Nature Is Never Silent

For readers of Entangled Life and The Hidden Life of Trees, a fascinating journey into the world of plants and animals, and the ways they communicate with each other.

In forests, fields, and even gardens, there is a constant exchange of information going on. Animals and plants must communicate with one another to survive, but they also tell lies, set traps, talk to themselves, and speak to each other in a variety of unexpected ways.

Here, behavioral biologist Madlen Ziege reveals the fascinating world of nonhuman communication. In charming, humorous, and accessible prose, she reveals the hidden world of nature’s language, and how it can help us to understand our own place in the natural world.

Madlen Ziege studied biology in Potsdam, Berlin, and Australia. For her doctorate at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, she studied the communicational behaviour of wild rabbits in urban and rural areas. She works as a behavioural biologist at the University of Potsdam and inspires people of all ages for scientific research with her science slams.

Alexandra Roesch is a bicultural, bilingual freelance translator. Her co-translation of Merle Kröger’s Collision was longlisted for the 2018 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize.