In every part of the globe, in every pocket of the sea, in ancient ground beneath your feet, up tall mountains you can’t see, in stones, in plants, in birds and beasts, lie nature’s secret stories.

This beautiful field-guide explores the histories and mysteries hidden in the wild, just waiting to be shared.

Readers are invited on a journey around our wonderful world, through wildforests, overmountainshigh, to the bottom of ouroceansand theearthbeneath us. Each chapter investigates a different environment, and within, the pages tell thesecret stories of the animals, plants, and natural phenomenaof these habitats. Some secrets tell us oflinks between species, orunusual adaptationsand features, others tell ushow nature has evolved, andmany hold the keys to understanding our planet’s past.

Readers will come away with a wealth of knowledge and discoverhow looking at nature today can help us understand and unlock mysteries from long ago, frombygone weatherto thedinosaurs.

They’ll learn how resin and rock can preserve long-lost plants and creatures, how the rings inside coral skeletons can reveal weather patterns from the distant past, how layers of the seabed can indicate a previous mass extinction occurred, how ice can trap gases and tell us the make-up of our ancient atmosphere, and much more.

The text also touches onhow these secrets areoftenuncoveredthrough scientific research, observation,fossil records, as well as using modern inventions and techniques likecarbon dating.

Spreads at the back of the bookencourage readers to search for secrets in nature close to homeand explore how we can allhelp protect the animals, plants and natural features of todayso we can continue to enjoy and learn from them.

Thefascinating informationis brought to life withmeticulously detailed, vintage-style artworkfromVasilisa Romanenko, making this booka true treasure trove for the whole family to enjoy.