Seasonal rhythms form life in Canberra in ways that identify the capital from Australia's warmer coastal cities, and those rhythms encompass the behaviour of the ant populations that share the city's domestic and business areas with its human inhabitants. The transition from Canberra's cold winte

Finding ants marching actively across a kitchen counter at six a.m. is a specific annoyance, and for those living in Canberra, it's a fairly typical sight. The city's diverse city environment-- its well‑kept parks, developed suburban gardens, and the natural bushland reserves that thread through

Ants are among the most effective organisms on the planet, and no place is their adaptability more obvious than in a city like Canberra, where the combination of distinct seasonal temperature variation, substantial green areas, and the warmth generated by property and commercial buildings develop