Episode 23 titled "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 with 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