Ant Resources

May 1, 2022 | Updated May 4, 2022

This is a curated list of resources for anyone that has taken an interest in ants, from hobbyists to myrmecologists. I have personally referenced each resource in this list during the development of Antkeeper, my ant colony simulation game.

This list will be updated as more resources are discovered.

Ant Books

• The Ants – Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson
• The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies – Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson
• Ant Architecture: The Wonder, Beauty, and Science of Underground Nests – Walter R. Tschinkel
• Army Ants: Nature’s Ultimate Social Hunters – Daniel J. C. Kronauer

Ant Documentaries

• Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
• Planet Ant: Life Inside the Colony

Ant Photography

• Alex Wild
• Kamil Stajniak
• Steven Wang
• Eduard F. Niga
• Ajay Narendra
• Josiah Kilburn

Ants in 3D

• C. J. Howard’s collection of 3D ant scans

Ants on YouTube

• The Ant Network
• Ant Lab
• Jordan Dean
• Arthropod Antics
• Walter Tschinkel
• Ant Co

Ant Communities

• Antkeeper Discord
• Formiculture.com: Ants & Myrmecology Forum

Ant Databases

• AntWiki
• AntWeb
• AntCat
• Global Ants Database
• antmaps.org
• iNaturalist
• GenBank

If you would like to recommend any ant-related educational resources to add to this list, feel free to contact me.