{"product_id":"tales-from-the-ant-world-edward-o-wilson-9781631495564","title":"Tales from the Ant World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Ants are the most warlike of all animals, with colony pitted against colony,\" writes E.O. Wilson, one of the world's most beloved scientists, \"their clashes dwarf Waterloo and Gettysburg.\" In \u003cem\u003eTales from the Ant World\u003c\/em\u003e, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilson takes us on a myrmecological tour to such far-flung destinations as Mozambique and New Guinea, the Gulf of Mexico's Dauphin Island and even his parent's overgrown backyard, thrillingly relating his nine-decade-long scientific obsession with over 15,000 ant species.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnimating his scientific observations with illuminating personal stories, Wilson hones in on twenty-five ant species to explain how these genetically superior creatures talk, smell, and taste, and more significantly, how they fight to determine who is dominant. Wryly observing that \"males are little more than flying sperm missiles\" or that ants send their \"little old ladies into battle,\" Wilson eloquently relays his brushes with fire, army, and leafcutter ants, as well as more exotic species. Among them are the very rare Matabele, Africa's fiercest warrior ants, whose female hunters can carry up to fifteen termites in their jaw (and, as Wilson reports from personal experience, have an incredibly painful stinger); Costa Rica's Basiceros, the slowest of all ants; and New Caledonia's Bull Ants, the most endangered of them all, which Wilson discovered in 2011 after over twenty years of presumed extinction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly illustrated throughout with depictions of ant species by Kristen Orr, as well as photos from Wilsons' expeditions throughout the world, \u003cem\u003eTales from the Ant World\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating, if not occasionally hair-raising, personal account by one of our greatest scientists and a necessary volume for any lover of the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward O. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1631495569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631495564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2020 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2020 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2020 pg. 11","brand":"Edward O. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44049787027711,"sku":"9781631495564","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1e8fd6ff-017f-4cd9-b6be-b92d8a7cf286.jpg?v=1685003453","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tales-from-the-ant-world-edward-o-wilson-9781631495564","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}