About the author
Ed Yong is a British-American science journalist whose reporting covers biology, medicine, animal behaviour, and the social organization of scientific knowledge. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
I Contain Multitudes explored the microbes living with animals. An Immense World examines animal senses and the distinct perceptual environment, or Umwelt, that each species inhabits.
Where to start
Start with An Immense World for sensory biology and animal perception, or I Contain Multitudes for Yong’s earlier tour of the microbiome.
