The eye of the sandpiper : stories from the living world /
Brandon Keim.
- Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Organized chaos makes the beauty of a butterfly -- Chickadees, mutations and the thermodynamics of life -- The photosynthetic salamander -- Human evolution enters an exciting new phase -- Parallel universe of life described far beneath the bottom of the sea -- At the edge of invasion, possible new rules for evolution -- A mud-loving, iron-lunged, jelly-eating ecosystem savior -- Redeeming the lamprey -- Decoding nature's soundtrack -- Being a sandpiper -- Monogamy helps geese reduce stress -- What pigeons teach us about love -- Chimps and the zen of falling water -- How city living is reshaping the brains and behavior of urban animals -- Reconsider the rat : the new science of a reviled rodent -- Monkeys see selves in mirror, open a barrel of questions -- The new anthropomorphism -- Honeybees might have emotions -- A day in the life of NYC's hospital for wild birds -- New Yorkers in uproar over planned mass-killing of swans -- An eel swims in the Bronx -- On Waldman's pond -- The return of the river -- A chimp's day in court : inside the historic demand for nonhuman rights -- Chimpanzee rights get a day in court -- Medical experimentation on chimps is nearing an end. but what about monkeys? -- I, cockroach -- The improbable bee -- The ethics of urban beekeeping -- The wild, secret life of New York City -- Earth is not a garden -- Add a few species. Pull down the fences. Step back -- Feral cats vs. conservation : a truce -- Should animals have a right to privacy? -- When climate change blinds us -- To bring back extinct species, we'll need to change our own -- September 11, fall migration and Occupy Wall Street -- Making sense of seven billion people.