I was an avid reader of Science Fiction all through Jr. High and Sr. High. After that only rarely did I read any SF. Anyway just recently while waiting for the book I wished to read to become available through my local library I read The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Volume 3. I found that I quite enjoyed the 'Tales from the White Hart' stories. Or rather reading them again as I recalled the general gist of them from long ago.

One in particular caught my attention, The Next Tenants. To provide a brief summary Harry Purvis recounts the story of time spent on a Pacific atoll where he and a team of British scientists were there to monitor the first test of a thermonuclear device by the US. While there Harry unexpectedly encounters a scientist that is teaching termite colonies to make and use tools. The reasoning being when mankind self districts termites would be a good choice to inherit the Earth. This story reminds me of another story of a similar theme that I would like to read again if I could identify the title and author. This mystery tale involves a scientist that plays god to an ant farm. When the scientist dies the ant colony wonders what has happened to god and so starts to build a tower (like the Tower of Babel) to investigate what has happened to god.