Conventional wisdom is that wild animals are being wiped out. But conventional wisdom skips
some important details. Wildlife is rebounding. Not everywhere. Not every species. But a
handful of wildlife populations have reached numbers unimaginable in a century. Red deer in
Europe bison in North America humpback whales in the Atlantic. They have all seen their
populations explode. They are back from the brink numbering in the tens or even hundreds of
thousands. Their return thrills those who have rooted for their recovery. It terrifies those
who grew comfortable without them. This book tracks-and tries to understand-these dramatic
rebounds. It shines a light on species returning to forests and farms prairies and oceans
rivers and cities. It asks how these transformations can be happening and what they have to
teach--
