The Ocean's Menagerie

** A NATURE AND THE TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR **

A wondrous, mind-expanding journey into our planet’s least explored and most critical frontier: the deep sea – and the astonishing, ancient creatures who call it home.

'An enchanting book' SUNDAY TIMES

'Thank goodness for marine biologists like Drew Harvell ... Fascinating' HENRY GEE, THE TIMES

'Magic' TOM MUSTILL, author of How to Speak Whale

For hundreds of millions of years, the spineless creatures of the deep sea were the only beings on Earth. Lost to the ocean’s vast abyss, they have adapted to thrive in an evolving world, and only now are we beginning to discover their superpowers.

The Ocean’s Menagerie takes us down into this incredible underwater realm for the first time. From Hawaii to Indonesia to the Salish Sea, we meet coral kingdoms tougher than steel, jellyfish that glow like lanterns, sponges harbouring cancer-fighting secrets, and sea stars who garden coastlines, quietly keeping our shores in perfect balance.

As our planet changes fast, these otherworldly marvels hold promises for our own survival – and remind us why we must protect the ocean, our most valuable and vulnerable ecosystem, while we still can.

'Vividly revelatory' WILLIAM GIBSON

'Harvell writes with tangible delight' SPECTATOR

'Each page is full of wonder and surprise' STEVE BRUSATTE