In "The Wild Here and Now" Susan Charkes writes about nature where you least expect to find it: right in front of you. Charkes is a perceptive observer, a superb storyteller, and a gifted translator of science into accessible language. She writes poetically, lyrically, even humorously, but always eloquently, to reveal unexpected layers of significance in everyday encounters.

Nature in "The Wild Here and Now" is not something you go somewhere else to discover. It's all around you: a squirrel in a tree cavity, a mayfly on the hood of a car, a turkey vulture overhead, a gnat under the collar....