Nature's Nether Regions: Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds, & Beasts

Nature's Nether Regions: What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds, & Beasts Tell Us About Evolution, Biodiversity, & Ourselves A scientific survey of animal genitalia, this fun yet serious book walks us through the mechanisms, evolutionary history, and weird diversity of many different animals' reproductive organs - and what they say about nature and about humans. Fans of Mary Roach's books will enjoy this scientifically rigorous and never boring narrative, including stories of snail orgies and attempts to perform laser surgery on a fruit fly's private anatomy.