Animal Wonder World: A Chronicle of the Unusual in Nature

This is a charming series of essays on animal behavior, written in 1951 by the note British science writer Frank W. Lane, reveals obscure and fascinating oddities of animal behavior. The clear, logical explanation behind each bizarre happening grounds the observations in scientific research, and provides modern readers insight on mid-century scientific field methodology.

Here are some of the cases featured in this fantastic compilation: Do bees tell time and tell each other of honey location...