Adventures Among Ants is an entomologist’s answer to such classic books of wildlife adventure as Jane Goodall’s In the Shadow of Man and Dian Fossey’s Gorillas in the Mist.  Mark travels the globe to investigate the social lives of six ant species, showing how social complexity can arise in incredible places.

Reviews

“Adventures among Ants is hefty, yet aerodynamic. It’s really good for killing ants." —Stephen Colbert

Outdoor Book Award copy

Articles and reviews about the book

New York Times: Adventures Among Ants book Review

New York Times: Exploring the globe for the world of ants

Los Angeles Times: Mark Moffett, the Jane Goodall of ants

The Scientist: War Zone

Choice Reviews: “A startling new perspective on the limits of our own perception”

National Wildlife Federation: “The hidden world of ants”

Nature: The beauty of ant antics

New York Review of Books: “Mark Moffett’s spectacular new ant book”

Washington Post: Insecticide and other tales

Trends in Ecology and Evolution: Popular ants with style and substance

Integrative & Comparative Biology: Is there anything new to tell about ants? The answer is definitely YES and Mark Moffett proves it

Suffolk Times: Mark is “a camera-gripping daredevil who dangles from helicopters and charges up trees with Indian bull elephants in hot pursuit”

The Standard-Times: A chat with ant expert, author, National Geographic photographer Mark Moffett