Supernavigators: Exploring the Wonders of How Animals Find Their Way - Paperback

by David Barrie (Author)

Publisher's note: Supernavigators was published in the UK under the title Incredible Journeys.

Animals plainly know where they're going, but how they know has remained a stubborn mystery--until now. Supernavigators is a globe-trotting voyage of discovery alongside astounding animals of every stripe: dung beetles that steer by the Milky Way, box jellyfish that can see above the water (with a few of their twenty-four eyes), sea turtles that sense Earth's magnetic field, and many more. David Barrie consults animal behaviorists and Nobel Prize-winning scientists to catch us up on the cutting edge of animal intelligence--revealing these wonders in a whole new light.

Author Biography

David Barrie, a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation, has sailed all over the world and made many long passages. He is a series consultant for the National Geographic channel series, "Incredible Animal Journeys." After studying experimental psychology and philosophy at Oxford University, he served in the British Diplomatic Service, then worked in the arts and as a law-reform campaigner. His book Sextant was shortlisted for the Mountbatten Literary Award and won the Royal Institute of Navigation's Certificate of Achievement. The great-great-nephew of J. M. Barrie, he is married with two daughters. Learn more at davidbarrieauthor.org.