Each ant has a specific role to play, and this division of labor is essential for the colony’s success. The queen, often thought of as the ruler, is actually more of a reproductive machine.

NARRATOR:'In a leafcutter colony there is a queen ant, and she is much bigger than the other ants. And her job is to lay eggs. NARRATOR:'Then there are lots of different types of worker ant.

Their mother, the queen, roams around the nest while ... as it's properly called — looks impossibly small. And yet, a colony of up to 250,000 ants call it home. But here's the secret: That ...

In ant colonies, the queens reproduce but the workers do not, and for years it had been a mystery why some individuals would forgo the opportunity to reproduce to support a queen instead. More than a ...

A queen may live years ... scout from a foreign ant colony, or burly scorpion—spread-eagled, stretched beyond its limits, and about to be ripped apart. A couple more sisters gnaw at weak ...

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.

CHILD #1:How would an ant be born? ADAM:How would an ant be born? Well inside a colony there's a queen, she's a really big ant and she lays all the eggs that produce all of the ants in the colony.

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 ...

Parasitic ants parasitize other ants using ... feed their enslavers, care for the queen, and defend the nest against threats. If the colony moves to a new location, the slaves carry their ...