Tales from the ant world

Tales from the ant world / Edward O. Wilson.

"Summary 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." Ants are the most warlike of all animals, with colony pitted against colony. ... Their clashes dwarf Waterloo and Gettysbu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, Edward O. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Ants.
Ants > Behavior.
Table of Contents:
  • Of Ants and Men: Morality and Triumph
  • The Making of a Naturalist
  • The Right Species
  • Army Ants
  • Fire Ants
  • How Fire Ants Made Environmental History
  • Ants Defeat the Conquistadors
  • The Fiercest Ants in the World, and Why
  • The Benevolent Matriarchy
  • Ants Talk with Smell and Taste
  • How We Broke the Pheromone Code
  • Speaking Formic
  • Ants Are Everywhere (Almost)
  • Homeward Bound
  • Adventures in Myrmecology
  • The Fastest Ants in the World, and the Slowest
  • Social Parasites Are Colony Engineers
  • The Matabele, Warrior Ants of Africa
  • War and Slavery Among the Ants
  • The Walking Dead
  • Tiny Cattle Ranchers of Africa
  • Trapjaws versus Springtails
  • Searching for the Rare
  • An Endangered Species
  • Leafcutters, the Ultimate Superorganisms
  • Ants That Lived with the Dinosaurs.

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