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.

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The Irish Wildlife Book by Fergus O'Gorman

Natural History of Rodents

39 books — 8 voters

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

Life in the Undergrowth by David Attenborough

Books about Invertebrates

400 books — 50 voters

The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

Memoirs of Experiments

240 books — 109 voters

The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing

1,839 books — 2,237 voters

Shores, Coasts, Deltas, Estuaries, Bays, Open Ocean, and Deep Sea

275 books — 98 voters

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

Best Environmental Books

1,090 books — 1,238 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Natural History”

“ The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with their deep dives, chasing skills, and commandeering of feeders. ...more ”
― Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

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“ Today our ignorance of natural history is a cultural norm. Our attention has been usurped by the digital age, and any spare moments we have each day are consumed by our personal devices or flat-screen TVs. Our school curriculum does not fill this knowledge void, and most assignments have a digital component that teaches us little about the life around us. I meet intelligent adults today, people who have excelled at all levels of their education and are successful members of our society, who cann ...more ”
― Douglas W. Tallamy, The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees

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