Fire Ants And Thief Ants

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

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

Closeup dorsal view of Specimen CASENT0104492 from AntWeb. (Solenopsis abdita)

Closeup profile view of Specimen CASENT0729798 from AntWeb. (Solenopsis globularia)

Closeup profile view of Specimen CASENT0908879 from AntWeb. (Solenopsis tipuna)

Subject: Live Animal | Type: Photo | Life Stages And Gender: Adult/Sexually Mature

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Closeup head view of Specimen CASENT0104492 from AntWeb. (Solenopsis abdita)

Closeup dorsal view of Specimen CASENT0902338 from AntWeb. (Solenopsis globularia)

Closeup dorsal view of Specimen FOCOL0280 from AntWeb. (Solenopsis tipuna)

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Closeup profile view of Specimen CASENT0104492 from AntWeb. (Solenopsis abdita)

Closeup head view of Specimen CASENT0902338 from AntWeb. (Solenopsis globularia)

Closeup head view of Specimen FOCOL0280 from AntWeb. (Solenopsis tipuna)

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.