Close to Home

Thor Hanson is a delightful storyteller who keeps his eyes and ears close to the ground. After researching plants and animals all over the world from Tanzania to Costa Rica, Thor has come home to his own backyard biology. In his latest book, Close to Home, Thor shares stories and research uncovering entire new species discovered right in his own backyard and in the backyards of others around the world. He invites us to consider how we can better share our homes with the many other life forms who also inhabit our spaces, whether we already know them or not. As a lifelong conservation biologist, Thor shares with stubborn hope that we can be a part of the restoration of our Earth’s wellbeing simply by tending to native ecology and taking care of each one of our neighbors: bugs, birds, plants, and humans.