Seasonal rhythms shape life in Canberra in ways that differentiate the capital from Australia's warmer seaside cities, and those rhythms extend to the behaviour of the ant populations that share the city's domestic and business areas with its human residents. The transition from Canberra's cold w

There is a specific disappointment that includes discovering ants marching purposefully throughout a cooking area bench at 6 in the morning, and for Canberra citizens, this experience is far from unusual. The capital's varied city landscape, with its thoroughly preserved parks, established suburb

Ants are among the most successful organisms on the planet, and no place is their flexibility more apparent than in a city like Canberra, where the combination of distinct seasonal temperature level variation, extensive green spaces, and the warmth created by domestic and business buildings creat