Science writer returns with a look at human-wildlife interactions – The Daily Gazette

This edition of Capital Region Reads offers a bit of adventure and a genre tale, with two recommendations from Linda Loeser, Adult Services Librarian at Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library.

“Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law” by Mary Roach

Mary Roach, the eccentric science editor of previous titles such as “Gulp”, “Stiff” and “Bonk”, is back with her latest book, “Fuzz”. Walking on the border between wildlife and law, Roach explores how politics, climate change, and religion can complicate human-wildlife interactions around the world.

The author highlights people who are genuinely passionate about the work they do and also includes suggestions for readers on how to ethically (and successfully) deal with their own wildlife issues, wherever they are. live.

“When two feathers fell from the sky” by Margaret Verble

It’s Nashville, 1926, and diver-horse Cherokee Two Feathers has temporarily left a Wild West show to work at Glendale Park Zoo. After a disaster strikes one of his shows and his beloved mare, Ocre, passes away, Two Feathers joins other park workers to find out what happened.