<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Secret Lives of the Wild</title><description>Animated nature documentaries about animals, insects and birds. Every fact checked against real sources. A new episode every day at 12:30 PM Pakistan time.</description><link>https://secretlivesofthewild.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Leafcutter Ants: The Tiny Farmers Who Never Eat Their Leaves</title><link>https://secretlivesofthewild.com/episodes/leafcutter-ants/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://secretlivesofthewild.com/episodes/leafcutter-ants/</guid><description>A tiny ant cuts a leaf, carries it home and never eats a single bite. Follow one leaf on its journey into the hidden world of leafcutter ants: bodyguards that ride on leaves, an underground city more than six meters deep, a fungus farm older than human agriculture, and the queen who started it all.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://secretlivesofthewild.com/_astro/001-leafcutter-ants.C0-bBqyA_Z1SgarA.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;675&quot;/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A tiny ant cuts a leaf, carries it home and never eats a single bite. Follow one leaf on its journey into the hidden world of leafcutter ants: bodyguards that ride on leaves, an underground city more than six meters deep, a fungus farm older than human agriculture, and the queen who started it all.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR8veThwwjc&quot;&gt;Watch on YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><category>insect</category><category>leafcutter ants</category><category>leaf cutter ants</category><category>ants</category><category>ant colony</category><category>fungus farming ants</category><category>insect documentary</category><category>animal documentary</category><category>nature documentary</category><category>wildlife</category><category>animated documentary</category><category>secret lives of the wild</category><category>Atta ants</category><category>ant queen</category><category>how ants farm</category></item></channel></rss>