Natural History

Natural history is the research and study of organisms including plants or animals in their environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.

New Releases Tagged "Natural History"

When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World
A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Traversal
Raising Hare: A Memoir
A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Is a River Alive?
Beasts of the Sea
When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness
Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
Birding to Change the World: A Memoir
Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life
Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit
Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
The Origin of Species
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
H is for Hawk
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction
Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead GeorgeWhite Fang by Jack LondonThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonNever Cry Wolf by Farley MowatA Wolf Called Romeo by Nick Jans
Books about Wild Canines
165 books — 44 voters

The Botany of Desire by Michael PollanThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererLab Girl by Hope JahrenGathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Nonfiction Books about Plants
436 books — 146 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFirst Time Dad by James        MacdonaldThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor Bombov
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,396 books — 2,543 voters



In Denver coyotes had become an urban presence by the 1970s. Chicago, in the 1990's was next, and by roughly 200 almost every city in the united States and Canada, no matter how small and picturesque or sprawling and ear splitting, possessed a thriving population of coyotes as full-time residents. ...more
Dan Flores, Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

In terms of size, mammals are an anomaly, as the vast majority of the world's existing species are snail-sized or smaller. It's almost as if, regardless of your kingdom, the smaller your size & the earlier your place on the tree of life, the more critical is your niche on Earth: snails & worms create soil, & blue-green algae create oxygen; mammals seem comparatively dispensable, the result of the random path of evolution over a luxurious amount of time. ...more
Elisabeth Tova Bailey, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

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