Ten Birds That Changed the World

The natural history of humankind told through our long relationship with birds.

“Moss is a captivating storyteller.” —Wall Street Journal

For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religions, and rituals; exploited them for their natural resources; and been inspired by them for our music, art, and poetry.

In Ten Birds That Changed the World, naturalist and author Stephen Moss tells the gri...