The most comprehensive guide to insects in the Great Lakes region

The most comprehensive guide to insects in the Great Lakes region

Includes the general biology of the order and each of the seven families of Orthoptera in Michigan and provides fully illustrated keys to family and species.

A revised and updated guide to reptiles and amphibians in the Great Lakes region

Assesses the health of the United States plants, animals, and ecosystems.

"A handy field guide to 444 of our most distinctive and interesting insects"--Cover.

New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award "Nimbly splices together history, science, reporting and personal experiences into a taut and cautiously hopeful narrative.… Egan’s book is bursting with life (and yes, death)." —Robert Moor, New York Times Book Review The Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior—hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work, and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan’s compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come.