Comments on: Study reveals road salt may promote health and well-being of roadside ant colonies http://smithsonianscience.org/2010/08/study-reveals-road-salt-may-promote-health-and-well-being-of-roadside-ant-colonies/ Highlights of the Smithsonian Institution’s research in the fields of anthropology, astrophysics, conservation biology, geology, materials science, paleontology, zoology, and global climate change. Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 By: Wednesday Roundup: Inka Roads, Road Salt for Ants, Swanky Working Quarters and More | Around The Mall http://smithsonianscience.org/2010/08/study-reveals-road-salt-may-promote-health-and-well-being-of-roadside-ant-colonies/#comment-9413 Wednesday Roundup: Inka Roads, Road Salt for Ants, Swanky Working Quarters and More | Around The Mall Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:37:06 +0000 http://smithsonianscience.org/?p=6147#comment-9413 [...] Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute shows that salt that spread on roads in the winter may be a benefit to ant colonies. Kaspari—whose favorite animal is the ant—has found that while this type of salt has been shown [...]

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