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turning over logs or poking at the cob-webby corners of her
basement in pursuit of a six-legged critter, Dr. Eleanor is sharing
her passion about entomology through writing (see her website
verdantword.com).
Alex Wild
Alex Wild is a biologist in Illinois where he studies the evolutionary
history of various groups of insects. He founded a photography
business as an aesthetic complement to his scientific work and
now blogs about both entomology and photography. Alex’s
outstanding photographs of ants have been featured in National
Geographic, Discover, Smithsonian Magazine, and numerous
other publications and museum exhibits. For more information
about his work, visit his website: alexanderwild.com.
Neil McCoy
Neil McCoy is a science designer in North Carolina who
collaborates with researchers and educators to communicate
science to the public. His studio designs websites, books, and
other media for projects featuring everything from bacteria and
insects to migrating shorebirds and sea level rise.
tropical forests but also in our backyards and even bedrooms.
The unknown is large and wonderful, and Dunn and his
collaborators, students, and postdocs love to spend their days in
it.
Your Wild Life
Your Wild Life is a public science program based at North
Carolina State University dedicated to engaging the public in the
exploration and scientific study of the biodiversity in our daily
lives. Learn more and get involved by visiting our website,
yourwildlife.org.
Support
Financial support for Dr. Eleanor’s Book of Common Ants of New
York City has been generously provided by the Burroughs
Wellcome Fund and the National Science Foundation.
Rob Dunn
Rob Dunn is a biologist and writer in the Department of Biological
Sciences at North Carolina State University. Central to all of his
work is the sense that big discoveries lurk not only in faraway
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