Ants are complex and fascinating creatures that have been around since the dinosaurs. But because of their tiny size, it's ...

Others — just as complex and mysterious — continue to live on, largely unobserved, for countless eons. Consider leafcutter ants in the genus Atta. Up to 8 million of these industrious insects live in ...

Fifty million years before humankind began farming, ancient ants were already in the agriculture business. Over time, leafcutter ants ... goby fish that live in burrows dug by marine shrimps ...

The genetic evidence on fungal species allowed researchers to track two distinct fungal lineages from the same ancestor of ...

Enthusiastically social insects, ants typically live in structured nest communities that may be located underground, in ground-level mounds, or in trees. Carpenter ants, which include more than a ...

An army of ants overtook my sleeve of cookies. Living in the tropical climate of Costa Rica means coexisting with some of the most successful creatures on earth: the ants. These amazing insects of the ...

Yes, they're ants! NARRATOR:'There are lots of different types of ant, NARRATOR:'and they live all over the world. These ones are from Trinidad, NARRATOR:'and they're called leafcutter ants.

For Atta mexicana, a tropical leafcutter ant that lives here at the northernmost ... This accounts for foot traffic and some litter in the arroyos where the ants live, but this seems to have had ...

A study investigates the evolution of beneficial bacteria that live inside and on the surface ... including two Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. Five other species had cuticular actinobacteria ...

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 leafcutter ants. ADAM:'This is the first ...

This show is a livestream. The "Lab" is the home base studio for Electrik Ants. "Live From the Lab" has become a bi-monthly livestream that's been presented for over two years. Although lockdowns ...