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

Ant colonies are one of the wonders of nature: complex, organised... and mysterious. This programme reveals the secret, underground world of the ant colony, in a way that’s never been seen before.

breviceps are social insects that parasitize colonies of other social insects. These parasites are found throughout the social Hymenoptera (i.e., bees, wasps and ants), and have been most ...

Credit: USDA-Agricultural Research Service Once the ant turned its back on the colony and walked away, it was on a death march. And the parasite was in the driver's seat. "Parasitized ants were ...