# The Secret World of Ants

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Podcast: [Nightlife](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nightlife-159858)
Published: 2026-06-11T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/nightlife/the-secret-world-of-ants/106787520
Audio file: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/le/Z/i6.mp3
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## Resource

Ants are everywhere, with an estimated 20 quadrillion, that's 20 followed by fifteen zeros, surviving on the planet. But what you know, or think you know, about how ants manage to be quite so abundant and organised might not be quite right.

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