Have you ever imagined a bustling city beneath your feet, pulsing with life and humming with purpose—yet entirely hidden from ...

This episode looks at leaf-cutter ants that grow food, and shake their bodies to communicate through vibrations. Plus, humans ...

Researchers at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom have found that leaf-cutter ants have a simple system to build up healthful microbes on their exoskeletons—a system the researchers ...

Tree cutting is not for the faint-hearted – especially when ants are involved! Watch as tree cutting experts deal with unexpected challenges like swarms of ants while tackling massive trees.

When Bence first tried to photograph leaf-cutter ants in action, he thought it was going to be easy. It wasn't, but, he researched their complex society and spent hours following them in the Costa ...

The most recently derived form of ant agriculture that the researchers placed on the tree is practiced by the leaf-cutter ants of tropical Central and South America. Instead of scrounging from the ...

“Ants are coming in for some reason,” Rollins ... So again, be careful if you have a robot vacuum. Cutting open the package carefully can minimize spill risks. Terro claims its bait stations ...

A leaf-cutting ant carving a piece of ®Parafilm. Top left: initiating the cut with nearside hind leg holding the ®Parafilm edge. Top right: halfway through the cut, both hind legs holding the edge.

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...

Leaf and grass cutter ants, as their names suggest, use leaf and grass cuttings to cultivate a unique fungus within their nest. Each piece is chewed up and mixed with the fungus; the fungus is ...

ADAM:'These glass boxes and tubes have been built to replicate the underground tunnels and chambers of an ant colony in the wild and they're full of busy leaf cutter ants. ADAM:'This is the first ...