Product Description: Working together as a group is vital for the tiny ant. Though vulnerable on their own, as a colony of hundreds or even millions they are able to find food, care for their young, and defend their homes from much larger attackers. Readers will discover a new world beneath their feet through exciting, accessible text...read more

Summarizes two decades of research on ants conducted in the Arizona desert in a revolutionary re-examination of how ant society is organized, how individual members make decisions, and how a colony evolves

Product Description: Biologists since Darwin have been intrigued and confounded by the complex issues involved in the evolution and ecology of the social behavior of insects. The self-sacrifice of sterile workers in ant colonies has been particularly difficult for evolutionary biologists to explain...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)