"Meet Dr. Ted Schultz, an entomologist at the National Museum of Natural History. Learn about the creatures that are responsible for processing more vegetation than any animal on earth, the leaf-cutter... continue reading

posted by ant 3 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 10 views • 29:15

"Farmers, pharmacists and energy experts! Leaf-cutter ants put on quite a show. In established colonies, millions of 'workers' cut and carry sections of leaves larger than their own bodies as part of... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 34 views • 2:29

"Ants don’t eat leaves. They use them to grow white tufts of nutritious fungus to feed their offspring. Their success as farmers has made leafcutter ants into fungus tycoons, complete with their own... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years 2 months ago • 340 views • 3:31