Becoming Wild

'A smorgasbord of compelling details . . . Becoming Wild could easily become a television series.' * <i>Fortean Times</i> * 'Carl Safina combines his passion for the natural world with absorbing, sometimes breathtaking prose, transporting us into the intimate, nuanced worlds of some of the planet's most charismatic beings.' -- Jonathan Balcombe, author of <i>What a Fish Knows</i> 'Eloquent. . . This revelatory work sheds as much light on what it means to be human as it does on the nature of other species.' -- Publishers Weekly 'Dr. Safina is a terrific writer, majestic and puckish in equal measure.' * <i>New York Times</i> * '[Safina] is a font of research, his wonder contagious.' * <i>Elle</i> * 'Safina puts forward several eye-opening and previously-overlooked implications of animal culture... a pleasure to read... another jewel in the crown of Safina's work that packs fascinating field studies, interesting theoretical ideas, soul-searching questions, and probing reflections on human and animal nature into a book that is as profound as it is moving.' * Inquisitive Biologist * 'Safina, the ecologist and author of many books about animal behavior, here delves into the world of chimpanzees, sperm whales and macaws to make a convincing argument that animals learn from one another and pass down culture in a way that will feel very familiar to us.' * New York Times, 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2020 *