by Erich Hoyt (Author)

From Simon & Schuster, The Earth Dwellers is Erich Hoyt's close-up look at the world of ants.

Erich Hoyt recounts observations from an ant expedition to the tropical jungle with Edward O. Wilson. He introduces ants who harvest crops, raise insects as livestock, build roads and bridges, embark on nuptial fights and go to war.

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In this extraordinary feat of nature writing, we meet ants who harvest crops, raise insects as livestock, build roadways and bridges, embark on nuptial flights, and make war.

Author Biography

Erich Hoyt is a whale and dolphin researcher, conservationist, lecturer and author of 22 books and more than 600 reports, articles and papers