Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 0037-1106 1943-3573 04 17 2018 06 2018 108 3A Heiko Woith GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtzstraße 7, 14467 Potsdam, Germany, heiko.woith@gfz-potsdam.de Gesa M. Petersen GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtzstraße 7, 14467 Potsdam, Germany, heiko.woith@gfz-potsdam.de Also at Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Potsdam, Golm, Germany. Sebastian Hainzl GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtzstraße 7, 14467 Potsdam, Germany, heiko.woith@gfz-potsdam.de Torsten Dahm GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtzstraße 7, 14467 Potsdam, Germany, heiko.woith@gfz-potsdam.de Also at Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Potsdam, Golm, Germany. 04 17 2018 06 2018 1031 1045 10.1785/0120170313 https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/108/3A/1031/530275/Review-Can-Animals-Predict-EarthquakesReview-Can https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article-pdf/108/3A/1031/4190080/bssa-2017313.1.pdf Nature Aggarwal 101 1973 10.1038/241101a0 Premonitory changes in seismic velocities and prediction of earthquakes Quantitative Seismology Aki 2002 J. Earth Sci. Apostol 1 2016 Can Red Wood Ants predict earthquakes? 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