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The creatures' guide to caring
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- Book Synopsis
- 'Reading this book is like sitting at a dinner table with your smartest, funniest friend. Elizabeth Preston's writing shimmers with wit, charisma, and infectious delight, as she shows how the act of caretaking connects us to the rest of the animal kingdom.' Ed Yong What unites us with frogs ferrying tadpoles on their backs, beetles regurgitating food into the mouths of their larvae, or a shorebird luring a predator away from her nest by pretending her wing is broken? Creatures around the world have strategies to keep their offspring alive that are varied and surprising - and often familiar. In this compelling and entertaining study, science journalist Elizabeth Preston explores the biology, brain circuitry, and behaviours we share with species across the animal kingdom that care for young. In the field and in the lab, readers will also meet scientists who have dedicated their lives to understanding these animals, often while juggling families of their own. Alongside animal parents that range from lonely octopuses to warfare-waging mongooses, we'll encounter our own species in a new way. Elizabeth Preston argues that Homo sapiens' history of caring for children cooperatively has left a legacy in all of us, parents and non-parents alike, and is the basis for our caring human society.
- About The Author
- Elizabeth Preston is a science journalist who contributes regularly to The New York Times and has written for Science, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, Orion, Slate, Audubon, Discover, National Geographic and others. She is a winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award. Preston is also a humour writer whose work has appeared in outlets such as McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Parents, and Real Simple and was the editor of Muse, a magazine about science and ideas for kids. She lives in Massachusetts.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781915590657
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Scribe UK, (21 May 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 153 x 33.6 mm
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