Ecology

Ecology (from Greek: οἶκος, "house"; -λογία, "study of"[A]) is the scientific study of interactions among organisms and their environment, such as the interactions organisms have with each other and with their abiotic environment.

See also Science.
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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
Is a River Alive?
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
The Place of Tides
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
A Murder of Crows (Nell Ward, #1)
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd's Life
Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Silent Spring
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
The Overstory
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
The World Without Us
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
Modern Science Nonfiction
450 books — 305 voters
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileyCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlWonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldLife in the Undergrowth by David Attenborough
Books about Invertebrates
399 books — 48 voters

Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Naked Ape by Desmond Morris
The Human Animal
139 books — 97 voters
State of Wonder by Ann PatchettThe Lost City of Z by David GrannThe River of Doubt by Candice MillardMother of God by Paul RosolieJourney to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Amazon Rainforest
105 books — 97 voters



J.R.R. Tolkien
All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others.
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

James E. Lovelock
We are the intelligent elite among animal life on earth and whatever our mistakes, [Earth] needs us. This may seem an odd statement after all that I have said about the way 20th century humans became almost a planetary disease organism. But it has taken [Earth] 2.5 billion years to evolve an animal that can think and communicate its thoughts. If we become extinct she has little chance of evolving another.
James Lovelock, The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning

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