Nature's Nether Regions: What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds, and Beasts Tell Us About Evolution, Biodivers ity, and Ourselves

A tour of evolution's most inventive--and essential--creations: animal genitalia

Forget opposable thumbs and canine teeth: the largest anatomical differences between humans and chimps are found below the belt. In Nature's Nether Regions, ecologist and evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen invites readers to discover the wondrous diversity of animalian reproductive organs. Schilthuizen packs this delightful read with astonishing scientific insights while maintaining an absorbing narrative style reminiscent of Mary Roach and Jerry Coyne. With illustrations throughout and vivid field anecdotes--among them laser surgery on a fruit fly's privates and a snail orgy--Nature's Nether Regions is a celebration of life in all shapes and sizes.

Author: Menno Schilthuizen
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Published: 04/28/2015
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780143127062
ISBN10: 0143127063
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences | Zoology | General
- Science | Life Sciences | Anatomy & Physiology
- Science | Life Sciences | Evolution

About the Author
MENNO SCHILTHUIZEN is a research scientist at the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden, the Netherlands. He has written on ecology and evolution for Science, Natural History, and other publications.