A beloved natural historian and biologist explores how climate change isdrivingevolution.

"Hanson is an affable guide and storyteller., with a knack for analogy, a sense of humor and the natural curiosity of a scientist." -New York Times

InHurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid,biologistThorHansontells the remarkablestory ofhow plants and animals areresponding toclimatechange:adjusting,evolving, andsometimesdying [...] lizardshave grownlarger toe pads,togripmore tightly [...] waterscausethe development of Humboldtsquid toalter so dramatically that fishermen mistake them for different [...] 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 of the highest caliber. It isalsoäreminderof the unpredictability ofclimate changeas itinteracts withthe messy lattice of life.