Bradenton, Florida (via South Florida Museum) -- Small yet abundant, with complex and wildly diverse lifestyles, ants are everywhere, living lives mostly hidden from our view.

What if we could see into their world . . . on their level? What would we learn? What parallels could we draw between them and us?

With the aid of a macro lens and the insights of ant expert and photographer Dr. Mark Moffett, the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History present the world of ants in "Farmers, Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of Ants,” a current exhibit featured at the South Florida Museum in Downtown Bradenton.

Bradenton, Florida - A Chicago man visiting his girlfriend drowned Sunday while swimming in the Braden River, the Sheriff's Office said.

Michael Lester, 38, had jumped off a boat dock and swam 60 feed across the river. On his way back, he made it half-way, went under and failed to resurface, witnesses said.

Southern Manatee Fire Rescue personnel searched for him without success. The sheriff's dive team was called in and found the body in about 20 feet of water.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

BRADENTON, Florida-- Three Bradenton men claim they were trying to sell a PlayStation Friday morning when they were attacked by the two buyers.

It happened around 9:30 at 1031 30th Avenue East.

The three victims told deputies a fight broke out, then one of the attackers took out a hammer and beat them up.

All three victims were taken to a local hospital with head injuries.

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