Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
post
page
product
Want to stay in the loop with latest bookish news and views? Subscribe to HarperBroadcast!

Every Creature Has a Story : What Science Reveals about Animal Behaviour

By Janaki Lenin

 599.00 inclusive of all taxes

  • Amazon

  • Warning: Undefined variable $productid in /var/www/html/harper_staging/wp-content/themes/harpercollins/woocommerce/content-single-product.php on line 399

    Warning: Undefined variable $productid in /var/www/html/harper_staging/wp-content/themes/harpercollins/woocommerce/content-single-product.php on line 407
  • audible
  • Or from your local bookseller.
We will notify you when the book is released!
Please allow notification and avoid private mode for this feature to work.

About the book

We are surrounded by an astounding variety of lifeforms. Over millennia, they have evolved to exploit unique niches, in the process developing features and skills that set them apart.Have you ever wondered what price the giraffe pays for its long neck? The neck increases its blood pressure to pump blood up to its brain, which endangers its life every time it bends down to drink. Or have you thought about how female nightingales decide which male will share the burdens of parenthood with them? They listen to prospective candidates’ songs to gauge if they’d make good fathers. And did you know that glassfrogs pee on their eggs and the gender of bearded dragons is fixed by sex chromosomes or temperature?In Every Creature Has a Story, Janaki Lenin draws us towards the wonders of the natural world in evocative and witty words. She uncovers the surprising, sometimes bizarre but always amazing ways in which creatures breed and survive, from spiders salivating during sex and snails entombing their parasites into their shells to elephants developing immunity to cancer. After reading this book, you’ll never look at nature in the same way again.

Pages: 296

Available in:

Language: English

Janaki Lenin

Janaki Lenin writes about wildlife and conservation, and the intermingling of human and animal destinies. She was a columnist for The Hindu, and is the author of the two-volume My Husband and Other Animals and Every Creature Has a Story.

Read More

In her essays, the author displays an ability found amongst the best science writers and communicators—the use of simple language, clarity of thought and rigour of logic—to communicate complex subjects without dumbing them down. - K. VijayRaghavan Developmental Biologist The National Centre for Biological Sciences Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India

A mix of humour and science, Lenin's new book will leave you gobsmacked as well as make you laugh out loud - Deccan Herald

A surprising, witty and a highly fulfilling account - Down To Earth Magazine

Janaki Lenin employs an easygoing tone to present scientific facts about animals in fun, interesting way - India Today

The book . . . brings to fore some unusual stories from the world of flora and fauna - Firstpost

The book is illustrative of [the author’s] own journey into the wild: a slow, gradual immersion into tales of discovery of the natural world and its ways - The Wire

New book delves into fascinating tales from animal kingdom - ThePrint

Media Mentions

On The blog

Climate Change

Top Books on Climate Change Which Are a Must-Read

Read more

Animals

Top 9 Animal Books Everyone Should Read

Read more

Every Creature Has a Story cover

You’d Never Have Guessed What Every Creature’s Story Is

Read more

Books by Janaki Lenin

Recommended for You