Reviews

Washington Post
"A terrific piece of ecological reporting. I love its dispassionate tone and broad, ultimately sanguine perspective."

The New York Times Book Review
"Burdick's account of the researchers who struggle with this largely thankless work is graceful and inviting."

Houston Chronicle
"A captivating odyssey, a physical and intellectual journey in which the author blends travel, science, adventure, people and philosophy in his search for how humans and global commerce are affecting life on Earth."

Salon.com
"Nuanced, judicious and often delightful; in the finest tradition of science writing, Burdick delivers the hard stuff on a granular level while also pursuing a more philosophical and personal muse."

The Boston Globe
"For people trying to figure out how our species fits, or doesn't, into the natural order, there is no more interesting subject than the blending of the native and the exotic. And no more interesting an introduction than this fine book... One of the most comprehensive and readable accounts of the phenomenon..."

The Atlanta-Journal Constitution
"An absorbing blend of travelogue, human interest story and scientific tale."

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