers better understand how ant populations cope with disease under various and changing environmental conditions. less ↑