Although not yet 30 years old James Frankham has travelled to more than 25 countries, including some of the most geographically remote and culturally diverse places on Earth. This is an account of his travels, distilled down to his experiences in a dozen ecologically significant locations and their inhabitants, including a close encounter with the lions of the Okavango, getting arrested aboard a Tanzanian warship and journeying through the world's driest desert to find the ancient Himba people. From the tiny Mantis shrimp with pincers that punch to the mighty Komodo dragon, Wildlands is teeming with stories about people and places that should involve readers from the very first page.