The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature
David Quammen
From the award-winning author of The Tangled Tree and The Song of the Dodo comes a collection of essays in which various weird and wonderful aspects of nature are examined. From tales of vegetarian piranha fish and voiceless dogs to the scientific search for the genes that threaten to destroy the cheetah, Quammen captures the natural world with precision. Throughout, he illuminates the surprising intricacies of the natural world, and our human attitudes towards those intricacies. A distinguished essayist, Quammen’s reporting is masterful and thought provoking and his curiosity and fascination with the world of living things is infectious.
Publication Year: 1998
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Since this book is from the 80s, it was interesting to go look up the people referenced and see what has happened to them since publication. This book has some boring essays but most of them are excellent and beautiful and chronicle the decline and fall of many animal species.
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