ants

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
a
Alias: 
ants

Army ants

Explains what scavengers are and presents a photo-illustrated overview of the army ant, describing its physical characteristics, habitat, societal structure, behavior, diet, hunting tactics, and life cycle.
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I saw an ant on the railroad track

Jack, a railroad switchman, frantically tries to save an ant who is heading east on a westbound track, straight into the path of an oncoming freight train.
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Inside an ant colony

Describes how these social insects live and work together in organized communities that are like bustling cities.
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Scaredy-pants

a Halloween story
While visiting a Halloween fun house, the ants discover that not everything is a frightening as it appears to be.
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Busy ants

Introduces the behavior, life cycle, and physical characteristics of ants and describes how ant colonies work.
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Flik's perfect gift

Flik tries to come up with a perfect gift for Queen Atta's birthday, but discovers that simple is best.

Infestation

Andy Greenwood and fellow students at the Reclamation School for Boys in the New Mexico desert face an infestation of mutant ants.

All for pie, pie for all

Grandma Cat bakes an apple pie that is heartily enjoyed by her family as well as the Mouse and Ant families that live nearby.

The lion's share

Ant is honored to receive an invitation to lion's annual dinner party, but is shocked when the other guests behave rudely and then accuse her of thinking only of herself.

Absolutely not

Gloria, an ant, takes her friend Frieda on a walk and tries to persuade her not to see danger in everything around her.

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