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The Call of the Honeyguide: What Science Tells Us about How to Live Well with the Rest of Life

byRob Dunn

Biologist Rob Dunn uses the honeyguide—a bird that cooperates with human honey hunters—as an entry point into the many relationships binding people to other species. Drawing on ecology, evolution, Indigenous knowledge, agriculture, and conservation, he examines what successful partnerships with the living world have in common. The book challenges the assumption that human progress requires domination or separation from nature, showing instead how mutual dependence can support resilience. Dunn asks what science can learn from long-standing ecological knowledge and how communities might design a future in which both human and nonhuman life can flourish.

Publisher

Basic Books

Publication date

2025

Format

Print edition

Pages

352

ISBN

9781541605732