Matthew K’s Reviews > The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature > Status Update

A solid collection of his magazine articles, written in the 80s. Some are fairly technical, examining the various evolutionary traits of obscure animals that allowed them to flourish in a given environment; some are longer, more human-centric narratives waxing philosophical about the way our species interacts with nature.

Not his best work, but worth reading if you’re a Quammen fan and want to see how he started.