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Alice Wong: I've been thinking a lot about the titles of your books, An Immense World and I Contain Multitudes, because I think most humans don't really

“Animals are not just stand-ins for humans or fodder for brainstorming sessions,” Ed Yong writes. “They have worth in themselves.” A review by Jennifer Szalai.

NONFICTION: Ed Yongs luminous new book on animal senses expands our understanding of the web of life. "An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the World Around Us" by Ed

In the Zhuangzi, a collection of tales attributed to the eponymous 4th-century BC Chinese philosopher, a frog that lives in a well boasts about its comfortable way of life to a visiting sea turtle. When the turtle describes its own existence in the vast expanse of the ocean, however, the frog has no idea what

The figure is eerie: Dylan’s silhouette is almost as recognizable as his donkeylike singing voice, which is good because that’s all we’re getting, his silhouette standing against an orangeish glow on the curtain behind him. He’s avoiding any kind of spotlight like Dracula avoids the rising sun. Wallace Baine take us inside Thursday's sold-out show at the Santa Cruz Civic.

Ed Yong’s book urges readers to break outside their “sensory bubble” to consider the unique ways that dogs, dolphins, mice and other animals experience their surroundings.

Pulitzer prize-winning science journalist Ed Yong writes in a perfect balance of scientific rigor and personal awe as he invites readers to grasp something of how other animals experience the world.

Pulitzer prize-winning science journalist Ed Yong writes in a perfect balance of scientific rigor and personal awe as he invites readers to grasp something of how other animals experience the world.

Ed Yong tells us about the strange world of animal senses.

This magnificent book reveals the strange and mysterious ways that creatures sense their surroundings – pushing our understanding of them to the limit