Have you heard about the new ant books coming out this fall?
Kingdom of Ants: José Celestino Mutis and the Dawn of Natural History by Edward O. Wilson and José M. Gómez Durán is about José Celestino Mutis’ exploration of northern South America in the 1760′s. Although he investigated and explored in a number [...]
If you wonder what dracula ants look like, I just found this video.
Sometimes it is hard to conceive how much ants move their colonies around. For example, this week a fairly large Forelius colony showed up in our yard.
Forelius are incredibly fast.
They do slow down when they find something interesting, like this dead honey bee.
What is on the honey bee’s wing? It had just rained so there’s [...]
In another domain I reviewed a children’s book that I realized people might be interested in here. It a great beginning reader called Ants by Melissa Stewart.
Unlike some children’s books about ants, all the information appears current and accurate. In the margins are extremely silly riddles and puns, sure to catch the interest of [...]