Miles Maxcer and Wyatt Mendez are trained professionals. For your safety and that of the animals we care about, please do not attempt to replicate any handling of wildlife shown in this video. As evening monsoon storms close in around the Chiricahua Mountains, Miles and Wyatt adventure through the Arizona wilds in search of classic desert creatures. After encounters with the deadly Mojave rattlesnake and federal law enforcement, Miles' quest to find nocturnal honeypot ants seems to be more hazardous than expected. Follow Wyatt on Instagram: @bloomspike Follow Miles on Instagram: @milesmaxcer Follow The Ant Network on Instagram: @theantnetwork Learn more about scorpions & ultraviolet light: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/arachnids/why-scorpions-glow-under-black-light.htm Learn more about Mojave rattlesnake venom: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190115162345.htm Ants in this Video - Camponotus cf. festinatus (desert carpenter ants) - Acromyrmex versicolor (leafcutter ants) - Myrmecocystus mexicanus (nocturnal honeypot ants) Gear for Ant Explorers: Ant Network Merch: https://theantnetwork.redbubble.com Collection vials: https://amzn.to/3cY4Nfw Aspirator: https://tarheelants.com/collections/accessories/products/aspirator-w-collection-vial Fuel Filter: https://amzn.to/2D5Z9Lh Fantastic Headlamp: https://amzn.to/3mxICAU As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. If you purchase products from the provided links, Amazon may give us a percentage of your purchase, at no extra cost to you. We put those funds back into creating new content! Starring Miles Maxcer and Wyatt Mendez Directed by Miles Maxcer Edited and filmed by Ben Schwartz Graphic illustrations by Jen Schlauch Additional videography by Thomas Stanton Filmed in July 2020 Music and Sounds from Epidemic Sound. Interested in music for your videos? Use our referral link! https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/mfjubr/

On this adventure, Miles climbs to the peak of the Chiricahua mountains of southern Arizona in a quest to find extraordinary ant species! Join him as he learns which ant species can be found along an elevation gradient. Some resources for change: Native American Rights Fund: https://www.narf.org/ Navajo Relief Fund: http://www.nativepartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=nrf_index Learn about Land Acknowledgements: https://www.sapiens.org/culture/land-acknowledgment World Wildlife Fund: www.worldwildlife.org Pick up a t-shirt or sticker with Pseudomyrmex ant design over at The Ant Network's merch shop: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/52972420 . Your purchase enables us to create the videos you enjoy! Gear for Ant Explorers: Collection vials: https://amzn.to/3cY4Nfw Aspirator: https://tarheelants.com/collections/accessories/products/aspirator-w-collection-vial Fuel Filter: https://amzn.to/2D5Z9Lh As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. If you purchase products from the provided links, Amazon may give us a percentage of your purchase, at no extra cost to you. We put those funds back into creating new content! Starring and directed by Miles Maxcer Filmed & produced by Ben Schwartz With help from Thomas Stanton Illustrations & graphs by Jen Schlauch Special thanks to Ray & Joy Mendez, Barbara & Taran Roth, and Terry Bradley. Additional music from Epidemic Sound. Interested in music for your videos? Use our referral link! https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/mfjubr/

In this installment of The Ant Explorer, we take after the lemurs and rise into the canopy of Madagascar's unexplored western dry forest to discover what ants are hiding high in the trees! Then, Miles joins a team of researchers learning more about the cryptic vampires just beneath our feet! Learn more about the incredible snap-jaw ants over at the Ant Lab channel: https://youtu.be/v9dsINb64Q0 Directed and hosted by Miles Maxcer Filmed, edited, and produced by Ben Schwartz This video was made possible by the National Science Foundation, the California Academy of Sciences, and North Carolina State University. We'd also like to thank all of the instructors and participants of the 2019 Ants & Canopy Bootcamp for their participation and assistance throughout the filming process. Learn more about the Ants & Canopy Bootcamp: https://www.madagascarbio.org/canopyb... Destination Madagascar Blog with North Carolina State University: https://cals.ncsu.edu/news/madagascar/ The Ants and Canopy Bootcamp program is generously supported by National Science Foundation grants DEB-1820839 and DEB-1655076.

Join myrmecological detective, Miles Maxcer, on an absurd and melodramatic quest along northern Idaho's pristine rivers and through dense Montanan forests. His goal: track down an exquisite thatching ant nest. The only sure-fire thing for our hero is a healthy dose of failure and fun. Find out what else Miles encounters in this reboot of The Ant Explorer. Directed and hosted by Miles Maxcer Filmed, edited, and produced by Ben Schwartz Additional film assistance by Thomas Stanton Music and Sounds from Epidemic Sound. Interested in music for your videos? Use our referral link! https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/mfjubr/

Join Miles on the second episode of The Ant Explorer as we check out the ants of Swan Creek in Southwestern Montana. The Ant Explorer is a new series of documentary-style videos from The Ant Network that are designed to take viewers along with us on our research and outreach filming expeditions in the great outdoors. Produced by Ben Schwartz Directed by Miles Maxcer This episode was filmed in late September 2018 and early January 2019.

Join Miles on the first episode of The Ant Explorer as we check out the ants of Hyalite Canyon in Southwestern Montana. The Ant Explorer is a new series of documentary-style videos from The Ant Network that are designed to take viewers along with us on our research and outreach filming expeditions in the great outdoors. Gear used in this video: Multi-tool: https://amzn.to/2MPvIl8 Aspirator (Video): https://youtu.be/p_BxreQm-vw Fuel Filter: https://amzn.to/2WGBxoM As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. If you purchase products from the provided links, Amazon may give us a percentage of your purchase, at no extra cost to you. We put those funds back into creating exciting new content! Produced by Ben Schwartz Directed by Miles Maxcer