From the Book - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition
Part I. Evolution in its guises
The random flight of the gazelle
How the zebra got its stripes
Part II. The mysteries of animal behaviour
The air-conditioning of the termite mound
The impala's Mexican waves
Elephant dictatorship vs buffalo democracy
The antelope art of sexual manipulation
Part III. Extraordinary creatures
Seismic signalling in the elephants' sound-world
Honey badger: weapon of mass destruction
The truth about the Lion King
Part IV. The human factor
How to turn a lion into a cub-killer
Human evolution and its impact
Epilogue. The zebras and me.