On the Origin of Species, published in 1859, is widely accepted as the seminal work in modern biology. Through careful observation, Charles Darwin explains how traits can be ...

Contains over seventy essays in which various authors from throughout history discuss insects.

Explores our kinship with those astonishingly versatile creatures, insects, and explains the emotional and psychological barriers to seeing and appreciating them, including the ...

Joseph Campbell famously compared mythology to a kangaroo pouch for the human mind and spirit: "a womb with a view." In Myths to Live By, he examines all of the ways in which ...

Celebrating the small creatures that have emerged triumphant on the planet, this work documents the survival strategies of insects and reveals them as masters of achievement ...

Weaving together philosophical, historical, legal, scientific and personal viewpoints, this book gives a rich sample of the vast web which makes up our cultural, spiritual and ...

Grasshopper Dreaming is a collection of first-person musings about the ethical and philosophical implications of the author's work as an entomologist who specializes in ...