I’ve been interested in animals and nature since I was a child. Having graduated in Zoology from Charles University in Prague, I decided to pursue my basic research by working at the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. These days, I don’t have much time for research: a mother of three, I devote most of it to my family. As I love to be with children, I find co-authorship of children’s books a most enjoyable, fulfilling occupation.