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

The term “wildlife” tends to evoke images of apex predators, cuddly creatures, or flagship species – usually vertebrate, usually mammalian – living outdoors in the wilderness of jungles, plains, or oceans. But what about closer to home? What about in your home? Ecologist Rob Dunn has written a delightful book showing that we live amidst a veritable zoo.

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Posted in entomology, microbiology and tagged allergies, antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, ants, arthropods, auto-immune diseases, bacteria, bacteriophages, basements, Basic Books, biodiversity, biofilms, book review, cats, caves, cockroaches, crustaceans, disease, dogs, entomology, entomology, evolutionary biology, fermentation, fungi, immune system, immunology, indoor environment, microbes, microbiology, microscopy, mould, nematodes, parasites, pathogens, pesticides, pets, popular science, protists, showerheads, spiders, termites, Toxoplasma gondii, toxoplasmosis, urban ecology, viruses, wasps, water, yeast on January 28, 2019 by inquisitivebiologist.4 Comments
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