Most of us have only seen fire ants where they are outside of their mounds, swarming around the ground looking for something to eat, but it's actually the way the insects move underground that scientists at Georgia Institute of Tech...
Most of us have only seen fire ants where they are outside of their mounds, swarming around the ground looking for something to eat, but it's actually the way the insects move underground that scientists at Georgia Institute of Technology have been studying. They think the way that fire ants move through sand could inspire more effective search-and-rescue robots that would help save human lives.