Charles Hood shares his wild discoveries in Nature at Night

 

Charles Hood is a naturalist, adventurer, and poet. He has also been a factory worker, a ski instructor, a dishwasher, and a nature guide in Africa. Nature study has taken him to all 50 U.S. states, 80 countries, and the South Pole. Along the way, he has been lost in a whiteout in Tibet, contracted and survived bubonic plague, and published 20 books and over 800 photographs. His essay collection A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat was named the Nonfiction Book of the Year by the editors of Foreword book review. He lives in the Mojave Desert with two kayaks, two mountain bikes, two dogs, and 5,000 books.

While old tales warn us that danger lies waiting in the dark, there is actually an abundance of thriving, colorful life at night. In his latest book NATURE AT NIGHT, Charles Hood discovers the wildlife that awakens when the sun goes down, revealing a strange and surprisingly beautiful world.