# Exploring Ant Nest Architecture with Molten Metal

**URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/exploring-ant-nest-architecture-with-molten-metal/237
**Category:** Tracking with Closeups
**Tags:** ants, myrmecology
**Created:** [30 October 2021 12:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/exploring-ant-nest-architecture-with-molten-metal/237 "2021-10-30T12:31:55Z")
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### Author: ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)
#### Post date: [30 October 2021 12:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/exploring-ant-nest-architecture-with-molten-metal/237/1 "2021-10-30T12:31:55Z")

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[![](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/2X/9/948b7b49606d35e13a49c4e783452ba6992f6a0f.jpeg "The Invention of Ant Nest Architecture") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LDja40tLAM)

Prof. [Walter Tschinkel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_R._Tschinkel)'s book, _[Ant Architecture: The Wonder, Beauty, and Science of Underground Nests](https://www.amazon.com/dp/069117931X/?tag=fourmilabwwwfour)_, published in June 2021, describes the techniques he has developed for casting ant nests and what he has learned about the various ways ants structure their subterranean habitats.