How Do Ants Live?

Episode 23: How Do Ants Live? - has Stanford PhD student, Mila Pamplona, take you on a journey into the fascinating world of ants. Episode Summary: This episode of the Simple Questions Podcast features a discussion between Dylan Carnahan and Mila Pamplona, a Stanford PhD student who has studied the biological rhythms of foraging and leafcutting activities on colonies of leafcutter ants and developed machine learning software to identify and count ants in their ant trail. Listen as Mila Pamplona explains the social structure of ant colonies, how ants communicate with each other, and the role of the queen ant. In this episode we discuss: 00:00 - Feeling Low by Times & Places 01:19 - Introducing Mila Pamplona 09:32 - Journey to Stanford 16:17 - Ants Communicating 19:28 - Foreign Ants & Predators 22:54 - Species of Ants 27:53 - Invasive Ants 40:35 - Colony Social Structure 47:08 - The Numbers 52:32 - Cultivating Fungi 1:07:59 - Closing Remarks 1:11:31 - Conclusion and Information Resources: Mila Pamplona's Podcast & Blog Ants Canada The World War of the Ants The Billion Ant Mega Colony and the Biggest War on Earth Best Of Ants | BBC Earth