In response to his cold remarks, she writes, "Well, thank you for that tidbit, I thought. You just made this particular transition much easier!"

Through literary references and tidbits of history alongside descriptions of dazzling biology, Rundell conjures a parade of swimming, crawling, flapping, lumbering life.

A YouTube star whose channel “Tasting History” has garnered a devoted following, Miller seamlessly blends critique with historical tidbits.

“I talk to him often and he’s given me little tidbits that I hadn’t even thought about when I first went to him with this,” Palmer said.

Nothing is too obscure, no tidbit too arcane.