For Ants, a 'Cleaning Station' in the Desert

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/science/harvester-cone-an...

As the article notes, this seems convergent with the cleaning stations fish host in reefs. A bunch of interesting research has come out of those, displaying behavior that seems to mimic aspects of human economics. e.g.: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/economics-in-nature...