Our wild calling: how connecting with animals can transform our lives--and save theirs

Part 1. Beautiful acts: life-changing encounters with species not our own

In the family of animals

The aching heart

The mind-altering power of deep animal connection

The octopus who stopped time

Part 2. What the wild heart still knows: the art and science of communicating with other animals

Becoming the grasshopper

Intimacy is all around us

Earth's oldest language

How to talk with birds

Playing well with the others

Part 3. How we co-become: wonderdogs and werecats, therapy lizards and robot pets

More than human

The animal lover

Reptiles and ambivalence

The boy who said horse

The replacements: do we really need animals?

Part 4. The age of connectedness: creating a home for all creatures

New ways to live together

The betweens

Welcome to Symbiocene City

The new Noahs

Part 5. Wild souls: love, humility, and the principle of reciprocity

Dreaming animals

The peaceable kingdom

Learning and teaching in a school of animals

The bear.