Daniele Carlesso
@danielecarlesso.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour and Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour. Humboldt fellow.
Experimentalist and entomologist, studying insects' collective behaviour, interactions and cognition.
Experimentalist and entomologist, studying insects' collective behaviour, interactions and cognition.
Excited to share an awesome piece by @drdavidhu.bsky.social in @currentbiology.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social about our latest paper!
Curious to know how weaver #ants achieve superefficiency when working together? Check it out! 🐜🐜🐜
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Curious to know how weaver #ants achieve superefficiency when working together? Check it out! 🐜🐜🐜
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Cooperative behavior: Superefficient weaver ants
Teamwork has long faced a dilemma: as team members are added, the effectiveness of
each individual decreases — a phenomenon known as ‘Ringelmann’s effect’. A new study
shows that weaver ants in pullin...
www.cell.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Excited to share an awesome piece by @drdavidhu.bsky.social in @currentbiology.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social about our latest paper!
Curious to know how weaver #ants achieve superefficiency when working together? Check it out! 🐜🐜🐜
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Curious to know how weaver #ants achieve superefficiency when working together? Check it out! 🐜🐜🐜
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Reposted by Daniele Carlesso
MELA — a short documentary on the Mating Ecology of Lek Breeding Antelope — takes you behind the scenes of an interdisciplinary #UniKonstanz @cbehav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social research journey. This film reveals how science is done, shared, and lived: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i4d...
August 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
MELA — a short documentary on the Mating Ecology of Lek Breeding Antelope — takes you behind the scenes of an interdisciplinary #UniKonstanz @cbehav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social research journey. This film reveals how science is done, shared, and lived: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i4d...
And here's our piece on @theconversation.com for our recent Current Biology paper on #teamwork in ants!
Here's a quick explainer that Dan and I wrote for our paper out today in Current Biology (tinyurl.com/3jnnevfn) on weaver ant pulling chains.
theconversation.com/as-human-tea... via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com/as-human-tea... via @ConversationEDU
As human teams get bigger, they get less efficient. But these ants have found a solution
Not only are weaver ants not plagued by a drop in teamwork efficiency, but they’re actually ‘superefficient’.
theconversation.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
And here's our piece on @theconversation.com for our recent Current Biology paper on #teamwork in ants!
Excited to see our paper being featured on @science.org News!
Thanks to @erikstokstad.bsky.social for putting this piece together.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Thanks to @erikstokstad.bsky.social for putting this piece together.
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Superefficient’ weaver ants show remarkable strength in numbers
Unlike people, these nest-building insects pull harder in teams
www.science.org
August 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Excited to see our paper being featured on @science.org News!
Thanks to @erikstokstad.bsky.social for putting this piece together.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Thanks to @erikstokstad.bsky.social for putting this piece together.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Curious about how #ants cracked teamwork? Listen now to my interview on All Things Considered @npr.org!
Massive thanks to hosts Avery Keatley and Christopher Intagliata for inviting me.
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Massive thanks to hosts Avery Keatley and Christopher Intagliata for inviting me.
t.co/xOfsdKszhF
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/13/nx-s1-5501307/ants-could-teach-humans-a-thing-or-two-about-teamwork
t.co
August 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Curious about how #ants cracked teamwork? Listen now to my interview on All Things Considered @npr.org!
Massive thanks to hosts Avery Keatley and Christopher Intagliata for inviting me.
t.co/xOfsdKszhF
Massive thanks to hosts Avery Keatley and Christopher Intagliata for inviting me.
t.co/xOfsdKszhF
In humans, bigger teams often mean less effort per person — the #Ringelmann effect. Weaver #ants 🐜 flip the script: #teamwork makes them superefficient!
Video + paper out now in Current Biology!
@cellpress.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/44yrvp6m
tinyurl.com/3jnnevfn
Video + paper out now in Current Biology!
@cellpress.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/44yrvp6m
tinyurl.com/3jnnevfn
Superefficient teamwork in weaver ants / Curr. Biol., Aug. 12, 2025 (Vol. 35, Issue 17)
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August 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In humans, bigger teams often mean less effort per person — the #Ringelmann effect. Weaver #ants 🐜 flip the script: #teamwork makes them superefficient!
Video + paper out now in Current Biology!
@cellpress.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/44yrvp6m
tinyurl.com/3jnnevfn
Video + paper out now in Current Biology!
@cellpress.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/44yrvp6m
tinyurl.com/3jnnevfn
What's in the box!?
In my postdoc at @uni-konstanz.de @cbehav.bsky.social I am looking at locusts' phase transition through massive swarm experiments, virtual reality and genetics 🧠🦗
Come to see my poster at NWG 25 @neurowissg.bsky.social!
In my postdoc at @uni-konstanz.de @cbehav.bsky.social I am looking at locusts' phase transition through massive swarm experiments, virtual reality and genetics 🧠🦗
Come to see my poster at NWG 25 @neurowissg.bsky.social!
March 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
What's in the box!?
In my postdoc at @uni-konstanz.de @cbehav.bsky.social I am looking at locusts' phase transition through massive swarm experiments, virtual reality and genetics 🧠🦗
Come to see my poster at NWG 25 @neurowissg.bsky.social!
In my postdoc at @uni-konstanz.de @cbehav.bsky.social I am looking at locusts' phase transition through massive swarm experiments, virtual reality and genetics 🧠🦗
Come to see my poster at NWG 25 @neurowissg.bsky.social!
PAPER ALERT! 🐜🐜
Did you know that #humans and #ants are the only animals to routinely display #cooperative transport??
We coordinate with each other by talking, but how can ants achieve #consensus?
Read about it in our new paper! https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2367
Did you know that #humans and #ants are the only animals to routinely display #cooperative transport??
We coordinate with each other by talking, but how can ants achieve #consensus?
Read about it in our new paper! https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2367
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
PAPER ALERT! 🐜🐜
Did you know that #humans and #ants are the only animals to routinely display #cooperative transport??
We coordinate with each other by talking, but how can ants achieve #consensus?
Read about it in our new paper! https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2367
Did you know that #humans and #ants are the only animals to routinely display #cooperative transport??
We coordinate with each other by talking, but how can ants achieve #consensus?
Read about it in our new paper! https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2367
Super excited to start my postdoc at @UniKonstanz @CBehav to study locusts' collective behaviour and social plasticity with @einatcouzin and colleagues!
Looking forward to do some awesome science together 😎
Looking forward to do some awesome science together 😎
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Super excited to start my postdoc at @UniKonstanz @CBehav to study locusts' collective behaviour and social plasticity with @einatcouzin and colleagues!
Looking forward to do some awesome science together 😎
Looking forward to do some awesome science together 😎
I DID IT! After 3+ years of #PhD, I submitted my thesis🎉
I'm now looking for a #postdoc from Feb '24 or after! If you have vacancies or want to discuss funding options, please reach out! Check out my website for info about me, my CV and cool #ant videos! http://danielecarlesso.com
I'm now looking for a #postdoc from Feb '24 or after! If you have vacancies or want to discuss funding options, please reach out! Check out my website for info about me, my CV and cool #ant videos! http://danielecarlesso.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I DID IT! After 3+ years of #PhD, I submitted my thesis🎉
I'm now looking for a #postdoc from Feb '24 or after! If you have vacancies or want to discuss funding options, please reach out! Check out my website for info about me, my CV and cool #ant videos! http://danielecarlesso.com
I'm now looking for a #postdoc from Feb '24 or after! If you have vacancies or want to discuss funding options, please reach out! Check out my website for info about me, my CV and cool #ant videos! http://danielecarlesso.com
I was on TV!
Check out my live TV interview with @ChildsRos on @ABCaustralia @abcnews about our new paper, published today in @PNASNews.
Link to the paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2216217120
<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-11/what-can-ants-teach-us-about-problem-solving/102587810?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-11/what-can-ants-teach-us-about-problem-solving/1025...
Check out my live TV interview with @ChildsRos on @ABCaustralia @abcnews about our new paper, published today in @PNASNews.
Link to the paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2216217120
<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-11/what-can-ants-teach-us-about-problem-solving/102587810?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-11/what-can-ants-teach-us-about-problem-solving/1025...
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I was on TV!
Check out my live TV interview with @ChildsRos on @ABCaustralia @abcnews about our new paper, published today in @PNASNews.
Link to the paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2216217120
<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-11/what-can-ants-teach-us-about-problem-solving/102587810?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-11/what-can-ants-teach-us-about-problem-solving/1025...
Check out my live TV interview with @ChildsRos on @ABCaustralia @abcnews about our new paper, published today in @PNASNews.
Link to the paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2216217120
<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-11/what-can-ants-teach-us-about-problem-solving/102587810?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-11/what-can-ants-teach-us-about-problem-solving/1025...
Interested in #collectivebehaviour, #decisionmaking, and #ants? Check out my first #PhD paper, out today in @PNASNews!
@ChrisRReid1, @sjmgarnier, Chris Lustri, @MarineMcnab, and I studied how colonies of ants make decisions when facing an uncertain task
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.221...
@ChrisRReid1, @sjmgarnier, Chris Lustri, @MarineMcnab, and I studied how colonies of ants make decisions when facing an uncertain task
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.221...
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Interested in #collectivebehaviour, #decisionmaking, and #ants? Check out my first #PhD paper, out today in @PNASNews!
@ChrisRReid1, @sjmgarnier, Chris Lustri, @MarineMcnab, and I studied how colonies of ants make decisions when facing an uncertain task
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.221...
@ChrisRReid1, @sjmgarnier, Chris Lustri, @MarineMcnab, and I studied how colonies of ants make decisions when facing an uncertain task
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.221...
Check out also my conversation article about the paper! @ConversationEDU
https://theconversation.com/humans-set-budgets-when-facing-an-uncertain-future-so-do-ants-209327?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1689022919-1
https://theconversation.com/humans-set-budgets-when-facing-an-uncertain-future-so-do-ants-209327?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1689022919-1
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Check out also my conversation article about the paper! @ConversationEDU
https://theconversation.com/humans-set-budgets-when-facing-an-uncertain-future-so-do-ants-209327?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1689022919-1
https://theconversation.com/humans-set-budgets-when-facing-an-uncertain-future-so-do-ants-209327?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1689022919-1
Hey #Honeybees people!
Can someone explain me what are these bees doing? Are they collecting pollen/nectar from fallen stems? Is this a common behaviour?
Can someone explain me what are these bees doing? Are they collecting pollen/nectar from fallen stems? Is this a common behaviour?
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Hey #Honeybees people!
Can someone explain me what are these bees doing? Are they collecting pollen/nectar from fallen stems? Is this a common behaviour?
Can someone explain me what are these bees doing? Are they collecting pollen/nectar from fallen stems? Is this a common behaviour?
Interested in #plant and #pollinator interactions? Check out our new paper on the impact of nectar #NPAAs on #nectar palatability, #learning and #memory in #bees!
@David_Baracchi https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-90895-z#Abs1
@David_Baracchi https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-90895-z#Abs1
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Interested in #plant and #pollinator interactions? Check out our new paper on the impact of nectar #NPAAs on #nectar palatability, #learning and #memory in #bees!
@David_Baracchi https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-90895-z#Abs1
@David_Baracchi https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-90895-z#Abs1
Glad to share my first #preprint w/ @David_Baracchi on #bioRxiv!
Here we show that some nectar non-protein amino acids (NPAAs) impact #bee #learning and #memory without altering #nectar palatability.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.04.407734v1
Here we show that some nectar non-protein amino acids (NPAAs) impact #bee #learning and #memory without altering #nectar palatability.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.04.407734v1
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Glad to share my first #preprint w/ @David_Baracchi on #bioRxiv!
Here we show that some nectar non-protein amino acids (NPAAs) impact #bee #learning and #memory without altering #nectar palatability.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.04.407734v1
Here we show that some nectar non-protein amino acids (NPAAs) impact #bee #learning and #memory without altering #nectar palatability.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.04.407734v1
Awesome on-demand talks at the #ABS2020 conference!
Are you interested in how weaver ants forage using their nestmates as a ladder? Come check out our work in the Predation & Foraging 3 session!
@AnimBehSociety
Are you interested in how weaver ants forage using their nestmates as a ladder? Come check out our work in the Predation & Foraging 3 session!
@AnimBehSociety
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Awesome on-demand talks at the #ABS2020 conference!
Are you interested in how weaver ants forage using their nestmates as a ladder? Come check out our work in the Predation & Foraging 3 session!
@AnimBehSociety
Are you interested in how weaver ants forage using their nestmates as a ladder? Come check out our work in the Predation & Foraging 3 session!
@AnimBehSociety
Bumblebees are amazing!
August 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Bumblebees are amazing!