A beloved natural historian explores how climate change isdrivingevolution
InHurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid,biologistThorHansontells the remarkablestory ofhow plants and animals areresponding toclimatechange:adjusting,evolving, andsometimesdying out.Anole lizardshave grownlarger toe pads,togripmore tightly infrequenthurricanes.Warm waterscausethe development of Humboldtsquid toalter so dramatically that fishermen mistake them for different species.Brown pelicansmovenorth, and long-spined sea urchins south,to findcoolerhomes.Andwhencoral reefssicken,they leaveno territory worth fightingfor,soaggressive butterflyfishtransforminstantlyinto pacifists.
A story of hope,resilience, and risk,Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squidisnatural history for readers of Bernd Heinrich, Robin Wall Kimmerer, andDavid Haskell. It isalsoareminderof how unpredictableclimate changeisas itinteracts withthe messy lattice of life
