Grizzled: Love Letters to 50 of North America's Least Understood Animals by Bittel, Jason

Grizzled: Love Letters to 50 of North America's Least Understood Animals

Funny, fascinating, and scientifically grounded, this charming book reveals unknown details about 50 well-known animals. Effortlessly readable,...
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Author: Jason Bittel
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Grizzled: Love Letters to 50 of North America's Least Understood Animals by Bittel, Jason

Grizzled: Love Letters to 50 of North America's Least Understood Animals

$91.99 $48.00

Grizzled: Love Letters to 50 of North America's Least Understood Animals

$91.99 $48.00
Author: Jason Bittel
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Funny, fascinating, and scientifically grounded, this charming book reveals unknown details about 50 well-known animals.

Effortlessly readable, Grizzled reintroduces nature lovers to species they thought they knew all about.

From fireflies and hummingbirds to alligators and sharks, this collection of 50 brief essays combines witty prose and vivid illustrations to reveal the secret lives and oddball behaviors of North American creatures both familiar and little known.

In Grizzled, science journalist Jason Bittel taps into current research about the behavior of key North American mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates, from insects to urchins. Along the way, he answers questions you didn't know to ask, such as:

  • How do monarch butterflies emerge from sentient goo?
  • Why did beavers have to parachute into their newest habitats?
  • What's inside a yellowjacket meatball?
  • How many jellyfish can a sea turtle eat?
  • Can deer really grow antlers on their legs?

With a charming foreword by Photo Ark creator Joel Sartore, Grizzled offers a surprising, endearing, and altogether eye-opening tour of the animal kingdom--one you won't soon forget.

Author: Jason Bittel
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published: 03/03/2026
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.01lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.35w x 1.05d
ISBN: 9781426223358

About the Author
JASON BITTEL is a science journalist known for his lighthearted forays into the wonders of the animal kingdom. A National Geographic Society Explorer and Knight Science Journalism Project Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bittel has published work in National Geographic magazine, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, among other places. The author of four children's books on nature and wildlife, Bittel lives with his wife and children in Pittsburgh, PA.

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