A comprehensive and accessible introduction to ecology. Beautifully illustrated and filled with real-world examples, this book explores the basics of ecology. After fully explaining how ecosystems work, the book moves on to explore how these complicated systems go wrong and what we can do to protect the planet in the future. An ideal book to explain to curious minds what ecology is all about, and what questions ecologists are trying to find answers to, from how to save dying species, to fixing ecosystems through rewilding.