Jonathan Balcombe

Jonathan Balcombe is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, the study of animal behavior. His books include Pleasurable Kingdom , Second Nature , The Exultant Ark , What a Fish Knows --a New York Times bestseller now available in fifteen languages--and Super Fly . He has published more than sixty scholarly papers and book chapters, as well as essays, opinions, and letters in popular magazines and newspapers. He lives in Belleville, Ontario, where in his spare time he enjoys biking, baking,...See more

Jonathan Balcombe is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, the study of animal behavior. His books include Pleasurable Kingdom , Second Nature , The Exultant Ark , What a Fish Knows --a New York Times bestseller now available in fifteen languages--and Super Fly . He has published more than sixty scholarly papers and book chapters, as well as essays, opinions, and letters in popular magazines and newspapers. He lives in Belleville, Ontario, where in his spare time he enjoys biking, baking, birding, Bach, and trying to understand the neighborhood squirrels. See less