Bert Holldobler

We know of no behavior in ants or any other social insects that can be construed as play.

— Bert Holldobler

The foreign policy aim of ants can be summed up as follows: restless aggression, territorial conquest, and genocidal annihilation of neighboring colonies…

— Bert Holldobler

If ants had nuclear weapons, they would probably end the world in a week.

— Bert Holldobler

Ants offer special advantages for some important kinds of basic biological research. The colony is a superorganism. It can be analyzed as…

— Bert Holldobler

“Carl Anderson and his colleagues have discussed several advantages and disadvantages of a chain transport of harvest to nests, as in Atta…

— Bert Hölldobler