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Hunting for Ants

From: Sarah P. Reynolds
Length: 00:04:31

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Adam Lazarus is a myrmecologist who spends most days in the woods loking for ants, even though it leaves him feeling a little guilty. Read the full description.

Dsc_0050_small Adam Lazarus is a myrmecologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. He climbs through the Cape Cod woods almost every day of the year with his chainsaw and hatchet and a backpack full of petri dishes in search of carpenter ants.

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Adam Lazarus is a myrmecologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. He climbs through the Cape Cod woods almost every day of the year with his chainsaw and hatchet and a backpack full of petri dishes in search of carpenter ants.

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Adam Lazarus is the man...

Casey Logan

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Adam Lazarus is the man...

Casey Logan

Broadcast History

The Nature Podcast, 10/9/08