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
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
What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind
Insectopolis: A Natural History
Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness
Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon
Strata: Stories from Deep Time
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
Country Ham by Steve CoomesSalt by Mark KurlanskyCod by Mark KurlanskyThe Botany of Desire by Michael PollanAn Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage
Food & Drink Histories (nonfiction)
196 books — 59 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Environmental Books
1,091 books — 1,239 voters

Salt by Mark KurlanskyAt Home by Bill BrysonTHE AMERICAN TRANSLATOR by Ahmed AlshuwaikhatGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Histories of the Everyday
376 books — 409 voters
Rats by Robert SullivanLily Pond by Hope RydenThe Irish Wildlife Book by Fergus O'GormanPaddy by R.D. LawrenceEager by Ben  Goldfarb
Natural History of Rodents
39 books — 8 voters



Jo Ann Butler
Catch on fire with enthusiasm, and people will come for miles to watch you burn
Jo Ann Butler

Edward O. Wilson
A lifetime can be spent in a Magellanic voyage around the trunk of a single tree.
E. O. Wilson

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