This Week in Evolution

TWiEVO 110: Ants go from carpenters to surgeons


Listen Later

Nels and Vincent reveal that worker ants amputate their colleagues injured leg to prevent infections.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

Subscribe (free): Apple PodcastsRSSemail

Become a patron of TWiEVO

Links for this episode
  • Join the MicrobeTV Discord server
  • Wound-dependent leg amputation in ants (Curr Biol)
  • Timestamps by Jolene
Science Picks

Nels – The Science Bridge Vincent – US withdraws from WHO

Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles Send your evolution questions and comments to [email protected]

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

This Week in EvolutionBy Vincent Racaniello

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

168 ratings


More shows like This Week in Evolution

View all
Nature Podcast by Springer Nature Limited

Nature Podcast

763 Listeners

Science Magazine Podcast by Science Magazine

Science Magazine Podcast

825 Listeners

Science In Action by BBC World Service

Science In Action

347 Listeners

This Week in Virology by Vincent Racaniello

This Week in Virology

2,059 Listeners

This Week in Parasitism by Vincent Racaniello

This Week in Parasitism

455 Listeners

This Week in Microbiology by Vincent Racaniello

This Week in Microbiology

518 Listeners

The Quanta Podcast by Quanta Magazine

The Quanta Podcast

528 Listeners

Outside/In by NHPR

Outside/In

1,466 Listeners

This Week in Virology by Vincent Racaniello

This Week in Virology

232 Listeners

The Common Descent Podcast by Common Descent

The Common Descent Podcast

724 Listeners

Immune by Vincent Racaniello

Immune

275 Listeners

This Week in Neuroscience by Vincent Racaniello

This Week in Neuroscience

94 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

16,174 Listeners

Infectious Disease Puscast by Vincent Racaniello

Infectious Disease Puscast

85 Listeners

Matters Microbial by Mark O. Martin

Matters Microbial

19 Listeners