| The Ants | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Bert Hölldobler and E.O. Wilson |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Zoology |
| Publisher | Belknap Press |
| Publication date | March 28, 1990 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 746 pp |
| ISBN | 0674040759 |
| OCLC Number | 19325464 |
| Dewey Decimal | 595.79/6 19 |
| LC Classification | QL568.F7 H57 1990 |
| Followed by | Journey to the Ants |
The Ants is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book, written in 1990, by E. O. Wilson and Bert Hölldobler. It was a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1991.
This book is primarily aimed at academics as a reference work, detailing the anatomy, physiology, social organization, ecology, and natural history of ants. An account of some of their most interesting findings, popularized for the layman, can be found in their 1994 book Journey to the Ants.