The ant scurries along on six nimble legs. It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface ...

Long-legged and lithe, they so aggressively dominate huge territories in the forest canopies that locals simply call them the tree ants. Or weaver ants, because they make their soccer-ball-size ...

Two decades ago, the village of Amlasole in West Midnapore, now part of Jhargram district, was synonymous with tragedy.