Books like The most wonderful animals that never were by Joseph Wood Krutch

Philosopher Peter Godfrey‑Smith blends science, philosophy and his own sightings of octopuses to explore how two separate lineages – mammals and cephalopods – independently evolved intelligence and consciousness.

Sy Montgomery explores the remarkable minds of octopuses, revealing their intelligence, curiosity and skill through vivid encounters and scientific insight.

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Craig Childs shares forty vivid encounters with North American wildlife, offering striking anecdotes and concrete facts about each animal's behavior, habitat, and life history.

"The author of Second Nature challenges popular misconceptions to explore the complex lives of the planet's diverse fish species, drawing on the latest understandings in animal behavior and biology to reveal their self-awareness, elaborate courtship rituals and cooperative intelligence,"--NoveList.

An anthology of varied short stories under the title "Fantastic Creatures".

Lawrence Anthony, a South African wildlife conservationist, accepts a sanctuary for a herd of rogue elephants, risking his reserve to give the animals a second chance at life.

Compilation of legends and lore about mythical animals, with literary quotations from ancient and modern sources.

A traditional African tale retold in a children's adventure story featuring animals competing in a spear-throwing contest to win the hand of King Leopard's daughter.

"The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world.This book welcomes us into a previously unfathomable dimension-the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires (and fireworks), songbirds that can see the Earth's magnetic fields, and brainless jellyfish that nonetheless have complex eyes. We discover that a crocodile's scaly face is as sensitive as a lover's fingertips, that the eyes of a giant squid evolved to see sparkling whales, and that even fingernail-sized spiders can make out the craters of the moon. We meet people with unusual senses, from women who can make out extra colors to blind individuals who can navigate using reflected echoes like bats. Yong tells the stories of pivotal discoveries in the field, and also looks ahead at the many mysteries which lie unsolved"-- Provided by publisher.

Are trees social beings? Forester and author Peter Wohlleben makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and even warn each other of impending dangers. Wohlleben also shares his deep love of woods and forests, explaining the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in his woodland.