Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity

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“Bagemihl’s monumental Biological Exuberance embraces paradox and celebrates seemingly incompatible phenomena while forging a compelling argument about the very essence of existence … . It is a landmark in the literature of science.”

—Chicago Tribune

“A brilliant and important exercise in exposing the limitations of received opinion, this book presents to the lay reader and specialist alike an exhaustively argued case that animals have multiple shades of sexual orientation … . What might so easily have turned into a tub-thumping activist tract hitched to the need for acceptance of homosexuality in humans is instead elevated to a hugely inclusive, celebratory biological interpretation of the world.”

—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Biological Exuberance is a welcome antidote to the deluge of zoological research which equates sex with reproduction. It contains a wealth of information and is truly impressive in terms of its scope and its depth. Bagemihl avoids pat explanations in favor of rich analyses that do real justice to the complexities of his subject matter. His treatment of homophobia and heterocentrism in zoology is both brave and honest. Biological Exuberance will surely be considered the definitive source on the subject of nonreproductive sexual behavior in animals for many years to come and could well prove to be a watershed in terms of future research in this area.”

—Dr. Paul L. Vasey, zoologist, Concordia University

“Now and then a work comes along and firebombs a set of passionately held convictions … . Biological Exuberance, while not exactly a scientific revolution, is at least fodder for a stunning paradigm shift, this time in the realm of animal sexuality, and ultimately, human sexuality. It does, in fact, challenge our whole notion of the word ‘natural.’”

—Gear magazine