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Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Chris Packham explores the evolution of the great ape's brain to reveal how different parts have been adapted over time by its anatomy, ingenuity, and sociability, culminating in one of the most complex brains on the planet. Chris examines how the ability to use two hands asymmetrically sets the great ape apart from other tool-using animals and how social living is linked to the evolution of the amygdala in both humans and our ape cousins. New research...
Author
Series
The Zack files volume 16
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
While on a class picnic in Central Park, ten-year-old Zack gets a chance to study ants close up and personal when he uses way too much of a classmate's diet powder and shrinks to their size.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to the ant's huge underground city. Here you'll discover how the insects rest, take care of their queen, and raise their young. You'll also find out how some ants grow their own food and carry out other surprising tasks as they go about their busy lives"--P. [4] of cover.
7) Gel For Ants
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Researchers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana are studying new ways to get rid of ants.
Pub. Date
[2014], c2013
Language
English
Description
For more than 80 years, the Solenopsis Invicta ant species has been on a ceaseless march across the United States, racking up six billion dollars every year in crop damage, equipment repair, and pest control. They have conquered more than 530 000 square miles in 13 U.S. states and killed at least 80 people. Emboldened, they continue their global invasion. Now, scientists are cracking the ants' ancient secrets to success, enlisting crime scene forensics...
9) Planet Ant
Pub. Date
[2014], c2013
Language
English
Description
This program takes us inside a million strong ant colony, housed in a specially constructed glass nest, that allows us to see the inner workings of this society, in a way never seen before. The latest filming techniques reveal in vivid detail the behavior of individual ants, from queens to workers and soldiers, while radio frequency identification tagging builds up a unique picture of how they mobilize to achieve complex feats. The program discovers...
11) Ant-Man
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
15) A bug's life
Language
English
Formats
Description
Journey inside the miniature world of bugs where an ant named Flik hires warrior bugs to defend his colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers. Bonus title at end: Geri's game (Academy Award, Best Animated Short, 1997).
16) Las hormigas
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
Las hormigas pueden ser de diferentes tamaños y colores, y tienen distintas maneras de prosperar en los lugares donde viven. Y sí que prosperan, y a veces con las adaptaciones más asombrosas. A través de textos apropiados a la edad y fotografías increíbles, los jóvenes lectores descubrirán la maravilla de estas criaturas asombrosas, pequeñas y ubicuas.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Scott Lang never thought he'd know what it would be like to be the size of an ant. Now, thanks to a special top-secret shrink-suit, he finds out firsthand! Join him on an adventure of a lifetime as he navigates his way to safety and away from the rushing waters of a bathtub, the playful paws of a puppy, the super suction of a vacuum cleaner, and more!"--Back cover.
19) I am Ant-Man
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Scott finds a secret suit that makes him shrink to the size of an Ant. The first time he wears it, he faces many dangers, but learns the suit gives him other powers to help!
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