Feral FutureExotic species are invading Australia at a frightening rate. Everyone knows about cane toads, rabbits, and, more recently, fire ants, but few people have heard of the hundreds of other invaders now infiltrating the country, such as giant seaworms, crazy ants and new diseases. In his groundbreaking, highly acclaimed book Feral Future,biologist Tim Low charts the story of the biological invasion of Australia. Tapping a rich vein of scientific data, fascinating stories and personal experience, he argues convincingly that bio-invasion poses a threat more ominous than greenhouse gases, industrial pollution and ozone depletion. |
