The Insect Crisis by Oliver Milman | The Every Space

A book that will change how you look at a wasp, a moth or a cloud of midges. In The Insect Crisis, journalist Oliver Milman travels the globe talking to entomologists about why insect numbers are collapsing, and what that means for the rest of us. We depend on insects for pollination, for the food chain that runs from insects to birds and fish, and for holding up life on Earth more broadly than most people realise.

It's part warning, part celebration of just how strange and varied insects are, written with the pace of a good piece of journalism rather than a textbook. A brilliant read for anyone interested in nature, climate or the small things that hold the big picture together, and a thoughtful gift for the same.

The details
Publisher: Atlantic Books. ISBN 9781838951191. Paperback, main edition. 272 pages. Approx 198 x 129 x 20mm. Weight approx 237g. Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing.