Close to Home : The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door
Close to Home : The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door
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Author(s): Hanson, Thor
ISBN No.: 9781541601246
Pages: 304
Year: 202503
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 41.40
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available (Forthcoming)

An award-winning natural-history writer opens the door to the nature that thrives in our yards, gardens, and parks We all live on nature's doorstep, but we often overlook it. From backyards to local parks, the natural places we see the most may well be the ones we know the least. In Close to Home , biologist Thor Hanson shows how retraining our eyes reveals hidden wonders just waiting to be discovered. In Kansas City, migrating monarch butterflies flock to the local zoo. In the Pacific Northwest, fierce yellowjackets placidly sip honeydew, unseen in the treetops. In New England, a lawn gone slightly wild hosts a naturalist's life's work. And in the soil beneath our feet, remedies for everything from breast cancer to the stench of skunks lie waiting for someone's searching shovel. Close to Home is a hands-on natural history for any local patch of Earth.


It shows that we each can contribute to science and improve the health of our planet. And even more, it proves that the wonders of nature don't lie in some far-off land: they await us, close to home.


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