A collection of twenty-four stories, all but two of which are in verse, supposed to be related by members of a company of thirty-one pilgrims who are on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas at Canterbury.

Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome challenges from adversaries and their environment.

Profiles some of the strangest insects in the world, including the shield bug, Japanese rhinoceros beetle, red velvet ant, and death's head caterpillar.

"A natural history of cheating from selfish genes to lying politicians. Nature is rife with cheating. Possums play possum, feigning death to cheat predators. Crows cry wolf to scare off rivals. Amphibians and reptiles are inveterate impostors. Even genes and cells cheat. The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars explores the evolution of cheating in the natural world, revealing how dishonesty has given rise to wondrous diversity. Blending cutting-edge...

"In Wildlife Anatomy, the latest entry in Julia Rothman's series of Anatomy books, Rothman captures the excitement and distinctive attributes of wild animals around the world. The book is packed with hundreds of her charming, original illustrations, detailing the unique features of animals of the rainforest, desert, grasslands, oceans, and much more. From lions, bears, and zebras to monkeys, mongoose, bats, elephants, giraffes, hippos, and much more,...

"For most of us, the only thing we know about flies is that they're annoying, and our usual reaction is to try to kill them. In Super Fly, the myth-busting biologist Jonathan Balcombe shows the order Diptera in all of its diversity, illustrating the essential role that flies play in every ecosystem in the world as pollinators, waste-disposers, predators, and food source; and how flies continue to reshape our understanding of evolution. Along the way,...

"Discusses organisms that regrow limbs or other body parts, organisms that move after death, and organisms that go into states of low metabolism"--

Examines the key adaptations to the body, discusses how these changes have been both beneficial and harmful, and proposes that many chronic illnesses persist because only the symptoms are being treated.

After surviving the zombie apocalypse in isolation with Jack and his young daughter Lu for nine years, Patrick decides to leave and search for food, making a terrifying discovery in the process.