shearwaters: homing in, [>]–[>], [>]
silvereyes: homing in, [>]
social behavior: Alexander studies, [>], [>]
in bees, [>]–[>]
evolution and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
in humans, [>]–[>], [>]
Jarvis studies, [>]–[>]
in naked mole rats, [>]–[>], [>]
and reproduction, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
in termites, [>], [>]
sparrows: homing in, [>]
spiders: home-making in, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
spiders, bolas: hunting behavior, [>]
spiders, orb web: hunting behavior, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
life cycle of, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
reproductive behavior, [>]–[>]
squirrels: and chestnut trees, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
starlings: home-making in, [>]–[>]
homing in, [>]
migration by, [>]
stellar orientation: in homing, [>]–[>], [>]
stone wall building, [>], [>]–[>]
“sun compass”: in homing, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Suriname: bird-collecting expedition to, [>]–[>]
swallows: home-making in, [>], [>]–[>]
homing in, [>]–[>], [>]
“Swarm Bees in Search of a Home” (Lindauer), [>]–[>]
technology: effect on boundaries, [>]–[>]
termites: home-making in, [>]–[>], [>]
reproductive behavior, [>]
social behavior in, [>], [>]
terns, Arctic: migration by, [>]
Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall: on Bushmen, [>]–[>]
Thoreau, Henry David, [>]
Journal, [>]–[>]
thrushes: homing in, [>]–[>]
migration by, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
“To Build a Fire” (London), [>]
turtles, sea: homing in, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
migration by, [>], [>]–[>]
tagging of, [>]
turtles, snapping: anatomy, [>]–[>]
Urquhart, Fred A., [>]–[>]
variability: in evolution, [>]–[>], [>]
vireos: homing in, [>]
Vogt, Daniel F., [>]
volcanic eruptions: effect on New England climate, [>]
von Frisch, Karl, [>], [>], [>]
Animal Architecture, [>]
Bees: Their Vision, Chemical Senses, and Language, [>]
von Wrangel, Ferdinand: The Expedition to North Siberia, [>]
vultures, turkey: use of scent, [>]
Walcott, Charles, [>], [>]
warblers, blackcap: migration by, [>]–[>]
warblers, European: homing in, [>]–[>]
migration by, [>]
wasps: home-making in, [>]
weaverbirds: home-making in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Wehner, Rudiger, [>]
Weimerkirsch, Henri, [>]
Weld, Maine: history of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
whales, gray: migration by, [>]
White, E. B.: Charlotte’s Web, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
“The Years of Wonder,” [>]
Wigglesworth, Sir Vincent, [>]–[>]
Williams, Huck, [>], [>]
Wilson, Alexander, [>]
Wiltschko, Wolfgang and Roswitha: bird homing experiments by, [>], [>]
woodpeckers: home-making in, [>]–[>]
Wrangham, Richard, [>]
Wu, Le-Qing, [>]
“Years of Wonder, The” (White), [>]
York, Helen, [>]–[>], [>]
York, Vincent: The Sandy River and Its Valley, [>]–[>]
Yuncker, Christie, [>], [>], [>]
Zugunruhe: migration and, [>], [>]
About the Author
BERND HEINRICH is an acclaimed scientist and author of numerous books, including the best-selling Winter World, Mind of the Raven, and Why We Run. Among Heinrich’s many honors is the 2013 PEN New England Award for Nonfiction, for Life Everlasting.
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