WHY RATS LAUGH & JELLYFISH SLEEP: And Other Enchanting Stories of Evolution

This engaging tour through evolution's mysteries is backyard biophilia at its most entertaining and enlightening. Stripp brings a Darwinian lens to bear on evolutionary curiosities, including house sparrows' ubiquity, caffeine as the perfect poison, cannibalism among bumblebees, and the defenselessness of sleep, among many others. Photos.