Small selections with an argument

No. 01 · 9 specimens

The Herbalists Were Right

Seven plants from the old herbals that became modern drugs.

No. 02 · 15 specimens

The Columbian Exchange

What the Americas gave the world's kitchens after 1492.

No. 03 · 10 specimens

The Spice Routes

Bark, bud and seed worth more than their weight in silver.

No. 04 · 11 specimens

The Old Ones

Lineages and individuals that have outlasted almost everything.

No. 05 · 12 specimens

The Travellers

Animals whose lives are measured in hemispheres.

No. 06 · 12 specimens

Engineers of the Earth

Remove one and the landscape changes shape.

No. 07 · 17 specimens

The Poison Garden

Beautiful, common, and able to kill.

No. 08 · 12 specimens

The Hidden Kingdom

Neither plant nor animal: the fungi that feed, heal and kill.