A catalog of wonders, from walking fish to self-medicating chimpanzees.

This Atlas of Poetic Zoology leads readers into a world of wonders where turtles soar under the sea, lizards walk on water, insects impersonate flowers, birds don't fly, frogs come back from the dead, and virgin sharks give birth. Animals have been evolving for millions of years, weathering many extinction crises; this book allows us to draw inspiration from their enduring vitality. Emmanuelle Pouydebat, a researcher at the French Museum of Natural History, and Julie Terrazzoni capture the astonishment promised by any excursion into nature–the happiness that comes from watching a dragonfly, spider, frog, lizard, elephant, parrot, orangutan, or ladybug.