Entries from April 2006

April 26, 2006

Leaf-cutter ants, suburban sprawl

You have to respect leaf-cutter ants. Bit by bit they slice off the leaves of a tree, carrying to distant nests many times their body weight in little green sections along the tropical-forest floor, relentlessly.
It is impressive to witness the operations of an ecosystem by the tiniest of creatures and leads one to consider how [...]