New! Michael Jeffords and Susan Post have circled the globe collecting observations of the natural world. From the “necking” battles of mate-hungry giraffes to the breathtaking beauty of millions of monarch butterflies at rest, their stunning images and insightful essays open a cabinet of curiosities that reveals the pair's most unusual encounters. Their background as entomologists and their photographic eyes merge to create illuminating eyewitness accounts of the startling diversity of life that shares our planet.

Michael Jeffords and Susan Post, retired Illinois Natural History Survey, co-authors, Exploring Nature in Illinois
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