In “Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine”, the result of several years of globetrotting and many nasty tropical diseases, I put a spotlight on some of the most remarkable, but often little known and underappreciated survivors from the long gone eras. These animals and plants are sometimes the last living relatives of groups that dominated our planet’s ecosystems millions of years ago, giving us a glimpse of what life might have been like in those strange days known as the Paleozoic and Mesozoic. - Piotr