Myrmecology Dies in Darkness
In a recent episode of the (wonderfully named) Science for the People podcast, University of Illinois – Chicago PhD student Anika Hazra interviewed myrmecologists Stephen Pratt and Simon Garnier. You may remember Hazra, also a myrmecologist, from her great antforgraphic on ant colony optimization! Now check out her engaging and informative interview of Pratt and Garnier, on ant intelligence, here.
[…] We’re proud to say that our first report on a scientific paper covered the marvelous nomadic mushroom harvesters roaming southeast Asia. Amazing then and now! Future formicid features included reports on ant spit, turtle ants, ant tools, trap-jaw ants (twice!), blue ants, exploding ants, invasive ants, big-headed ants, other trap-jaw ants, ant queen heads, bullet ants, ant-controlling fungus, canopy ants, lazy ants, ant navigation, ant societies, ant parasitoids, ant standards, ant butts (twice!), ant metacolonies, ant nutrition, ant functional traits, seed-harvesting ants, desert ants, ant brains, ant pharmacology, ant hierarchies, ants and lichen, spiny ant bacteria, invasive plant and native ants, fungus-farming ants, ant homes, ant babies, ant decoders, ants and plant wounds, ant lovin’, ant smells, ant architecture, termite-specialist ants, green ants, underground ants, ant poop, ant importance, ants and the solar eclipse, ants and the Powerball, ant colony optimization, ants drinking water, and ant intelligence. […]
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