What Might Animals Look Like Thousands of Years From Now?
A new pop-up book imagines how Chicago’s ecosystem might evolve in a world with fewer humans.
It’s early May of the year 4847, and Willek Muriday, a chief scientist and regional director of a far-reaching biological survey, has just submitted a report on the Cagoan District, the ruins of an ancient urban center. These ruins, southwest of Lake Mishkin, were long thought to be lifeless, but year-round tropical temperatures and high levels of background radiation have led to the rapid evolution of a number of
