My lecture for the Templeton Foundation on how certain ants are conquering the world.
"Dr. Bugs" Moffett has drugged-out toads, sex-champ ants for Conan.
Melissa and I chase down the elusive pollinator of cacao in Panama--believe it or not, we get our chocolate with the help of a tiny fly. From the series "National Geographic's Most Amazing Photos."
How ants are like humans, for the website Big Think.
Go behind the scenes and hear National Geographic research grantee Mark Moffett talk about his career, what inspires and influences his work, and his most memorable adventures.
Mark recounts his unexpectedly hilarious expedition to a remote valley in Colombia to document an elusive and deadly "superfrog" for the World Science Festival.
Mark shows Conan an angry frog and humongous beetle larvae.
Mark has spoken for Google at both their headquarters in Mountain View and in Manhattan; here’s his discussion of the book, Adventures Among Ants.
Mark and psychologist Dan Ariely explore irrationality in ants and humans for The Scientist.
Mark discussing "life in a nutshell" for the World Science Festival.
A video of Mark with ants by Melissa won the Reader’s Choice award for best science video (a “Labby”) from the Scientist Magazine, and was one of the must-see science videos of the year by NBCnews.
During this lecture for the Santa Fe Institute, Covid-lockdown haired Mark compares forests to the structure of ecosystems ranging from coral reefs and grasslands to the bacteria growing on your teeth.
Mark studies what pollinators contribute to human life, as described in this humorous video; learn more about pollinators here.
Conan learns that banana slugs have giant penises and lizards have lesbian sex in Texas in Mark's first of five visits to his TBS show.
This humorous video of a botfly emerging from Mark's hand was used for a time at John Hopkins medical school. Think of it as the closest experience a man can have to giving birth. Prepare to be awed (or terrified). Available on youtube here.
RADIO & PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
NPR, Fresh Air: Tracking a Sisterhood of Traveling Ants
NPR, Fresh Air: Interview
Science Salon with Michael Shermer of the Skeptics Society
Selective Wisdom podcast, with security expert Clint Watts
Groks Science Radio: Ants
Radio Ecoshock: His Adventures Are Legion
This is Democracy podcast, with Public Affairs Professor Jeremi Suri
Public Radio International’s The World: How ants wage war
Treehugger Radio: Adventures Among Ants
Santa Fe Institute: Complexity Podcast
Think With Krys Boyd: How we live with strangers
Larry Meiller Show, Wisconsin Public Radio: Conversions with Mark Moffett
Center for Global Humanities, with the CGH director, Anouar Majid
Manifold podcast, with Steve and Corey
Five Good Questions, with Jacob Taylor
Big Think podcast: How ants and humans are alike
Cool Facts About Animals: a podcast by and for kids
The Animal House: The Indiana Jones of the Ant World
Cool Tools podcast, with WIRED magazine founder Kevin Kelly
NPR, The Kitchen Sisters: A Termite Queen and Her Ultimate Sacrifice
NPR, National Geographic Radio Expeditions: The Savage, Beautiful World of Army Ants
BBC World Service, Forum: A Conversation between Mark Moffett, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Heather Berlin
Sierra Club Radio:Interview (starts halfway through the hour)
Naturally Vibrant Living: Lessons from insects
Radio Lab: Argentine Invasion
NPR, Seatlle: Doctor Bugs
Madeine Brand Show: Wars Under Our Feet
"Cognitive Crucible" National Security podcast, with Marine Lieutenant Colonel John Bicknell
Jefferson Exchange: The Indiana Jones of Entomology
Journey Home, Santa Fe Public Radio: The Ants
Ecotopia: Adventures With Ants
Afternoon Magazine. Illinois Public Radio: Interview
Field Notes with Thane Maynard: In Conversation
Quarks & Quirks, Canadian Public Radio: The Curious Naturalist
Skeptically Speaking, Canada: A Journey Around the World
This Way Up, New Zealand: The Ant Man
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Perth: The Indiana Jones of Entomology
University of California Press Podcast: More Than Mindless Specks
National Geographic Weekend Edition: Giant Cricket
National Geographic Weekend Edition: Weaver Ants
National Geographic Weekend Edition: Ants and Humans
National Geographic Weekend Edition: Death of a Friend
National Geographic Weekend Edition: Licking the Frog
National Geographic World Talk Radio: New Discoveries About Ants