📗 Libro en inglés LOST WONDERS

In Lost Wonders Tom Lathan tells ten powerful stories of species that have lived died out and been declared extinct since the turn of the twenty first century Timely elegiac The Daily Mail Superb storytelling an exhilarating and vital book Charles Foster author of Cry of the Wild Many scientists believe that we are currently living through the Earth s sixth mass extinction with species disappearing at a rate not seen for tens of millions of years a trend that will only accelerate as climate change and other pressures intensify What does it mean to live in such a time And what exactly do we lose when a species goes extinct In a series of fascinating encounters with subjects that are now nowhere to be found on Earth from giant tortoises to minuscule snails the size of sesame seeds from ocean hopping trees to fish that wag their tails like puppies Tom Lathan brings these lost wonders briefly back to life and gives us a tantalizing glimpse of what we have lost within our own lifetime Drawing on the personal recollections of the people who studied these species as well as those who tried but ultimately failed to save them and with beautiful illustrations Lost Wonders is an intimate portrait of the species that have only recently vanished fro