Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature - David Quammen (1996)

NEW, RETROSPECTIVE INTRODUCTION

OLD, INGENUOUS INTRODUCTION

ALL GOD’S VERMIN

Sympathy for the Devil

Has Success Spoiled the Crow?

The Widow Knows

The Troubled Gaze of the Octopus

Avatars of the Soul in Malaya

Rumors of a Snake

Wool of Bat

PROPHETS AND PARIAHS

The Excavation of Jack Horner

The Lives of Eugène Marais

The Man with the Metal Nose

Animal Rights and Beyond

Alias Benowitz Shoe Repair

The Tree People

ELOQUENT PRACTICES, NATURAL ACTS

Love’s Martyrs

A Deathly Chill

Is Sex Necessary?

Desert Sanitaire

Jeremy Bentham, the Pietà, and a Precious Few Grayling

Yin and Yang in the Tularosa Basin

AFTER THOUGHTS

Planet of Weeds

The River Jumps Over the Mountain

The Post-Communist Wolf

The Megatransect

A Passion for Order

Citizen Wiley

Clone Your Troubles Away

PARTIAL SOURCES