Endless Forms: Why We Should Love Wasps

Wasps are much older, cleverer, and more diverse than bees, and are essential for the survival of our environment. This book offers a maligned insect in all its diverse, unexpected splendour, with endless surprises and clues to progressing medicine.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 30 March 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Welcome to the enigmatic, weird, and wonderful world of wasps! Author of Silent Earth, Dave Goulson, delves into the lesser-known wonders of these often maligned insects. While bees and ants have long held the spotlight, wasps are far older, wiser, and more diverse. They are the evolutionary ancestors of bees, flying millions of years before them and playing a crucial role in the survival of our environment.

Bee ecologist Professor Seirian Sumner suggests that bees are simply wasps that have forgotten their hunting skills. For readers of Entangled Life, Other Minds, and The Gospel of Eels, this book offers a fresh perspective on one overlooked animal and the intricate architecture of our natural world. Prepare to be amazed by the endless surprises it holds.

Discover the wasps that live their entire lives enclosed within figs, learn about stinging wasps, parasitic wasps, and the incredible ways they transform cockroaches into living zombies. Explore how wasps taught us to make paper and unravel the secrets of their sophisticated social worlds.

As both predators and pollinators, wasps are essential pest controllers worldwide. Their biology holds clues to advancing medicine, including potential cures for cancer. The more we delve into the world of wasps, the more we discover their untapped potential. Their secrets are vast, and the possibilities are endless.

Weight: 376g
Dimension: 198 x 128 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008394516