Synopsis
Take a wander into the wondrous world of ant colonies.
- Programme: Planet Ant: Life Inside the Colony
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2013
- Biology | Ecology | Adaptations, interdependence and competition | Communities
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