Description: Journey through Earth's most extreme, seemingly hostile environments--and marvel at the remarkable creatures that call them home.
Brief description: Alex Riley is an award-winning science writer and the author of Super Natural and A Cure for Darkness. A former research scientist at the Natural History Museum in London, he has coauthored peer-reviewed scientific research and published his popular science reporting in New Scientist, PBS's NOVA Next, the BBC, Aeon, and Nautilus Magazine, among others. He lives in Devon, UK, with his family.
Review Quotes: This colorful survey...explores the myriad ways animals, plants, and microorganisms survive, and even thrive, in environments previously assumed to be uninhabitable....Filled with striking stories, vivid descriptions, and meaningful science, this is a fascinating account of resilience.-- "Publishers Weekly"