Wed Oct 7 · 6:30pm
Lectures on Tap — Nature's Nemeses: The Epic Battle Between Ants & Termites
Harvard-trained biologist Kat Angier describes the evolutionary arms race between ants and termites, two insects that independently evolved colonies of queens, workers and soldiers numbering in the millions. She covers cement-hard termite mounds, soldiers that spray acid from nozzles on their faces, raiding Singing Ants with their own field medicine, ants that defend termites for food and shelter, and the pangolins, anteaters, aardvarks and aardwolves that eat both.