Outsider Animals: How the Creatures at the Margins of Our Lives Have the Most to Teach Us

“This is a truly compelling book, rich with scientific expertise and humor.”—Isabella Rossellini

From one of our foremost experts on behavioral evolution, an entertaining exploration of what raccoons, rats, and other animal intruders teach us about intelligence, adaptability, and ourselves

When we think of animals that provide the greatest insights into animal cognition and behavior, primates and honeybees come to mind, or perhaps whales or octopus. What about the raccoons that plunder our ru...