Photo of a section of acorn with nearly 100 tiny pale ants on the inside surface
Acorn ants in Cleveland appear to have evolved rapidly to survive the heat-trapping urban environment.

Biology’s Sarah Diamond and Ryan Martin discuss study on urban ant adaption

What makes a city ant? Maybe just 100 years of evolution

The New York Times: Sarah Diamond and Ryan Martin, assistant professors of biology, discussed their study on how urban acorn ants have evolved to tolerate warmer temperatures than their rural counterparts.