Ants: Tales from the Underground
On today’s show, three f-ant-astic stories of survival, friendship and courage about some of the most underrated creatures in the animal queendom. Produced with our friends at Every Little Thing, another Gimlet podcast. We spoke with behavioral ecologist Dr. István Maák, biologist Dr. Erik Frank, entomologist Dr. Christina Kwapich, and biologist Prof Derrick Brazill.
Check out the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/38cDgoU
Selected references:
István’s study on ants surviving in a nuclear bunker: http://bit.ly/2rkR2Fb
Erik’s study on ants helping each other in a termite hunt…
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