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Sex on Six Legs

Lessons on Life, Love, and Language from the Insect World

by Marlene Zuk ...

A biologist presents a "consistently delightful" look at the mysteries of insect behavior ( The New York Times Book Review).Insects have inspired fear, fascination, and enlightenment for centuries. They are capable of incredibly complex behavior, even with brains often the size of a poppy seed. How do they accomplish feats that look like human activity—personality, language, childcare—with ... Read more

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A biologist presents a "consistently delightful" look at the mysteries of insect behavior ( The New York Times Book Review).Insects have inspired fear, fascination, and enlightenment for centuries. They are capable of incredibly complex behavior, even with brains often the size of a poppy seed. How do they accomplish feats that look like human activity—personality, language, childcare—with
... Read more
Outsider Animals

How the Creatures at the Margins of Our Lives Have the Most to Teach Us

by Marlene Zuk ...

**“This is a truly compelling book, rich with scientific expertise and humor.”—Isabella RosselliniFrom one of our foremost experts on behavioral evolution, an entertaining exploration of what raccoons, rats, and other animal intruders teach us about intelligence, adaptability, and ourselves**When we think of animals that provide the greatest insights into animal cognition and behavior, primates ... Read more

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**“This is a truly compelling book, rich with scientific expertise and humor.”—Isabella RosselliniFrom one of our foremost experts on behavioral evolution, an entertaining exploration of what raccoons, rats, and other animal intruders teach us about intelligence, adaptability, and ourselves**When we think of animals that provide the greatest insights into animal cognition and behavior, primates
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test

How Behavior Evolves and Why It Matters

by Marlene Zuk ...

**Longlisted for the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardA lively exploration of animal behavior in all its glorious complexity, whether in tiny wasps, lumbering elephants, or ourselves.**For centuries, people have been returning to the same tired nature-versus-nurture debate, trying to determine what we learn and what we inherit. In Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test, ... Read more

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**Longlisted for the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardA lively exploration of animal behavior in all its glorious complexity, whether in tiny wasps, lumbering elephants, or ourselves.**For centuries, people have been returning to the same tired nature-versus-nurture debate, trying to determine what we learn and what we inherit. In Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test,
... Read more

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Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live

What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live

by Marlene Zuk ...

An exposé of pseudoscientific myths about our evolutionary past and how we should live today.We evolved to eat berries rather than bagels, to live in mud huts rather than condos, to sprint barefoot rather than play football—or did we? Are our bodies and brains truly at odds with modern life? Although it may seem as though we have barely had time to shed our hunter-gatherer legacy, biologist ... Read more

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An exposé of pseudoscientific myths about our evolutionary past and how we should live today.We evolved to eat berries rather than bagels, to live in mud huts rather than condos, to sprint barefoot rather than play football—or did we? Are our bodies and brains truly at odds with modern life? Although it may seem as though we have barely had time to shed our hunter-gatherer legacy, biologist
... Read more
Sexual Selection

A Very Short Introduction

by Marlene Zuk, Leigh W. Simmons ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
What is responsible for the differences between the sexes in so many animals, from the brilliant plumage of birds of paradise to the antlers on deer? And why are the traits that distinguish the sexes sometimes apparently detrimental to survival? Even when they look more or less alike, why do males and females sometimes behave differently? Questions like these have intrigued scientists and the ... Read more

$7.99 USD

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What is responsible for the differences between the sexes in so many animals, from the brilliant plumage of birds of paradise to the antlers on deer? And why are the traits that distinguish the sexes sometimes apparently detrimental to survival? Even when they look more or less alike, why do males and females sometimes behave differently? Questions like these have intrigued scientists and the
... Read more

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Advances in the Study of Behavior

by Jeffrey Podos, Marc Naguib, John C. Mitani, Leigh W. Simmons, Louise Barrett, Marlene Zuk, Susan D. Healy ...

Series Book 58 - Advances in the Study of Behavior
Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 58, an annual volume in the field of behavior science, brings together cutting-edge research, theoretical advances, and surveys the latest findings across learning, conditioning, memory, perception, decision-making, and related areas, while also blending behavioral analysis with neuroscience, genetics, and computational modeling. Chapters in this new ... Read more

$137.99 USD

Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 58, an annual volume in the field of behavior science, brings together cutting-edge research, theoretical advances, and surveys the latest findings across learning, conditioning, memory, perception, decision-making, and related areas, while also blending behavioral analysis with neuroscience, genetics, and computational modeling. Chapters in this new
... Read more
Sexual Selections

What We Can and Can’t Learn about Sex from Animals

by Marlene Zuk ...

Scientific discoveries about the animal kingdom fuel ideological battles on many fronts, especially battles about sex and gender. We now know that male marmosets help take care of their offspring. Is this heartening news for today's stay-at-home dads? Recent studies show that many female birds once thought to be monogamous actually have chicks that are fathered outside the primary breeding pair. ... Read more

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Scientific discoveries about the animal kingdom fuel ideological battles on many fronts, especially battles about sex and gender. We now know that male marmosets help take care of their offspring. Is this heartening news for today's stay-at-home dads? Recent studies show that many female birds once thought to be monogamous actually have chicks that are fathered outside the primary breeding pair.
... Read more
Advances in the Study of Behavior

by Marc Naguib, John C. Mitani, Leigh W. Simmons, Louise Barrett, Susan D. Healy, Marlene Zuk ...

Series Book 48 - Advances in the Study of Behavior
Advances in the Study of Behavior was initiated over 40 years ago to serve the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior. This volume makes another important contribution to the development of the field by presenting theoretical ideas and research findings to professionals studying animal behavior and related fields. - Initiated over 40 years ago to serve the ... Read more

$137.69 USD

Advances in the Study of Behavior was initiated over 40 years ago to serve the increasing number of scientists engaged in the study of animal behavior. This volume makes another important contribution to the development of the field by presenting theoretical ideas and research findings to professionals studying animal behavior and related fields. - Initiated over 40 years ago to serve the
... Read more
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Outsider Animals

How the Creatures at the Margins of Our Lives Have the Most to Teach Us

by Marlene Zuk ...

Narrated by Marlene Zuk ...

Unabridged

7 hours 25 min

This audiobook narrated by Marlene Zuk provides an entertaining look at what raccoons, rats, and other animal intruders teach us about intelligence, adaptability, and ourselvesWhen we think of animals that provide the greatest insights into animal cognition and behavior, primates and honeybees come to mind, or perhaps whales or octopus. What about the raccoons that plunder our rubbish at night, or ... Read more

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This audiobook narrated by Marlene Zuk provides an entertaining look at what raccoons, rats, and other animal intruders teach us about intelligence, adaptability, and ourselvesWhen we think of animals that provide the greatest insights into animal cognition and behavior, primates and honeybees come to mind, or perhaps whales or octopus. What about the raccoons that plunder our rubbish at night, or
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Advances in the Study of Behavior

by Marc Naguib, Jeffrey Podos, Leigh W. Simmons, Louise Barrett, Susan D. Healy, Marlene Zuk ...

Series Book 49 - Advances in the Study of Behavior
Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 49 provides users with the latest insights in this ever-evolving field. Users will find new information on a variety of species, including social behaviors in reptiles, the behavioral evidence of felt emotions, a section on developmental plasticity, a chapter on covetable corpses and plastic beetles and the socioecological behavior of burying beetles, and ... Read more

$139.49 USD

Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 49 provides users with the latest insights in this ever-evolving field. Users will find new information on a variety of species, including social behaviors in reptiles, the behavioral evidence of felt emotions, a section on developmental plasticity, a chapter on covetable corpses and plastic beetles and the socioecological behavior of burying beetles, and
... Read more
Advances in the Study of Behavior

by Marc Naguib, John C. Mitani, Leigh W. Simmons, Louise Barrett, Susan D. Healy, Marlene Zuk ...

Series Book 50 - Advances in the Study of Behavior
Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 50 provides users with the latest insights in this ever-evolving field. Users will find new information on a variety of species, including social behaviors in reptiles, the behavioral evidence of felt emotions, a section on developmental plasticity, a chapter on covetable corpses and plastic beetles and the socioecological behavior of burying beetles, and ... Read more

$137.69 USD

Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 50 provides users with the latest insights in this ever-evolving field. Users will find new information on a variety of species, including social behaviors in reptiles, the behavioral evidence of felt emotions, a section on developmental plasticity, a chapter on covetable corpses and plastic beetles and the socioecological behavior of burying beetles, and
... Read more
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Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test

How Behavior Evolves and Why It Matters

by Marlene Zuk ...

Narrated by Jaime Lamchick ...

Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

**Longlisted for the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardA lively exploration of animal behavior in all its glorious complexity, whether in tiny wasps, lumbering elephants, or ourselves.**For centuries, people have been returning to the same tired nature-versus-nurture debate, trying to determine what we learn and what we inherit. In Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test, ... Read more

$20.00 USD

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**Longlisted for the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardA lively exploration of animal behavior in all its glorious complexity, whether in tiny wasps, lumbering elephants, or ourselves.**For centuries, people have been returning to the same tired nature-versus-nurture debate, trying to determine what we learn and what we inherit. In Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test,
... Read more

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