NOTES: Some links might be broken (please tell me if they are).
I was reading a /. story on technical audio books -- ask.slashdot.org/article....07/2131240 ... Someone mentioned Science Friday and This Week in Science: ask.slashdot.org/comments...d=13010209 ...
I visited those two sites and found some ant ones (added old ones from The Reading Room -- alpha.zimage.com/~ant/ant.../read.html ):
1. August 6, 1999: Hour Two: Ants! -- www.sciencefriday.com/pag...80699.html -- "... We'll discuss the fire ant problem, as well as efforts to control fire ant populations - both through the use of chemical repellents and pesticides, and through biocontrol efforts. We'll also talk about new research into the sex lives of harvester ants. A report out this week in the journal Science says that colonies of ants in which the queens are more sexually promiscuous seem to grow more quickly than other colonies. Why? Does more genetic diversity within a colony may make a colony more fit? We'll find out. Join guest host Brooke Gladstone for an ant extravaganza on this hour of Science Friday." Real Audio.
2. April 2, 1999: Hour Two: The Annual Spring Bugs Show -- www.sciencefriday.com/pag...40299.html -- "We'll be talking with insect experts who may be able to help you with questions from "What are all these ladybugs doing in my bedroom?" to "How do ants communicate with each other?" to "I found this really huge green crawly thing in the woods. Can I eat it?" We'll also try to figure out why people feel so strongly about bugs - why some are fascinated by them, while they give others the heebie-jeebies. Plus - how do some ants manage to sneak into other ant nests unscathed? Chemical camouflage! We'll find out how one species of tropical ant may inadvertently give intruders into its nest a free pass to steal food ... if the raiders are persistent enough."
3. www.twis.org/audio/TWIS_Mar18_2003.m3u -- Interview with Neil Tsutsui on Ants ... Starts at 27.75 minute to the end. Mostly about Argentine ants.
4. www.twis.org/audio/TWIS_Feb15_2005.m3u -- South American Flying Ants ... From 16:55 minutes to 20.5 minutes.
5. www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/scie...ants.shtml -- A Year in the Life of Ants: A radio series that charts, by eavesdropping on wood ants, the fascinating and bizarre lives of two colonies; one in a pine forest and the other in a deciduous woodland in Northumberland (UK). Thanks Myrm.
6. www.loe.org/shows/shows.h...-P13-00047 -- Ant Patrol: A Living On Earth radio interview with Stefan Cover, the curator for Harvard University's ant collection (the largest in the world). Transcript and audio are available. Thanks bounty80.
7. p211.ezboard.com/fantfarm...1839.topic for MrILTA's podcast.
Any more online to share?
"The antics begin!" --SimAnt Game
I was reading a /. story on technical audio books -- ask.slashdot.org/article....07/2131240 ... Someone mentioned Science Friday and This Week in Science: ask.slashdot.org/comments...d=13010209 ...
I visited those two sites and found some ant ones (added old ones from The Reading Room -- alpha.zimage.com/~ant/ant.../read.html ):
1. August 6, 1999: Hour Two: Ants! -- www.sciencefriday.com/pag...80699.html -- "... We'll discuss the fire ant problem, as well as efforts to control fire ant populations - both through the use of chemical repellents and pesticides, and through biocontrol efforts. We'll also talk about new research into the sex lives of harvester ants. A report out this week in the journal Science says that colonies of ants in which the queens are more sexually promiscuous seem to grow more quickly than other colonies. Why? Does more genetic diversity within a colony may make a colony more fit? We'll find out. Join guest host Brooke Gladstone for an ant extravaganza on this hour of Science Friday." Real Audio.
2. April 2, 1999: Hour Two: The Annual Spring Bugs Show -- www.sciencefriday.com/pag...40299.html -- "We'll be talking with insect experts who may be able to help you with questions from "What are all these ladybugs doing in my bedroom?" to "How do ants communicate with each other?" to "I found this really huge green crawly thing in the woods. Can I eat it?" We'll also try to figure out why people feel so strongly about bugs - why some are fascinated by them, while they give others the heebie-jeebies. Plus - how do some ants manage to sneak into other ant nests unscathed? Chemical camouflage! We'll find out how one species of tropical ant may inadvertently give intruders into its nest a free pass to steal food ... if the raiders are persistent enough."
3. www.twis.org/audio/TWIS_Mar18_2003.m3u -- Interview with Neil Tsutsui on Ants ... Starts at 27.75 minute to the end. Mostly about Argentine ants.
4. www.twis.org/audio/TWIS_Feb15_2005.m3u -- South American Flying Ants ... From 16:55 minutes to 20.5 minutes.
5. www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/scie...ants.shtml -- A Year in the Life of Ants: A radio series that charts, by eavesdropping on wood ants, the fascinating and bizarre lives of two colonies; one in a pine forest and the other in a deciduous woodland in Northumberland (UK). Thanks Myrm.
6. www.loe.org/shows/shows.h...-P13-00047 -- Ant Patrol: A Living On Earth radio interview with Stefan Cover, the curator for Harvard University's ant collection (the largest in the world). Transcript and audio are available. Thanks bounty80.
7. p211.ezboard.com/fantfarm...1839.topic for MrILTA's podcast.
Any more online to share?
"The antics begin!" --SimAnt Game
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