🌿 Environment Apr 13, 2026 · John R. Platt

From Night Howlers to Shape Shifters: Grizzled Is a Very Different Wildlife Field Guide

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From Night Howlers to Shape Shifters: Grizzled Is a Very Different Wildlife Field Guide
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You want wildlife facts? Jason Bittel has ’em for you — in spades.
Take the Mexican long-nosed armadillo. Did you know that every female of this species gives birth to four identical quadruplets, every time? Or that a full-sized leatherback sea turtle can outweigh a six-foot-tall moose? Or that some scientists think orcas know how to use waves as a tool?
But these and other amazing details are just one reason to read Bittel’s fantastic new book, Grizzled: Love Letters to 50 of North America’s Le

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