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The Rundown: Utah Biology Professor Jack Longino on Discovering 131 Ant Species

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Dr. Jack Longino recently published a scientific paper outlining his discovery of 33 new ant species in Central America and the Caribbean. These discoveries bring his personal total of species found to 131. Dr. Longino speaks with us about what cataloging species means to him, how he first became interested in entomology, and about the discoveries still left to be found.

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