Don LeClair's Reviews > At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea

I really did not like Carl Zimmer's book Parasite Rex, but I decided that much of this was due to my loathing of parasites, and not his writing skills. I picked up this book, because I have been curious on how whales evolved from land animals with legs.

Carl Zimmer writes clearly for the casual reader, and keeps a nice balance of technical jargon throughout the book. The overall story is indeed focused on the animals that returned to the sea, but the story includes the changes in general thinking about evolution from pre-Darwin to modern times with information particularly focused on whales and dolphins. Really a nice read for someone with an interest in biology and evolution.