tags: The Ant Whisperer, ants, hymenoptera, pheromones, EO Wilson, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, evolution, streaming video
If I owned a television, you can bet I'd be watching this Nova program on PBS tonight: The Lord of the Ants. This program describes some of EO Wilson's amazing discoveries about ant communication, behavioral ecology and evolution [3:40]
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By request, I have now organized the ant photos by subfamily. This mimics the arrangement from the old site. For the smug-muggers out there who want to know how it work
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Check out this video about an Emory researcher's work with gardening ants, and what they can teach us about agriculture:
http://esciencecommons.blogspot.com/2009/05/farming-ants-reveal-evoluti…
I watched it online. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eowilson/program.html
As part of the World Science Festival, there's a birthday party for Wilson at Lincoln Center tomorrow night but it is sold out.