Extreme Science: Chasing the Ghost Bat and other mysteries of nature

by Peter Jedicke (Editor), Scientific American (Editor)

From the pages of Scientific American comes the latest information and explorations into the bizarre realm of the natural world,

-Our oldest relatives and the discovery of missing links
-Strange predators, from flesh-eating chimps to the lethal Komodo dragon
-Strange plant life, such as the carnivorous Venus's flytrap and the Voodoo lily
-Extinct monsters, and giant, flightless, flesh-eating birds
-Mysterious denizens of the deep, such as the giant squid and the slime hag
-Insect fire ants, singing caterpillars, and Africanized bees

256 pages, Paperback

First published November 17, 2001

About the author

Peter Jedicke teaches mathematics and science at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, Canada.