Predominately found in South and Central America, the Leafcutter Ant is truly an amazing creature. The complexity of teamwork and organization displayed in their societies is 2nd only to human beings and... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 12 months ago • 281 views • 8:09Videos (33) | Sift Talk (1) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
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posted by ant 8 years 4 months ago • 61 views • 53:03Is there somebody who can explain this?
posted by bjornenlinda 8 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 306 views • 22 secsGross YouTube: Hundreds of ant species have been farming for tens of millions of years.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 416 views • 3:52"The movie Ant-Man was (obviously) inspired by ants, so we thought we'd talk to a real ant expert to learn a bit more! ..." From http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/3hu8oe/science_ama_series_im_brian_fisher_ant_s... continue reading
posted by ant 8 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 103 views • 7:51"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 8 years 11 months 1 week ago • 345 views • 3:31Nature's biochemistry at its creepiest!
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 311 views • 6:35YouTube Description: Hank shares the latest developments in science, this week demystifying three freaky things in nature: the polar vortex, why some bugs are infertile, and how a chain can appear to defy... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 4 months ago • 289 views • 4:46"Imagine having a bunch of horny bones on your back ..."
posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,547 views • 4:10From http://www.yourwildlife.org/2013/09/ant-questions-answered/ from http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/16944 ...
posted by ant 1 decade 8 months 1 week ago • 151 views • 2:52"... These silver ants have ten minutes to retrieve their food under the African sun before time is up." From http://myrmecos.net/2013/02/24/sunday-night-movie-cataglyphis-brave-the-heat/ ... Longer... continue reading
posted by ant 1 decade 1 year 2 months 2 weeks ago • 755 views • 2:55In this episode of smarter every day, Destin features ants in the Amazon jungle, as the little fellows work together to capture a worm. Cooperative transport allows ants to secure medium sized prey before... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 3 months 2 weeks ago • 705 views • 1:40