Part of the nonfiction Orca Wild series for middle-grade readers and illustrated with color photographs throughout, this book examines how animals think and the ways scientists study their cognitive abilities.
Dana L. Church studied bumble bees for her PhD at the University of Ottawa--and was never stung. She is the author of The Beekeepers: How Humans Changed the World of Bumble Bees; The Monarch Effect: Surviving Poison, Predators, and People; and Animal Minds: What Are They Thinking?. Dana lives in Waterloo, Ontario.