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Ants can see well enough to navigate in the dark.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that ants can see well enough to navigate in the dark?

Unclear. Evidence partially supports the idea that ants rely on visual information to navigate: a review notes ants integrate learnt visual cues, a study shows walking ants use optic flow, and one report finds nocturnal bull ants use polarized moonlight as a compass. None of these establishes the general claim that ants can see well enough to navigate in the dark.

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Combining social and private information: How ants use pheromones and learnt cues to navigate.
2026
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CA, F., C, B., & ML, S. (2026). Combining social and private information: How ants use pheromones and learnt cues to navigate.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13420-025-00697-w

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Ants integrate proprioception as well as visual context and efference copies to make robust predictions.
2024
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O, D. & A, W. (2024). Ants integrate proprioception as well as visual context and efference copies to make robust predictions.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53856-4

These ants are the first known animals to use moonlight to find their way home | National Geographic
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These ants are the first known animals to use moonlight to find their way home | National Geographic. (n.d.). nationalgeographic.com. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/bull-ants-moon-polarized-light-navigate-first

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