Come along on an informative, whirlwind tour of urban
species—from intelligent crows to backyard lichens—and discover
that you are surrounded by wild nature, even in your own backyard.
When biologist Hanna Bjørgaas spots a fairy cup lichen in
Antarctica, she is surprised to recognize it from her own backyard
in Oslo. When she returns home, she embarks on a journey into urban
nature, visiting city parks, cemeteries, and concrete rooftops to
investigate the species that live in urban spaces. Along the way,
she meets corvids, songbirds, ants, pigeons, bats, sparrows, fungi,
and linden trees—and the experts who study their surprising
abilities to survive, and thrive, in the city. As Bjørgaas
discovers, urban nature—and its unique mixture of species that
have never lived together before in Earth’s history—is
valuable. More than half of the world’s human population lives in
densely populated areas—and plants and animals have followed us
into cities. Secret Life of the City invites us to pay more
attention to the sounds, sights, and smells of urban nature right
outside our door. A treasure trove of fascinating flora and fauna,
this wonderful book offers a plea to save our city plants, animals,
and fungi before we lose them, too.
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