The living world surrounds and fascinates us, yet we know little about it. A short encyclopedia perfect for science lovers, mischievous and profound.

In this incredible book, readers will find the animal world described in all its flamboyant richness: elephants, salamanders, dodos, snails, swordfish, cats, bees, and... blobs! The plant world is presented in the same lush detail: the forty-million-year-old rose, mistletoe, mandrake, the apple tree, the pistachio tree... With understanding of these animals and plants will finally come love.
Adapting his fascinating radio show, Bruno David invites readers to rediscover the magnificent and endangered diversity of animal and plant life all around them.