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A thrilling and original way to explore nature--the science is fascinating.--Tristan Gooley, New York Times bestselling author of How to Read a Tree A celebration of the most extreme, extraordinary, and eccentric things that life is capable of. Alex Riley writes with joy and passion, and each page brings a new revelation about the resiliency of life.--Steve Brusatte, University of Edinburgh paleontologist and New York Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs Deeply researched and wide-ranging, Super Natural is a veritable smorgasbord of astonishing facts about our planet's most resilient creatures. Alex Riley is an eagle-eyed, golden-hearted, and entertaining guide, adept at toggling between the micro and macro, attuned to both the humor and awe of the natural world, and never failing to provide his each and every subject with the loving attention it deserves.--Ferris Jabr, author of Becoming Earth Super Natural is a book filled with nature's wonders: painted turtles that don't take a breath for six months, kangaroo rats that survive without drinking water, icefish with no hemoglobin in the Antarctic and bar-headed geese that migrate across the Himalaya at 7000 meters. It's about resilience, endurance and ingenuity--about finding a niche or a different way of being alive--and it's a combination that gives hope in our troubled times.--Andrea Wulf, New York Times best-selling author of The Invention of Nature

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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.

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