Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live

A natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basements

Even when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain is wild beyond imagination. In Never Home Alone, biologist Rob Dunn introduces us to the nearly 200,000 species living with us in our own homes, from the Egyptian meal moths in our cupboards and camel crickets in our basements to the lactobacillus lounging on our kitchen counters. You are not alone. Yet, as we obsess over sterilizing our homes and separating our spaces from nature, we are unwittingly cultivating an entirely new playground for evolution. These changes are reshaping the organisms that live with us -- prompting some to become more dangerous, while undermining those species that benefit our bodies or help us keep more threatening organisms at bay. No one who reads this engrossing, revelatory book will look at their homes in the same way again.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 11/06/2018
ISBN: 9781541645769
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.38w x 1.13d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/20/2018
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2018
Library Journal 10/15/2018 pg. 72
BookPage 11/01/2018
Booklist 11/01/2018 pg. 7
Shelf Awareness 11/09/2018
Choice 04/01/2019