As humans team grow, individual effort often drops, a phenomenon known as the Ringelmann effect, but nature offers a unique solution.

Weaver ants become more efficient as their groups expand boosting their efficiency and collective strength.

Could these insights improve human team design, collaboration, or even robotics?

In this 2SER interview Chris R. Reid, a PhD ARC Future Fellow of Behavioral Ecology at Macquarie University, explains the ants’ unique teamwork strategies and what we could learn from them.