A simple introduction to the physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, predators, habitat, and lifespan of ants.
Ant Encounters sheds light on the organizational behavior, ecology, and evolution of these diverse and ubiquitous social insects.
Ants are among the most conspicuous and the most ecologically important of insects.
In this popular Stage 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science book, Arthur Dorros explores the fascinating and complex ways in which these industrious insects work together to keep their ant cities alive.
BEST OF THE YEAR NODS FROM THE GLOBE & MAILL, AMAZON.COM, QUILL & QUIRE!"The Toronto cartoonist's first full-length graphic novel follows a clutch of misfit ants, trying to maintain some...
Describes the evolution, physical characteristics, behavior, and social nature of the resourceful and industrious ant. By the author of The Life and Times of the Honeybee. Reprint.
In telling this story, Tschinkel introduces readers to the surprising beauty and architectural complexity of underground ant nests and to how scientific research on them is done"--
All summer long, Ant carries out the very serious business of gathering food for the winter, while carefree Grasshopper sings the days away, but Grasshopper ends up in trouble when a dreadful winter storm arrives.
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Edward O. Wilson recalls his lifetime with ants, from his first boyhood encounters in the woods of Alabama to perilous journeys into the Brazilian rainforest.
Richly illustrated throughout with depictions of ant species by Kristen Orr, as well as photos from Wilsons’ expeditions throughout the world, Tales from the Ant World is a fascinating, if not occasionally hair-raising, personal account ...