42 Tales From Life
A Modern Bestiary
- Author: Richard Dawkins (England)
- Book type: biology book
- Publisher: Apollo
- To be released: November 5, 2026
- Length: 368 pages (139 illustrations)
- Format: hardback / ebook
- Prize: £ 27.00 / £ 21.00
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- “Whether he’s demystifying the vascular system of the starfish or the segmentation of worms’ bodies, [Dawkins’s] enthusiasm for the subject is palpable. The book features beautiful illustrations by the 19th-century German scientist Ernst Haeckel.” (Christina Ianzito, AARP)
Blurb of the new book by Richard Dawkins, the British evolutionary biologist
In 42 Tales from Life, the world’s greatest popular science writer takes us through a menagerie of tales about how animals have evolved into such intricately beautiful, intriguing forms.
Through 42 different tales, Richard Dawkins reveals the fundamental truths behind even the most unfathomable animal behaviours – the galloping of fish, the shape of the rhinoceros’ horn, the surprising similarities between horses and lizards, and why hummingbirds glow in such brilliant hues.
This is popular science and incisive Darwinian analysis at its best. Each tale is richly illustrated with artwork by Ernst Haeckel, whose stunning depictions of plants, sea creatures and other animals have fascinated Dawkins all his life.
This is a book to learn from, to delight in, and to treasure.
Richard Dawkins was born March 26, 1941 in Nairobi, Kenya. He is one of the world’s most eminent writers and thinkers. He is the award-winning author of The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, The God Delusion and a string of other bestselling science books, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Society of Literature. Dawkins lives in Oxford.