Sophia Kimmig researches how wild animals adapt to changing habitat conditions at an institute of the Leibniz Society in Berlin. Her previous book, On Foxes and People, was a Spiegel bestseller. In lectures, journalism, and books, she pursues her goal of bringing people closer to the diversity and value of nature and creating acceptance for nature and species protection. She lives in Berlin.

"An entertaining and illuminating love letter to the mysterious and often misunderstood creatures that come alive when we go to bed—and a call to preserve our precious, shared world."

• Prologue: Night in the City Chapter 1: The Dark Side of the DayOf Subjective RealitiesThe Other WorldA Life in the DarkFun Fact | Shining EyesChapter 2: Dwellers of the Night – DORMICEOf Mafiosi and SleepersSecret NeighborsFun Fact | Adhesive feet Chapter 3: Why animals are nocturnal and what dinosaurs have to do with itFrom shadowy existence to triumphant marchExcuse me, is there still room for me somewhere?Fun Fact | Artistic Freedom Chapter 4: Dwellers of the Night – OWLSSilent HuntersTwo Weird BirdsFun Fact | 270 degreesChapter 5: Only where there is light, there are shadowsWhen organisms bring light into the darkFun Fact | Obligatory or optional?Chapter 6: Inhabitants of the night – BATSVampire or cotton ballDelicate but toughFun Fact | Dark wingsMan under the spell of darknessThe night is dark and full of terrorNocturnal cultural assetsFun Fact | Fifty shades of grayChapter 7: Dwellers of the night – RACCOONSSensitive survival artistThe tank busters among the animalsFun Fact | The GuildChapter 8: The Loss of NightThe Dark Side of LightThe Meaning of DarknessFun Fact | From sleepy cows to relaxed miceChapter 9: Inhabitants of the night - NIGHT FEEDINGBrown bear and copper mother hen - the world of night owlsSensualFun Fact | Nemo's AnemoneEpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotes, selected references, and bibliographyIndex

Sophia Kimmig researches how wild animals adapt to changing habitat conditions at an institute of the Leibniz Society in Berlin. Her previous book, On Foxes and People, was a Spiegel bestseller. In lectures, journalism, and books, she pursues her goal of bringing people closer to the diversity and value of nature and creating acceptance for nature and species protection. She lives in Berlin.

"An entertaining and illuminating love letter to the mysterious and often misunderstood creatures that come alive when we go to bed—and a call to preserve our precious, shared world."

• Prologue: Night in the City Chapter 1: The Dark Side of the DayOf Subjective RealitiesThe Other WorldA Life in the DarkFun Fact | Shining EyesChapter 2: Dwellers of the Night – DORMICEOf Mafiosi and SleepersSecret NeighborsFun Fact | Adhesive feet Chapter 3: Why animals are nocturnal and what dinosaurs have to do with itFrom shadowy existence to triumphant marchExcuse me, is there still room for me somewhere?Fun Fact | Artistic Freedom Chapter 4: Dwellers of the Night – OWLSSilent HuntersTwo Weird BirdsFun Fact | 270 degreesChapter 5: Only where there is light, there are shadowsWhen organisms bring light into the darkFun Fact | Obligatory or optional?Chapter 6: Inhabitants of the night – BATSVampire or cotton ballDelicate but toughFun Fact | Dark wingsMan under the spell of darknessThe night is dark and full of terrorNocturnal cultural assetsFun Fact | Fifty shades of grayChapter 7: Dwellers of the night – RACCOONSSensitive survival artistThe tank busters among the animalsFun Fact | The GuildChapter 8: The Loss of NightThe Dark Side of LightThe Meaning of DarknessFun Fact | From sleepy cows to relaxed miceChapter 9: Inhabitants of the night - NIGHT FEEDINGBrown bear and copper mother hen - the world of night owlsSensualFun Fact | Nemo's AnemoneEpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotes, selected references, and bibliographyIndex

Sophia Kimmig researches how wild animals adapt to changing habitat conditions at an institute of the Leibniz Society in Berlin. Her previous book, On Foxes and People, was a Spiegel bestseller. In lectures, journalism, and books, she pursues her goal of bringing people closer to the diversity and value of nature and creating acceptance for nature and species protection. She lives in Berlin.

"An entertaining and illuminating love letter to the mysterious and often misunderstood creatures that come alive when we go to bed—and a call to preserve our precious, shared world."

• Prologue: Night in the City Chapter 1: The Dark Side of the DayOf Subjective RealitiesThe Other WorldA Life in the DarkFun Fact | Shining EyesChapter 2: Dwellers of the Night – DORMICEOf Mafiosi and SleepersSecret NeighborsFun Fact | Adhesive feet Chapter 3: Why animals are nocturnal and what dinosaurs have to do with itFrom shadowy existence to triumphant marchExcuse me, is there still room for me somewhere?Fun Fact | Artistic Freedom Chapter 4: Dwellers of the Night – OWLSSilent HuntersTwo Weird BirdsFun Fact | 270 degreesChapter 5: Only where there is light, there are shadowsWhen organisms bring light into the darkFun Fact | Obligatory or optional?Chapter 6: Inhabitants of the night – BATSVampire or cotton ballDelicate but toughFun Fact | Dark wingsMan under the spell of darknessThe night is dark and full of terrorNocturnal cultural assetsFun Fact | Fifty shades of grayChapter 7: Dwellers of the night – RACCOONSSensitive survival artistThe tank busters among the animalsFun Fact | The GuildChapter 8: The Loss of NightThe Dark Side of LightThe Meaning of DarknessFun Fact | From sleepy cows to relaxed miceChapter 9: Inhabitants of the night - NIGHT FEEDINGBrown bear and copper mother hen - the world of night owlsSensualFun Fact | Nemo's AnemoneEpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotes, selected references, and bibliographyIndex