Wasps, Bees, And Ants

Renowned evolutionary biologist Edward O. Wilson has spent his long career cracking the code of ants. It’s the ants’ ability to communicate and form tight-knit societies that lies behind their extraordinary evolutionary success. Ari Daniel Shapiro visits Wilson in his office at Harvard to learn the nature of the ants’ special language—and what’s in an ant’s name. Photo Credit: Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology Download a transcript of this podcast read moreDuration: 5:25Published: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:44:24 +0000

Sometimes it’s hard to tell where one organism stops and another begins. That’s especially true with the kind of evolutionary arms race that takes place between parasites and their unwilling hosts. It’s biological warfare at the level of the genes. Ari Daniel Shapiro reports from Athens, Georgia, USA.  Podcast transcript read moreDuration: 5:30Published: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:58:48 +0000

Description: Suomi: Kesymehiläiset, mehiläiset, surisevat, lentelevät ja keräävät mettä kukissa, mehiläisparvi, kesä. (Apis mellifera). Äänitetty / Rec: Analoginen nauha, Nagra / Analog tape, Nagra Paikka/Place: Suomi / Finland / Joensuu, Kaltimo Aika/Date: 02.08.1975. Date: 02.08.1975. Source: https://www.freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/263673/. Author: YleArkisto.

Description: English: Recording of a "Schier Carnica" honeybee in a hive. Nederlands: Opname van een "Schier Carnica" honingbij in een kast. Date: 27 April 2010. Source: Own work. Author: Skinkie. Other versions: http://stefan.konink.de/bijen/audio/27-4-0001.flac.