EditorialHazel Davies, the director of living exhibits, left, and Ryan Garrett, a self-described ant wrangler, set up fungal colonies, which provide food for ants, as part of an exhibit set for the new insectarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Jan. 30, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialHazel Davies, the director of living exhibits, left, and Ryan Garrett, a self-described ant wrangler, set up fungal colonies, which provide food for ants, as part of an exhibit set for the new insectarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Jan. 30, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialHazel Davies, the director of living exhibits, left, and Ryan Garrett, a self-described ant wrangler, set up fungal colonies, which provide food for ants, as part of an exhibit set for the new insectarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Jan. 30, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialHazel Davies, the director of living exhibits, left, and Ryan Garrett, a self-described ant wrangler, set up fungal colonies, which provide food for ants, as part of an exhibit set for the new insectarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Jan. 30, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialHazel Davies, the director of living exhibits, left, and Ryan Garrett, a self-described ant wrangler, set up fungal colonies, which provide food for ants, as part of an exhibit set for the new insectarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Jan. 30, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialHazel Davies, the director of living exhibits, left, and Ryan Garrett, a self-described ant wrangler, set up fungal colonies, which provide food for ants, as part of an exhibit set for the new insectarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Jan. 30, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialHazel Davies, the director of living exhibits, left, and Ryan Garrett, a self-described ant wrangler, set up fungal colonies, which provide food for ants, as part of an exhibit set for the new insectarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Jan. 30, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialHazel Davies, the director of living exhibits, left, and Ryan Garrett, a self-described ant wrangler, set up fungal colonies, which provide food for ants, as part of an exhibit set for the new insectarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Jan. 30, 2023. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)