The Invention of Ant Nest Architecture

Walter Tschinkel created the field of underground ant nest architecture research. I visited with him to get the story on how this work started and get a personal tour of the gadgets, gizmos, and processes he uses to make metal casts of ant nests. Check out Walter Tschinkel’s new book ’Ant Architecture: The wonder, beauty, and science of underground nests’ here: Check out Walter’s own YouTube channel here: Music licensed from