CHILD #1:Why do they cut the leaves ... for the fungus they're growing inside and it's the fungus that they eat. ADAM:'Our ants are farmers and the fungus is their crop. ADAM:'The fungus contains ...

Some species, such as army ants, defy the norm and do not have permanent homes ... lead them to a promising food source. They typically eat nectar, seeds, fungus, or insects.

In ant colonies, the queens reproduce but the workers do not, and for years it had been a mystery why some individuals would ... “Nobody really knew what young ant larvae feed on,” Kronauer says. It ...

She’s not only researching how to do this as a doctoral candidate ... sugary extracts left in strategic locations to feed them, can create ant population booms, which Jensen sees as a simple ...