Visual and Print Media
National/Local Media Interviews

12 Nov 01, NPR "Pulse of the Planet", interview by Ken McKenzie-Grant, KUT-FM.

11 Sep 01, Plotting an Aerial Attack on Marauding Fire Ants, Claudia Dreifus, New York Times, Science section.

13 Feb. 01, "Phorid Flies Attack Fire Ants." Jeff Nguyen. 5 o'clock news, Channel 4 (KNBC), Los Angeles. (video footage courtesy of L. Gilbert)

Jan-Feb 01 "O Ant, where art thy sting?" Uncle Art's Things You Should Know. by Lisa Dixon., Assoc. Ed., Oxford American. p. 9. Issue No. 37.

5 Dec 00 "Talk Radio." 11:00 am. Molly Treadwell, Interviewer. KTSA, San Antonio. (Gilbert)

26 Nov 00 "Fire ant nemesis brought in from Brazil." Cindy Tumiel. San Antonio Express-News. B1. (Gilbert)

16 Nov 00 "Flies will be released in South to kill fire ants." Philip Brasher. Austin American Statesman. A1.

TBA. German television production company H5B5 Media AG, Munich. Florian Breier, Producer. To be presented on English-speaking scientific magazine, "TimeSlot," for the international market. (Gilbert)

Sept 00 "Earth Report": Invasive species and eradication efforts. Television Trust for the Environment / BBC World. Rob Sullivan, Producer. (Gilbert supplied video tape).

23 Aug 00 KTSA, San Antonio. Carl Wiglesworth Show. 6:10-7:00pm. Radio call-in/talk show subject: Imported Fire Ants and Phorid Flies. (Gilbert)

18 Aug 00 CNN Today 1300 "Fire Ant Frenzy: Univ. of Texas Researcher Fights Fire with Phorid Flies." Natalie Allen, Mary Pflum. (Gilbert)

18 Aug 00 KTBC 5PM News. "Bite and they're all over Texas." Mary Pflum. (Gilbert)

13 Aug 00 "Earth Matters." CNN. 3:30pm (CST). Effect of introductions of exotic species: Invasions. Mary Pflum, Producer, Science & Technology/Environment. (filmed 22 May 00) (Gilbert) .

3 Aug 00 Good flies. Bad ants. Purva Patel, Writer. The Daily Texan. p.1.

15 Jun 00 The phorid/fire ant lab will be included in part of a 12 episode series on invasive species called "Intruders" to be broadcast on the french channel "La Cinquième," a scientific and educational channel, and on Canadian TV Ontario. Produced by "Télé Images Nature." Emma Han, Assistant Director. (Gilbert)

30 May 00 KVUE24 TV, Luis Gutierrez, Photojournalist. Local news feature on the Ant Biology Workshops held at BFL for Austin public school science teachers. (Mueller & Gilbert)

15 May 00 H5B5 Media AG, German TV PRO7. "Welt der Wunder" (World of Wonder). Felicitas Sieben, Junior Producer. (Gilbert)

19 Apr 00 Frequently Asked Questions about Imported Fire Ants. Hans Schwarzbach (Kingsville, TX) Date of Publication: 4/2000 or 5/2000. (Mehdiabadi)

9 Apr 00 "Time to kill fire ants again? This time, try the Two Step" Author: Gaiutra Bahadur Date: Austin American-Statesman Page B1 (Wuellner)

22 Feb 00 Channel 8 News (Austin, TX) Phorid rearing lab renovations. (Mehdiabadi)

6 Aug 99 NPR's Talk of the Nation. Science Friday. (Gilbert & Porter) 18 Feb 99 Winged assassin brought in to curb fire ants. CNN interactive. Ann Kellan http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9902/18/t_t/fire.ants/index.html.bak (Gilbert)

Ant Week on Wild Discovery Wired http://www.discovery.com/conv/wilddiscovery/wilddiscovery.html Wuellner responded to questions and comments posted by online visitors.

1 Jan 198 Ann Kellan, Correspondent, Science News, CNN. (Gilbert)

20 May 98 NPR, All Things Considered 5:36pm Fire Ants. (Gilbert)

Oct 29, 98 Wuellner had phone interview with channel 42 news about the recent article in the "On Campus" newsletter.

Sept 30, 1997 NBC Channel 36 News clip of phorid greenhouse. (Gilbert)

June 1998 Lisa Bock, Evol. Film & Tape. (Gilbert)

Sept 14, 1998 Channel 36. (Gilbert)

Nov 25, 1998 Kathy Barnes. Ch 24 6:00 News. (Gilbert)

Jul 97 Austin-American Statesman (Gilbert)

Trade Magazines/Journals

Sept 1999. Edith Chenault. South Texas ranchers should work to prevent fire ants. The Cattleman. 146-152. Gilbert quoted frequently in the article.

Mar-April 1998 Oltersdorf, Cora. Ant-e Bellum. Texas Alcalde 86(4):13.

Mar. 21, 1998 Interview with Tammie Corby, Texas Gardner Magazine. Fire ant control.

Feb. 1998 Norvell, Scott. Putting Out the Fire. Southwest Airlines Spirit 74-80.

Summer/Fall 1997 Arkansas Land and Life. 3(2) LEG photo on p. 3, Ross photo p. 7

Aug. 1997 Ant War Re-Enlists Phorid Flies. Popular Mechanics p. 14.

Revised 17 Sept 01