Built by Animals

07From vast termite mounds, to elaborate birds nests, delicate shells, and deadly spiders'traps, the constructions of the animal world can amaze and at times humble our own engineering and technology. Mike Hansell reveals the biology behind animal architecture - showing how small brains haveevolved to produce complex and beautiful structures.16Readers of popular science, particularly those interested in natural history, evolution, genetics, and animal brains. Associated reading for undergraduate courses in zoology, ecology, environmental design and architecture. Also of interest to architects and engineers, and, for its discussion of the biological origins of building and aesthetic behaviour, those in the fields of the arts, social sciences and anthropology.
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