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Once There Were Giants: The Past, Present and Future of Megafauna

Once There Were Giants: The Past, Present and Future of Megafauna

Lyons, Chantal

Hardcover

DinosaursEnvironmental StudiesNature Writing

Publisher Price: $32.95

PREORDER - Expected ship date May 11, 2027

ISBN10: 177840474X
ISBN13: 9781778404740
Publisher: Greystone Books
Published: May 11 2027
Language: English

A journey into the lost age of giants--and the people trying to bring them back. Once There Were Giants reveals how megafauna once powered the planet's ecosystems and why our future depends on learning to live with them again.

Once, the world thundered with giants.

From dodo-haunted islands to mammoth-studded ice sheets, from gomphotheres in South American rainforests to hippos in Colombian rivers, huge animals--past and present--have quietly engineered the living planet.

Naturalist and science communicator Chantal Lyons travels from Yellowstone's wolf-and-lion country to rewilded European forests, from Siberia's experimental Pleistocene Park to Namibian villages negotiating every night with elephants at the garden fence. Along the way, she shows that megafauna are not just spectacular animals; they are hot-blooded rivers of nutrients and fear, shaping forests, grasslands, oceans, and even the climate itself.

Blending vivid storytelling, cutting-edge science, and on-the-ground encounters with people who live alongside giants, Lyons asks a radical question: can we dare to bring them back--and can we truly live with them?

If we want a planet that is not only habitable, but boisterously alive, the answer may need to be yes.

In Once There Were Giants, you'll discover:

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