The evolution of expendability: Why some ants traded armor for numbers

Ants with lots of workers tend to put less energy into making them armored.

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[Nora Lenderbee]

"... a massive database called Antscan, which contains three-dimensional X-ray microtomography imaging of ants from around the globe."

Now that is something I didn't expect to read, or even imagine existed.