'A dazzling, funny and elegantly angry demolition of our preconceptions about female behaviour and sex in the animal kingdom ... Bitch is a blast. I read it, my jaw sagging in astonishment, jotting down favourite parts to send to friends...

History is full of strange animal stories, invented by the brightest and most influential, from Aristotle to Disney, and they reveal as much about us and the things we believe as they do about the animals they misrepresent. von Cooke, Lucy

Lucy Cooke is an award-winning broadcaster and filmmaker with a Masters in zoology from Oxford university (where she was tutored by Richard Dawkins). She began her career working behind the scenes in television comedy but is now an...

Faultiere - das sind doch diese possierlichen Wesen, die immer in den Bäumen hängen und ein friedliches Lächeln im Gesicht haben! Stimmt, und für ihr Lächeln haben sie auch allen Grund, denn diese Tiere wissen einfach, wie man ein...

Is there a reason sloths are always smiling? Yes! They've mastered the art of living slow in a world whose pace is making everyone crazy. Along with being the "it" animal--"sloths are the new kittens" (Washington Post)--the sloth clearly...

Irresistible sloth photographs, all year long. Slow down and enjoy it! There's just something about sloths: their gentle expressions, their long, furry arms, their penchant for just hanging around. Not to mention how they set such a good...

Bitch von Cooke, Lucy

How telling that in this ever more busy day and age, our most popular wall calendar celebrates life in the slow lane. From photographer, zoologist, and sloth lover Lucy Cooke, here is another year of the irresistible residents of sloth...

'A dazzling, funny and elegantly angry demolition of our preconceptions about female behaviour and sex in the animal kingdom ... Bitch is a blast. I read it, my jaw sagging in astonishment, jotting down favourite parts to send to friends...