There is a startling variety of lifeforms all around us. They have developed through millennia to take advantage of particular niches, acquiring traits and abilities that make them stand out. Have you ever wondered what the giraffe receives in exchange for its lengthy neck? Every time the neck bends down to drink, its blood pressure rises as it pumps blood to its brain, endangering its life. Or have you considered how female nightingales choose which male will help them shoulder the responsibilities of parenthood? To determine whether potential candidates would make excellent fathers, they listen to their music. Did you also know that bearded dragons' gender is determined by their temperature or sex chromosomes, and glass frogs urinate on their eggs? Has In Every Creature? a Story, Janaki Lenin draws us towards the wonders of the natural world in evocative and witty words. She uncovers the surprising, sometimes bizarre but always amazing ways in which creatures breed and survive, from spiders salivating during sex and snails entombing their parasites into their shells to elephants developing immunity to cancer. After reading this book, you'll never look at nature in the same way again.