So, the ant way of life is very ancient and very successful. As far as human beings are concerned, we've been around for only one million years--too soon be sure.

In science, obsessiveness under psychological control can be a virtue.

Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it's a map with constant immediate sensory input.

We use pandas and eagles and things. I'd love to see a wilderness society with an angry-looking wolverine as their logo.

True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them.

In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.