Nature’s Nether Regions: What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds and Beasts Tell Us About Evolution, Biodioversity and Ourselves

With astonishing scientific insights, detailed illustrations, and field anecdotes,Nature’s Nether Regionsis a unique celebration of life in all its shapes and sizes.

A tour of evolution’s most inventive-and essential-creations.

Forget opposable thumbs and canine teeth- the largest differences between humans and chimps are found below the belt. And it’s the same story in the rest of life’s diversity. InNature’s Nether Regions, evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen invites readers to join him as he examines dung beetle penises, investigates a snail orgy, and witnesses laser surgery on a fruit fly’s privates all to illuminate the wondrous diversity of reproductive organs. With astonishing scientific insights, detailed illustrations, and field anecdotes,Nature’s Nether Regionsis a unique celebration of life in all its shapes and sizes.

‘An exhilarating and most informative read!'Frans de Waal, author ofThe Bonobo and the Atheist
'Balances the silly and the serious … and tours some of nature’s weirdest inventions, such as the chicken flea penis, which is 'actually a profusion of plates, combs, springs, and levers’ and looks like ‘an exploded grandfather clock.“Scientific American

'An enchanting book that provides much food for thought in the laboratory and in the bedroom.’ The Seattle Times