The zoo's colony of leafcutter ants are a challenge to count because of their size and their numbers All 10,000 creatures at Bristol Zoo are being meticulously counted by keepers as part of its ...

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O’Donnell S, Garcia CJM, Beard J, Chiwocha T, Lewis D, Liu C, Phillips H, Williams T. 2010. Leaf cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) harvest baits offering sodium chloride rewards. Insectes Sociaux 57: ...

The nest is a new home for a million-strong colony of leafcutter ants from Trinidad. For a month, entomologist Dr George McGavin and leafcutter expert Prof Adam Hart capture every aspect of the ...

Have you ever seen a trail of ants carrying green leaves back to their colony? They’re not collecting food for themselves, but for cultivating their own farms! Leafcutter ants live only in South ...