The Aliens Among Us: How Invasive Species Are Transforming the Planet - and Ourselves

Written by Leslie Anthony

Narrated by Chris Sorensen

From an award-winning adventure and science journalist comes an eye-opening exploration of a burgeoning environmental phenomenon and the science coalescing around it. Leslie Anthony leads listeners on adventures physical and philosophical as he explores how and why invasive species are hijacking ecosystems around the globe.

Weaving science, travel, history, and humor with diverse examples to chart and describe the phases of species invasion and human response, Anthony introduces field researchers and managers who seek to understand the biological, social, and economic aspects of this complex issue, and whose work collectively suggests the emergence of a global shadow economy centered on invasives.

With tales of pythons in the Everglades, Asian carp and lamprey in the Great Lakes, Japanese knotweed seemingly everywhere, and the invasive organisms we don't see-pathogens and microbes such as the Zika virus-this book rivets attention on a new ecological reality.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Oct 31, 2017
• ISBN: 9781541487864

Reviews for The Aliens Among Us

[jimi · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

It was way too long for something that could have been 1/5 of this book. It was neither bad nor good just the same shit you hear a million times. He interviews those who critique novel ecosystems and those believing nature in being in a flux. Then mentions those who disbelieve in the problem of invasive species are comparable to creationist and climate change deniers which I found comical and contradicting given the fact that's how conservationist take their studies based on a value system that's purely subjective and pushed by dogma that goes way back to Frederic Clements.