Alejandro PC
@apcwildlife.bsky.social
Nature x storytelling
Wildlife photographer + Senior Marketing Associate at Mongabay
Founder of APC Wildlife Photography https://www.apcwildlife.com/blog
Wildlife photographer + Senior Marketing Associate at Mongabay
Founder of APC Wildlife Photography https://www.apcwildlife.com/blog
In southern Sumatra, a pair of dogs may have uncovered something no one expected: signs that Sumatran rhinos could still survive in a national park once thought empty, reports @jeremyhance.bsky.social for @mongabay.com.
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Sniffer dogs may have rediscovered a lost population of Sumatran rhinos
Sumatran rhinos — hairy and noisy — were thought to have gone extinct from southern Sumatra for years. Then came the dogs. Recently, dogs with Working Dogs for Conservation have discovered what are be...
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August 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
In southern Sumatra, a pair of dogs may have uncovered something no one expected: signs that Sumatran rhinos could still survive in a national park once thought empty, reports @jeremyhance.bsky.social for @mongabay.com.
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What’s on the menu at thousands of Brazilian public institutions?
Shark meat, and most people don’t even know it, report @philjaco.bsky.social, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, and Kuang Keng Kuek Ser for @mongabay.com.
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Shark meat, and most people don’t even know it, report @philjaco.bsky.social, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, and Kuang Keng Kuek Ser for @mongabay.com.
Supported by @pulitzercenter.bsky.social.
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That ‘fish’ on the menu? In Brazil’s schools and prisons, it’s often shark
Brazil, the world’s top importer of shark meat, is feeding much of it to preschoolers, hospital patients, military staff, public workers and more via government procurements, Mongabay has found. This ...
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August 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What’s on the menu at thousands of Brazilian public institutions?
Shark meat, and most people don’t even know it, report @philjaco.bsky.social, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, and Kuang Keng Kuek Ser for @mongabay.com.
Supported by @pulitzercenter.bsky.social.
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Shark meat, and most people don’t even know it, report @philjaco.bsky.social, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, and Kuang Keng Kuek Ser for @mongabay.com.
Supported by @pulitzercenter.bsky.social.
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What good is great science if no one sees it?
At #ATBC2025, we led a @mongabay.com workshop on Communicating Conservation Science.
4 tips to help researchers connect with journalists + increase their impact:
🎯 Target the right journalist
✉️ Pitch clearly
🧾 Make it easy to cover
⚡ Respond fast
At #ATBC2025, we led a @mongabay.com workshop on Communicating Conservation Science.
4 tips to help researchers connect with journalists + increase their impact:
🎯 Target the right journalist
✉️ Pitch clearly
🧾 Make it easy to cover
⚡ Respond fast
July 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
What good is great science if no one sees it?
At #ATBC2025, we led a @mongabay.com workshop on Communicating Conservation Science.
4 tips to help researchers connect with journalists + increase their impact:
🎯 Target the right journalist
✉️ Pitch clearly
🧾 Make it easy to cover
⚡ Respond fast
At #ATBC2025, we led a @mongabay.com workshop on Communicating Conservation Science.
4 tips to help researchers connect with journalists + increase their impact:
🎯 Target the right journalist
✉️ Pitch clearly
🧾 Make it easy to cover
⚡ Respond fast
The voice Pope Francis gave to nature
With his passing at age 88, Pope Francis leaves behind a legacy that deeply shaped global conversations about conservation and environmental stewardship — reaching across faiths, disciplines & borders, reports Justin Catanoso.
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With his passing at age 88, Pope Francis leaves behind a legacy that deeply shaped global conversations about conservation and environmental stewardship — reaching across faiths, disciplines & borders, reports Justin Catanoso.
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Pope Francis’ uncompromising defense of nature may be his greatest legacy
Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, was as much a tireless advocate for nature as he was the poor and marginalized the world over. While his death leaves a vacuum of moral environmental le...
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April 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The voice Pope Francis gave to nature
With his passing at age 88, Pope Francis leaves behind a legacy that deeply shaped global conversations about conservation and environmental stewardship — reaching across faiths, disciplines & borders, reports Justin Catanoso.
news.mongabay.com/2025/04/pope...
With his passing at age 88, Pope Francis leaves behind a legacy that deeply shaped global conversations about conservation and environmental stewardship — reaching across faiths, disciplines & borders, reports Justin Catanoso.
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What does it take to bring down a wildlife trafficking kingpin?
In Nigeria, it took five months of surveillance, the seizure of 7 metric tons of pangolin scales, and close coordination between law enforcement across borders, reports @mongabay.bsky.social.
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In Nigeria, it took five months of surveillance, the seizure of 7 metric tons of pangolin scales, and close coordination between law enforcement across borders, reports @mongabay.bsky.social.
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Nigerian officials arrest Chinese pangolin trafficking ‘kingpin’
Nigerian officials have arrested a Chinese national suspected of masterminding a transnational smuggling operation of pangolin scales, Netherlands-based nonprofit Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) sai...
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April 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
What does it take to bring down a wildlife trafficking kingpin?
In Nigeria, it took five months of surveillance, the seizure of 7 metric tons of pangolin scales, and close coordination between law enforcement across borders, reports @mongabay.bsky.social.
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In Nigeria, it took five months of surveillance, the seizure of 7 metric tons of pangolin scales, and close coordination between law enforcement across borders, reports @mongabay.bsky.social.
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The vicuña, a wild relative of the llama, could help reestablish plants in barren areas where glaciers have melted, according to a recent study in the high Andes of Peru, reports @mongabay.bsky.social.
Vicuña poop creates biodiversity hotspots as glaciers retreat rapidly
The vicuña’s social habit of pooping in the same place could help Andean ecosystems adapt as glaciers rapidly retreat due to climate change. Researchers found that communal loos for vicuñas (Lama…
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March 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The vicuña, a wild relative of the llama, could help reestablish plants in barren areas where glaciers have melted, according to a recent study in the high Andes of Peru, reports @mongabay.bsky.social.
As insectivorous, burrowing mammals, pangolins play a key role in our ecosystem by controlling insect populations, recycling soil nutrients and sheltering other animals in their abandoned burrows, reports @spoorthyraman.bsky.social.
Pangolin burrows are biodiversity magnets in burnt forests, study shows
Pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammals, hit the headlines more often for the illegal trade in their scales and meat than for their cherished role in their environment. As insectivores, these…
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March 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
As insectivorous, burrowing mammals, pangolins play a key role in our ecosystem by controlling insect populations, recycling soil nutrients and sheltering other animals in their abandoned burrows, reports @spoorthyraman.bsky.social.
A recent study finds that African lion populations are declining as their prey are as well, prompting a need to protect these prey species to reverse the trend.
Preventing prey depletion can help improve lion reproduction & population growth in areas prone to poaching for bushmeat.
Preventing prey depletion can help improve lion reproduction & population growth in areas prone to poaching for bushmeat.
Study links African lion survival to prey availability
BLANTYRE, Malawi ― African lions are declining due to the decrease in their herbivore prey, necessitating the need for increased prey protection measures to reverse this trend, a study says.…
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March 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A recent study finds that African lion populations are declining as their prey are as well, prompting a need to protect these prey species to reverse the trend.
Preventing prey depletion can help improve lion reproduction & population growth in areas prone to poaching for bushmeat.
Preventing prey depletion can help improve lion reproduction & population growth in areas prone to poaching for bushmeat.
A new study has used camera-trap footage and scent analysis to confirm the unusual relationship between an African melon and the aardvark, an elusive ant-eating mammal found in sub-Saharan Africa, reports @mongabay.bsky.social.
Study confirms that ant-eating aardvarks have a craving for buried melons
A new study has used camera-trap footage and scent analysis to confirm the unusual relationship between an African melon and the aardvark, an elusive ant-eating mammal found in sub-Saharan Africa.…
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March 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A new study has used camera-trap footage and scent analysis to confirm the unusual relationship between an African melon and the aardvark, an elusive ant-eating mammal found in sub-Saharan Africa, reports @mongabay.bsky.social.
The Ecuadorian Chocó, a hidden biodiversity gem, faces intense deforestation. Researchers at the Canandé Reserve are uncovering its resilience, showing how forests can recover when given the right conditions—insights that could shape future restoration efforts.
An Ecuadorian hotspot shows how forests can claw back from destruction
Can a tropical forest mend itself? After trees are cut down and wildlife flees, do microbes on the dank, leafy floor and woody giants with epiphyte-laden crowns come back; do the pollinators, seed…
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March 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Ecuadorian Chocó, a hidden biodiversity gem, faces intense deforestation. Researchers at the Canandé Reserve are uncovering its resilience, showing how forests can recover when given the right conditions—insights that could shape future restoration efforts.
I’ll never forget getting this close to a mountain gorilla. 🦍
Most of my time at @mongabay.bsky.social is spent on the 💻 ensuring our work reaches the right people.
But sometimes I step into the field. 📷
The biggest challenge? Staying calm as a gorilla got so close I could hear her breathing.
Most of my time at @mongabay.bsky.social is spent on the 💻 ensuring our work reaches the right people.
But sometimes I step into the field. 📷
The biggest challenge? Staying calm as a gorilla got so close I could hear her breathing.
March 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I’ll never forget getting this close to a mountain gorilla. 🦍
Most of my time at @mongabay.bsky.social is spent on the 💻 ensuring our work reaches the right people.
But sometimes I step into the field. 📷
The biggest challenge? Staying calm as a gorilla got so close I could hear her breathing.
Most of my time at @mongabay.bsky.social is spent on the 💻 ensuring our work reaches the right people.
But sometimes I step into the field. 📷
The biggest challenge? Staying calm as a gorilla got so close I could hear her breathing.
Male elephants have distinct characters & certain individuals within the society are influential and can have a positive psychological impact on the group, according to new research.
Male African elephants develop distinct personality traits as they age, study finds
Not all elephants are the same. A new study has found that male African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) develop distinctive personality traits as they age. “We wanted to know whether male…
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March 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Male elephants have distinct characters & certain individuals within the society are influential and can have a positive psychological impact on the group, according to new research.
In 2023, photographer Will Burrard-Lucas set up high-definition cameras across Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo, capturing rare glimpses of its elusive wildlife.
The park is a stronghold for endangered species like gorillas, chimpanzees, and forest elephants.
The park is a stronghold for endangered species like gorillas, chimpanzees, and forest elephants.
Elusive wildlife shows up for photographer’s camera traps in Congo
In 2023, Will Burrard-Lucas, a U.K.-based photographer who specializes in high-definition camera-trapping, set up cameras at four sites in the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, a 4,000-square-kilometer…
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March 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
In 2023, photographer Will Burrard-Lucas set up high-definition cameras across Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo, capturing rare glimpses of its elusive wildlife.
The park is a stronghold for endangered species like gorillas, chimpanzees, and forest elephants.
The park is a stronghold for endangered species like gorillas, chimpanzees, and forest elephants.
A new camera-trapping study has found several rare and threatened species in Vietnam’s Nui Chua National Park, home to one of mainland SE Asia’s last remnants of dry coastal forest.
Mammals, birds in Vietnam’s rare coastal forests revealed by camera traps
In 2019, scientists rediscovered a species of miniature deer long lost to science within the dry coastal forests of southern Vietnam’s Nui Chua National Park. A victim of snaring, the silver-backed…
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March 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A new camera-trapping study has found several rare and threatened species in Vietnam’s Nui Chua National Park, home to one of mainland SE Asia’s last remnants of dry coastal forest.
A camera trap placed inside a forest in Poland has filmed two rare black wolves crossing a stream.
Originally set up to record beavers that were building a dam, the camera captured the black wolves on film twice: once in the summer of 2024, and again toward the end of the year.
Originally set up to record beavers that were building a dam, the camera captured the black wolves on film twice: once in the summer of 2024, and again toward the end of the year.
Camera trap films two rare black wolves in Poland
A camera trap placed inside a forest in Poland has filmed two rare black wolves crossing a stream, SAVE Wildlife Conservation Fund Poland announced recently. Originally set up to record beavers that…
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March 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A camera trap placed inside a forest in Poland has filmed two rare black wolves crossing a stream.
Originally set up to record beavers that were building a dam, the camera captured the black wolves on film twice: once in the summer of 2024, and again toward the end of the year.
Originally set up to record beavers that were building a dam, the camera captured the black wolves on film twice: once in the summer of 2024, and again toward the end of the year.
More than a thousand years after its extinction in Scotland, the Eurasian lynx briefly returned in January — illegally. The unauthorized release of four lynx drew criticism and reinforced a crucial lesson: rewilding must be done right.
Getting rewilding right with the reintroduction of small wildcats
For the briefest moment earlier this year, the Eurasian lynx — extinct in the U.K. for thousands of years — returned to the wild in Scotland. But this release wasn’t scientifically planned. Rather,…
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March 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
More than a thousand years after its extinction in Scotland, the Eurasian lynx briefly returned in January — illegally. The unauthorized release of four lynx drew criticism and reinforced a crucial lesson: rewilding must be done right.
Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, made headlines recently for laying an egg with a new partner, her first egg in four years, reports @mongabay.bsky.social.
The egg has now hatched, and Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, or mōlī in Hawaiian, was spotted caring for her chick.
The egg has now hatched, and Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, or mōlī in Hawaiian, was spotted caring for her chick.
Wisdom, the world’s oldest known bird at 74, has a new chick
Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, made headlines recently for laying an egg with a new partner, her first egg in four years. The egg has now hatched, and Wisdom, a Laysan albatross…
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March 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, made headlines recently for laying an egg with a new partner, her first egg in four years, reports @mongabay.bsky.social.
The egg has now hatched, and Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, or mōlī in Hawaiian, was spotted caring for her chick.
The egg has now hatched, and Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, or mōlī in Hawaiian, was spotted caring for her chick.
In an unprecedented project in the municipality of São Simão, blue-and-yellow macaws born in captivity were trained in free-flight techniques before being introduced into the wild.
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In São Paulo, free-flight lessons help teach macaws to survive in the wild
“I remember my grandfather telling me about the macaws in this region. So, it’s impossible not to smile seeing them back. We know where they sleep and feed, so every time we want to find them, we…
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February 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
In an unprecedented project in the municipality of São Simão, blue-and-yellow macaws born in captivity were trained in free-flight techniques before being introduced into the wild.
@mongabay.bsky.social
@mongabay.bsky.social
A climate researcher who was fired from his job for refusing to take a flight back from a work trip has been awarded compensation in court for unfair dismissal. In 2023, Gianluca Grimalda's was fired after he refused to fly & expedite his travel from PNG to Germany.
Climate researcher fired for refusing air travel wins compensation
A climate researcher who was fired from his job for refusing to take a flight back from a work trip has been awarded compensation in court for unfair dismissal. Gianluca Grimalda has been reducing…
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February 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A climate researcher who was fired from his job for refusing to take a flight back from a work trip has been awarded compensation in court for unfair dismissal. In 2023, Gianluca Grimalda's was fired after he refused to fly & expedite his travel from PNG to Germany.
The hoary fox is the only canine endemic to both the Cerrado biome & Brazil; it’s now trying to survive among cattle pastures & soy plantations.
A project in southern Brazil combines research, conservation & community engagement to protect the species.
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A project in southern Brazil combines research, conservation & community engagement to protect the species.
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February 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The hoary fox is the only canine endemic to both the Cerrado biome & Brazil; it’s now trying to survive among cattle pastures & soy plantations.
A project in southern Brazil combines research, conservation & community engagement to protect the species.
news.mongabay.com/2025/02/a-ca...
A project in southern Brazil combines research, conservation & community engagement to protect the species.
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Great news! Scientists have confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal for the first time in more than 185 years.
The last confirmed sighting was in 1839, followed by occasional unconfirmed reports. @mongabay.bsky.social
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The last confirmed sighting was in 1839, followed by occasional unconfirmed reports. @mongabay.bsky.social
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World’s smallest otter makes comeback in Nepal after 185 years
KATHMANDU — Scientists have for the first time in 185 years confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal, thrilling conservationists and researchers looking for clues to its existen...
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February 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Great news! Scientists have confirmed the presence of the Asian small-clawed otter in Nepal for the first time in more than 185 years.
The last confirmed sighting was in 1839, followed by occasional unconfirmed reports. @mongabay.bsky.social
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The last confirmed sighting was in 1839, followed by occasional unconfirmed reports. @mongabay.bsky.social
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"We no longer fear elephants nor are we angry at them," says Krishna Bahadur Rasaili.
In Bahundangi, Nepal, once a hotspot for human-elephant conflict, attitudes have changed—and so have the outcomes.
In Bahundangi, Nepal, once a hotspot for human-elephant conflict, attitudes have changed—and so have the outcomes.
How a Nepali border village learned to live with migratory wild elephants
BAHUNDANGI, Nepal – The heavy thud against the glass window sent Krishna Bahadur Rasaili’s heart racing. Stepping outside, he saw his granary lay in ruins, and an elephant was feasting on his…
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February 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"We no longer fear elephants nor are we angry at them," says Krishna Bahadur Rasaili.
In Bahundangi, Nepal, once a hotspot for human-elephant conflict, attitudes have changed—and so have the outcomes.
In Bahundangi, Nepal, once a hotspot for human-elephant conflict, attitudes have changed—and so have the outcomes.
Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo, became an overnight sensation online. Videos of her were watched by millions.
But conservationists say that popularity hasn’t resulted in any change on the ground for wild pygmy hippos, which are down to fewer than 2,500 animals in the wild.
But conservationists say that popularity hasn’t resulted in any change on the ground for wild pygmy hippos, which are down to fewer than 2,500 animals in the wild.
Has the Moo Deng craze helped wild pygmy hippos at all? (analysis)
2024 was a chaotic year. The year was, once again, the warmest on record globally, according to the World Meteorological Organization, with multiple climate disasters around the globe. The year was…
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February 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo, became an overnight sensation online. Videos of her were watched by millions.
But conservationists say that popularity hasn’t resulted in any change on the ground for wild pygmy hippos, which are down to fewer than 2,500 animals in the wild.
But conservationists say that popularity hasn’t resulted in any change on the ground for wild pygmy hippos, which are down to fewer than 2,500 animals in the wild.
Jaguar habitats in the Mesoamerica region, spanning Mexico and Central America, are under severe threat from deforestation, illegal ranching, monoculture plantations, forest fires, and hunting, which disrupt connectivity between populations.
Agriculture, illegal ranching and roads threaten the jaguar in Mesoamerica
Jaguar have always disregarded national borders, but some threats are keeping the big cats contained within the territories that they inhabits. The spread of extensive monoculture plantations,…
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February 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Jaguar habitats in the Mesoamerica region, spanning Mexico and Central America, are under severe threat from deforestation, illegal ranching, monoculture plantations, forest fires, and hunting, which disrupt connectivity between populations.
A recent study monitored ant-feeding behaviors in savanna chimpanzees in Senegal, concluding that the apes also rely on memory to locate underground ant nests, rather than simply stumbling across nests opportunistically.
Chimps remember, for years, the location of ant nests that provide food
Wild chimpanzees have long been known to rely on their powerful memories to know where and in what trees they can find ripe wild fruit. Less has been understood about whether and how the great apes…
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February 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A recent study monitored ant-feeding behaviors in savanna chimpanzees in Senegal, concluding that the apes also rely on memory to locate underground ant nests, rather than simply stumbling across nests opportunistically.