Ed Yong Books in Order

Collected from Yong’s science blog, these essays explain research across biology, psychology and neuroscience for nonspecialist readers. Subjects range from the behavior of bees and bacteria to voting and musical improvisation, connecting unusual discoveries with accessible explanations.

Ed Yong explores how animals perceive their surroundings through senses that can differ radically from human experience. Encounters with researchers and studies of smell, sound, light, vibration, and other signals reveal varied ways of inhabiting a shared world.

Ed Yong explores the microbes living within humans and other animals, presenting organisms as interconnected ecosystems. His account follows microbial partnerships and the scientists studying them, examining their roles in health, development, behavior, and the wider natural world.