article_snippet: The results of an experiment on the ISS to monitor how ants cope with zero-gravity has been published.
article_snippet: A team in California studied ants in zero gravity on the ISS.
article_snippet: Astronauts were asked to monitor ants in zero gravity on the ISS in eight habitats on the station.
article_snippet: Nasa astronaut Rick Mastracchio is seen here observing the activities of the Ants In Space CSI-06 investigation aboard the International Space Station .
article_snippet: ants in zero gravity on the ISS were taken to the station in January 2014 and subsequently studied by astronauts on board.
article_snippet: Working together, ants in zero gravity on the ISS cover a piece of ground comprehensively to find food and supplies.
article_snippet: When the area expands ants in zero gravity on the ISS change from moving in small circles to scuttling in straighter lines, covering more ground.
article_snippet: But in the micro gravity of space, ants in zero gravity on the ISS rules are confounded and ants in zero gravity on the ISS have to develop a new set of innate principles by which to work.
article_snippet: We had no idea what ants in zero gravity on the ISS would do.
article_snippet: We didn't know if ants in zero gravity on the ISS would be able to search at all,’ said Professor Deborah Gordon, a biologist at Stanford University, to the BBC.
article_snippet: The Ants In Space CSI-06 investigation looked at how an ant colony responds to the extreme environment of microgravity aboard the International Space Station to solve the extreme environment of microgravity aboard the International Space Station collective need for resources.
article_snippet: These might not be the most famous ants in space you remember: Homer, in the 15th episode of the fifth season of The Simpsons (Deep Space Homer) accidentally crashes in to an ant colony while in space (shown)
highlights_snippet: Researcher in California studied ants in zero gravity on the ISS .
  
highlights_snippet: Astronauts were asked to monitor ants in zero gravity on the ISS in eight habitats on the station .
  
highlights_snippet: When ants in zero gravity on the ISS tried to search, ants in zero gravity on the ISS struggled to keep ants in zero gravity on the ISS grip .
  