Mary Roach meets Bill Bryson in this "surefire summer winner" (Janet Maslin, New York Times), an uproarious tour of the basest instincts and biggest mysteries o
The world is full of amazing animals, but some facts about them often seem too strange to be true. Do goldfish really have short memories? Is cow flatulence
There are many myths and stereotypes about animals that people have believed over the years—and still believe today. Are bats and snakes evil creatures? Are a
When published in 1980, Benjamin B. Beck’s Animal Tool Behavior was the first volume to catalog and analyze the complete literature on tool use and manufactur
These animal facts are sure to make just about everyone smile and sometimes go "awwwe!" Little readers will learn a cute or funny fact about some of their favor