Author's Note xi
Prologue 1(3)
I The Sixth Extinction
4(19)
II The Mastodon's Molars
23(24)
III The Original Penguin
47(23)
IV The Luck of the Ammonites
70(22)
V Welcome to the Anthropocene
92(19)
VI The Sea Around Us
111(14)
VII Dropping Acid
125(23)
VIII The Forest and the Trees
148(25)
IX Islands on Dry Land
173(20)
X The New Pangaea
193(24)
XI The Rhino Gets an Ultrasound
217(19)
XII The Madness Gene
236(23)
XIII The Thing with Feathers
259(14)
Acknowledgments 273(4)
Notes 277(16)
Selected Bibliography 293(12)
Photo/Illustration Credits 305(2)
Index 307