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This was pioneered by leafcutter ants, which began harvesting fresh vegetation to feed their fungi. Today, nearly 250 ant species across the Americas and the Caribbean practice fungus farming ...

Leafcutter ants are part of a thriving ecosystem in a reforested area of Costa Rica. Active reforestation techniques have been reported as inferior to natural regeneration processes in several ...

Across the millennia, great civilizations have risen and fallen. Others — just as complex and mysterious — continue to live on, largely unobserved, for countless eons. Consider leafcutter ants in the ...

Chocolate-brown zompopas (leafcutter ants) turn out to be underground gardeners. The foliage you miss from your hibiscus bushes and orange trees serves as the basis for their nutrition. They feed on a ...

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.

A large nest can contain up to 20kg of resin. Ants live in colonies which can have populations in their millions. The pressure of feeding so many mouths has made ants the masters of finding food.

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 ...

Ants are complex creatures that have been around since the dinosaurs. These tiny critters can wage wars and tend their own gardens, but that's just the start. https ...

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 ...

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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 ...