Leptanilla is one of the world's smallest ants. Here, a group of workers worms through the soil in an African forest.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Leptanilla sp.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Leptanilla sp.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Leptanilla sp.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Leptanilla is one of the world's smallest ants. Here, a group of workers worms through the soil in an African forest.

Kibale forest, Uganda
Pheidole obscurithorax stays ahead of the competition using group retrieval of food (in this case, a scavenged cockroach carcass).  Working together, the ants can usually get the bounty home before a more aggressive species usurps their find.

Orlando, Florida, USA
Pheidole obscurithorax stays ahead of the competition using group retrieval of food (in this case, a scavenged cockroach carcass).  Working together, the ants can usually get the bounty home before a more aggressive species usurps their find.

Orlando, Florida, USA
Eciton hamatum

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii army ant workers pull a termite from a rotting log.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii army ant workers pull a termite from a rotting log.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii army ant workers pull a termite from a rotting log.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
Eciton burchellii army ant workers pull a termite from a rotting log.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
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