Common Ants News Today

Most readers of this column know that Goldsboro can boast of Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice as local woman turned entomologist and author of seven books, chiefly about insects, of course.

Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice—a North Carolina-based entomologist and author of books on ants and spiders, who, as the product of a family activity, has developed a passion for pigeons and attendant expertise—recounts, in a "Talking Animals" interview, the objectives propelling her to get a PhD, and noting why a career in academia was not the goal.

Eleanor Spicer Rice earned her Ph.D. in entomology at North Carolina State University. She is the author of Dr. Eleanor’s Book of Common Ants of New York City.