Last week, you heard A LOT about the important role arthropods (particularly ants) play in removing food waste from the street medians and parks of New York City. Lead author of this new research study, Elsa Youngsteadt, even appeared on Science Friday to discuss the key findings.

We thought you might be interested in learning a little more about the ants who are doing the heavy lift on the food removal front. So this is a friendly little reminder that you can learn fun facts and natural history stories about the most common ants of Manhattan in a fabulous, free iBook: Dr. Eleanor’s Book of Common Ants of New York City!

We’re also working on printed versions of Dr. Eleanor’s Book of Common Ants series — Look for those late Spring 2015!