
Urban Wildlife, Indoors and Out
Two new books about urban wildlife share a message: open your goddamn eyes. The world is miraculous, the authors say, and they urge us to pay attention....
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Mark Essig is the author of Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig (Basic Books) and Edison & the Electric Chair (Walker & Co). He lives in Asheville, North Carolina.