The author travels around the world to determine how animals manage in the urban environment. A very interesting book. ( )

This is a wonderful slim volume full of stories of when the wild clashes with the urban - and the results thereof. There are stories of foreign invaders: the Japanese cockroach, Giant African Land Snails, tegus, boas, and pythons. There are stories of humans encroaching on the natural habitats of creatures like elk, bears, mountain lions, leopards, and more. Then there are the stories of more unusual things still: the sheer unknowns.

How have we never studied what anthropods exist in our homes? How have we never considered the wilderness below our very feet? It boggles the mind.

This book encompasses the philosophy that I was only recently exposed to thanks to the wonderful writing of [a: Lyanda Lynn Haupt|16810|Lyanda Lynn Haupt|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1248017975p2/16810.jpg]. It isn't so much our way of life that needs to change - things such as cities will always exist - but rather our perspective itself that requires an overhaul. Programs like the Lights Out (a brilliant program I myself am part of) are helping us understand how we can change our architecture to lessen bird collisions during migratory seasons. We can change our cities to encourage wildlife diversity, to foster more green spaces that are good for both ourselves and the animals we share our lives with. There is no separation between city and wilderness, ultimately. It's all wilderness, just some has been manufactured by us and it's important we learn how to improve it for the benefit of the creatures around us as well as ourselves. ( )

Excellent and interesting narrative of various wildlife in major cities. ( )