Ants and Ant Farms
Ask A Biologist Podcast
Chapters
0:00
Intro
1:59
Why do ants like sweet things? [Itzany]
2:31
Why do ants eat worms? [Itzany]
3:03
Ants are one of the garbage disposal animals for Earth. [Rebecca]
3:53
How many species of ants are in the world? [Dr. Biology]
4:37
How many ants are dangerous? [Dr. Biology]
5:40
How do ants talk to each other? [Itzany]
7:21
Why do ants get together like penguins? [Itzany]
8:12
Do ants bite or sting? [Itzany]
10:03
Introduce other 100 or so guests in the studio - Leafcutter ants.
10:48
Ant farmers.
11:38
Ant Farms - describing the one in the laboratory/studio [Dr. Biology & Itzany]
12:39
Have you ever eaten a chocolate covered ant?
13:06
Back to the leafcutter ant farm.
14:09
Where are the ant eggs? [Itzany]
14:54
Do ants hatch from eggs like chickens? [Dr. Biology] - Life cycle of ants
16:14
Do new born ants need milk? [Itzany]
17:00
Ants have a garbage dump and cemetery. [Rebecca]
18:02
Example of a new ant farm design.
21:25
Experiments you can do with ants. [Dr. Biology] Scientific method
23:58
Can you do ant experiments without having an ant farm or lab? [Dr. Biology]
25:23
When did you first know you wanted to be a biologist? [Dr. Biology]
26:24
If you couldn't be a biologist or scientist, what would you be? [Itzany]
27:05
What advice do you have for a young scientist? [Dr. Biology]
27:47
Sign-off
29:37
Student co-host podcast contest.
Ask A Biologist Podcast
Ants and Ant Farms
Jul 02, 2008
Episode 37
Dr. Biology Talks with Rebecca Clark
Other than the rare chocolate-covered ant, why would we want to farm ants? Dr. Biology and his co-host Itzany Mendez from Dunbar Elementary School look into the lives of these interesting animals. The two talk with Ph.D. graduate student Rebecca Clark and learn some pretty cool things including how to build a slick ant farm using two music CD cases.
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