"Science writing as detective story at its best." —Jennifer Ouellette, Scientific AmericanA New York Times Notable Book of the Year, a Scientific American Best Book of the Year, and a Finalist for the National Book Critics...

Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence.   In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman...

Basic Biology: An Introduction is a brilliantly simple book that takes the reader through the fundamentals of biology in a way that is easy to follow. It specifically avoids the unnecessarily complicated language that is common in bio...