Animals
10 books
By Francesco Marciuliano
In this book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, cats get help explaining their behavior.
By Dana Perino
Reflections on dogs — especially her Vizsla, Jasper — and politics, by the co-host of Fox News’s “The Five,” a former press secretary to President George W. Bush.
By Helen Macdonald
A grief-stricken British woman decides to raise a goshawk, a fierce bird that is notoriously difficult to tame.
By Sy Montgomery
The complex intelligence, emotional capacities, playfulness and spirit of the octopus, by a naturalist who counts several as friends.
By Elizabeth Letts
The story of Snowman the horse, the extraordinary jumper and national celebrity.
By Jennifer Ackerman
Research reveals that many birds rival primates and even humans in their complex forms of intelligence.
By Abigail Tucker
The evolutionary science, natural history and biology of house cats.
By Richard Phibbs
Dog adoption portraits and stories from New York City.
By James Bowen
A London busker befriends an injured cat, and the two become inseparable.
By Cynthia L Copeland
A photographic tribute to dogs in motion celebrates lessons of living in the present, such as play, sleep, and scratching where it itches.