As the sun sets over a grazed cerrado remnant, Júlio Chaul looks for ants nesting in disturbed soil. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
How do complex social swarms operate? NJIT's Simon Garnier studies ants, slime molds, and herding mammals to answer this question.
Chris Schmidt, an expert on ponerine ants, crosses a stream in southern Arizona.
