Strange worlds, fantastic places Book

Here are wonderfully strange plants and animals thriving in hiddenvalleys, dark caves, remote tropical islands, and other isolated environments.

Across the globe, accidents of geology, climate, and time have created pockets of life markedly different from the world that surrounds them. Strange Worlds, Fantastic Places reveals the secrets of these unique ecosystems.

Beautiful, full-color photographs and engaging text.

From mountaintops in Venezuela to a limestone universe beneath China's surface, a gallery of unusual environments and the specially adapted animals and plants they nurture A colorful tour of the earth's most generous habitats, showcasing the interdependence of all living things, and warning of the threats posed by encroaching civilization

Finely tuned survival strategies, brought to life in portraits of the tenacious inhabitants of searingly hot deserts and arid lands whipped by bitter winter winds

Up-close views of the animal and plant life in African grasslands, icy lakes in Siberia, coral colonies in the Pacific, and more