The Role of the Queen: Heart of the Colony At the center of every leafcutter ant colony is the queen—a giant compared to her workers and the sole egg-layer, responsible for the future of the ...

There are a wide array of other ants besides carpenter ants, winter ants and fire ants – Massachusetts has plenty. Meet the ...

Celebrate Thanksgiving with some of the animal kingdom’s greatest cooks, including marshmallow-roasting apes and salt-sprinkling monkeys Jack Tamisiea In the tropical forests of Central and ...

If a patch of fungus begins to rot or is invaded by parasites, the ants swiftly remove the infected portions, ensuring the survival of their colony. While leafcutter ants are the superstars of ant ...

delivering them to their nests and processing them grow the fungus that nourishes a colony. Leafcutter ants are agricultural pests that range from the southern United States through much of South ...

the ants are very busy. Everyone has a job to do. If they don't do their job, then other things in the colony don't work properly. NARRATOR:'In a leafcutter colony there is a queen ant ...

The Microbe Place, housed in the Microbial Sciences Building main lobby, exhibits some of the research within the department of bacteriology — including the leaf cutter ant colony. The ant colony ...

The fungus garden is an important part of the leaf cutter ant colony, as it provides food for the ants. Leafcutter ants are also important members of the rainforest community. These hard-working ...