02684cam a2200325 i 4500 1648763477 TxAuBib 20241008120000.0 240401s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781523514410 1523514418 TxAuBib rda Giaimo, Cara. Atlas obscura : Wild life : an explorer's guide to the world's living wonders / Cara Giaimo and Joshua Foer, with additional research and writing by Rachel Fritts, JoAnna Klein, and other contributors. First edition. New York : Workman Publishing, [2024] 570 pages. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. Forests & Rainforests -- Grasslands & Tundras -- Mountains -- Deserts -- Shallows & Deeps -- Cities -- Islands. Wild Life, is an over-the-top, dazzling collection of the world's most fascinating, most unusual, and least-understood natural wonders. It's more than a field guide--it's an adventure; an unputdownable tour through the world's most extraordinary natural wonders and curiosities. Learn how dung beetles navigate by the stars and trees communicate through their roots. Meet one of the strongest animals in the world: the puny peacock mantis shrimp. Visit a 44,000 year old shrub, float along flying rivers, and explore a garbage dump teeming with endangered storks. There are first-person interviews: hear from a honey hunter and his avian partners, a scientist working to understand the hidden language of prairie dogs, an offshore radio DJ who is at the heart of the local fishing community. Examine old examples of bird song notation written on sheet music. Featuring over 500 extraordinary plants, animals, and natural phenomena with illustrations and photos on every page, first-person interviews, and engaging info-graphics, the book takes readers around the globe, with stops in every continent--from Arctic deserts to lush jungles, to the deepest fathoms of the ocean, and into the heart of our densest cities. In a time where the world that feels more knowable than ever, where can access anything with the click of a mouse or a swipe of a finger, and where nature documentaries are a dime a dozen, Wild Life finds a way to reinvigorate our send of wonder about the natural world. 20241008. Voyages and travels. Curiosities and wonders. Life (Biology.) Nature Miscellanea. Foer, Joshua, author.