The Microbe Place, housed in the Microbial Sciences Building main lobby, exhibits some of the research within the department of bacteriology — including the leaf cutter ant colony. The ant colony ...

There are at least 55 distinct species of leaf cutter ants ... and the second largest in Acromyrmex and Atta ants. They act ...

It smells bad inside. "That's what it smells like when you keep ant colonies," Frank says. Carpenter ants, leaf-cutter ants and giant ants live in glass bowls and plastic boxes. They all do ...

"There is unbelievable variation in the way they can make a living," says Ross. Slave-maker ants raid other colonies and take their workers as prisoners. Leaf-cutter ants chew leaves into mulch, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ants live in colonies which can have populations in ... growing crops and keeping livestock. Leaf and grass cutter ants, as their names suggest, use leaf and grass cuttings to cultivate a unique ...