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        Earth Leakage Trip

        Earth Leakage Trip

        by Paul Chaney

        ISBN: 9781913029173

        Publisher: Urbanomic

        Pub Date: June 13, 2023

        The travails, triumphs, and disappointments of eco-life, viewed through the prism of artistic research.
        Sexus Animalis

        Sexus Animalis

        There Is Nothing Unnatural in Nature

        by Emmanuelle Pouydebat

        Translated by Erik Butler

        ISBN: 9780262046589

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 15, 2022

        An illustrated guide to the amazingly multifarious sex lives of animals, from elephants and bonobos to butterflies and bedbugs.
        Animal Languages

        Animal Languages

        by Eva Meijer

        Translated by Laura Watkinson

        ISBN: 9780262044035

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 18, 2020

        How animals speak to each other and to humans, from chimpanzees who learn sign language to dogs who parse the meaning of other dogs' growls.
        Animal Beauty

        Animal Beauty

        On the Evolution of Biological Aesthetics

        by Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

        Translated by Jonathan Howard

        ISBN: 9780262039949

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 14, 2019

        An illustrated exploration of colors and patterns in the animal kingdom, what they communicate, and how they function in the social life of animals.
        Atlas of Poetic Zoology

        Atlas of Poetic Zoology

        by Emmanuelle Pouydebat

        Translated by Erik Butler

        ISBN: 9780262039970

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 7, 2019

        A catalog of wonders, from walking fish to self-medicating chimpanzees.
        The Art of Naming

        The Art of Naming

        by Michael Ohl

        Translated by Elisabeth Lauffer

        ISBN: 9780262537032

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 26, 2019

        From Tyrannosaurus rex to Heteropoda davidbowie: scientific naming as a joyful and creative act.
        Gef!

        Gef!

        The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose

        by Christopher Josiffe

        ISBN: 9781907222481

        Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

        Pub Date: June 30, 2017

        An exhaustive investigation of the case of Gef, a “talking mongoose” or “man-weasel,” who appeared to a family living on the Isle of Man.
        Gossamer Days

        Gossamer Days

        Spiders, Humans and Their Threads

        by Eleanor Morgan

        ISBN: 9781907222351

        Publisher: Strange Attractor Press

        Pub Date: August 8, 2016

        A lively and personal account of the strange, centuries long entanglement between humans and spiders.
        Mindreading Animals

        Mindreading Animals

        The Debate over What Animals Know about Other Minds

        by Robert W. Lurz

        ISBN: 9780262528238

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 21, 2015

        A comprehensive examination of a hotly debated question proposes a new model for mindreading in animals and a new experimental approach.
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