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In Bull, zoologist Lucy Cooke embarks on a bold and revelatory journey to explore what it truly means to be male in the animal kingdom. For too long 'survival of the fittest' has been taken at face value, male success defined in terms of strength, size, virility, fighting other males and...

From Confucius to Greta Thunberg, this timely guide spotlights the figures at the forefront of the most important challenge facing our world. What does it mean to be an ‘environmentalist’? Not necessarily what you think it does. At the heart of environmentalism lies a recognition of the...

From expert beekeeper, founder of Texas Bee Works, and social media phenomenon Erika Thompson, an intimate and expert exploration of the miraculous pollinators that keep our planet alive and how they can teach us the importance of listening to our own instincts, about the joy, wonder, beauty and...

Homeward Bound meets The Hidden Lives of Dogs in a poignant, gift-worthy collection of true canine odysseys of returning home. For centuries, dogs have made impossible journeys. They’ve walked up to 3000 miles, crossing rivers, mountains, and deserts to find their home again. Some navigated...

The unforgettable story of a woman who runs with wolves, perfect for fans of Raising Hare and Lone Wolf. The Wolf: an ancient creature of myth and legend, a dangerous predator, a beautiful beast and an enduring symbol of the wild in every culture. It’s hard to catch a glimpse of these...

A gripping work of narrative non-fiction that tells the astonishing true story of how a family of whales changed our relationship to the sea. In 1970, an extraordinary orca pod was captured near Victoria, BC. Nicknamed the Pedder Bay 5, this family of transient whales quickly became world famous...

Discover the extraordinary hidden life of the Gulf Stream, and why this vast system of Atlantic currents is one of the most important, and least understood, forces on Earth. Our world is a freak of nature. The stable climate that allowed complex life – and human civilisation – to flourish...

A dramatic intertwined story about people and forests, tracing eighteen generations of the author's ironworking forbears through centuries of destroying Europe and colonial America's largest forests While working in forest protection, Kathy Leonard Czepiel discovered a painful irony: that her...

A stunning, wonderfully rich exploration of the small but mighty beings that profoundly shape our world: insects How important are bugs in your life? Some are benign but annoying, others are jaw-droppingly beautiful. Some have obvious benefits to humans and still others are downright scary. But...

A mesmerizing true story of the drama that scandalized the ever-expanding world of birding, as one man's quest to be the first to spot 10,000 birds was turned upside-down at the finish line Peter Kaestner is an American original: a family man and career diplomat whose pursuit of the "big...

In his prize-winning Sunday Times bestseller, An Immense World, Ed Yong invited us to perceive the world through other animals’ senses. Now he transforms our view of the world once again by revealing the hidden wonders of life at different scales. All around us, just beyond our awareness, life...

From bestselling author Warren Berger, a revolutionary guide to using nature as a gateway to creativity, inspiration, and meaning. Have you ever struggled to find inspiration? Author Warren Berger certainly had. Yet, after returning home from a spontaneous visit to “the Burren,” a remote...

From a lyrical new voice in Canadian literature, a hybrid memoir that looks to the social dynamics of bees to illuminate the challenges and possibilities of queer motherhood. For Kate Barss and her partner, Bear, the decision to bring a child into the world is anything but cavalier. There are no...

An acclaimed science journalist digs into humanity's ancient relationship with the night sky and makes an urgent case for its restoration before our views of the stars are lost forever. When Elon Musk's Starlink satellites launched into space in 2019--the first of thousands to come--journalist...

From one of our finest nature writers, a breathtaking glimpse into the inner world of America's most mysterious predator: the mountain lion, which after its near-disappearance fifty years ago is quickly reclaiming its dominance over the continent, with profound—and surprising—implications...

Amid the widely reported stories of environmental decline, this uplifting book reveals something equally important: nature’s extraordinary capacity for recovery. Telling the inspiring stories of ten remarkable species, Tony Juniper charts how creatures once pushed to the brink are making...

The bestselling author of The Lost Rainforests of Britain travels the chalk downs, uncovering a glorious and unique habitat that is essential to our identity and history No other country in the world has a landscape like the English Chalk: it’s one of a few unique habitats that England offers...

A year in Britain's highest peaks, where the weather changes fast, the ground shifts slowly, and every summit feels deeply personal to walkers, climbers, poets, and workers alike. Sometimes in life it's good just to head for the hills – to seek refuge from the vicissitudes of the everyday and...

Learn to embrace life’s challenges and pursue wellbeing in partnership with the Earth, for readers of The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating and Some of Us Just Fall. In 2023, University of Georgia professor and geographer Dr. Amy Trauger set her sights on growing a food forest, a regenerative...

From the New York Times bestselling author of What an Owl Knows, The Genius of Birds, and The Bird Way, a groundbreaking investigation into female birds Recent studies on female birds are overturning much of what we thought we knew about birds. In the past, research focused almost exclusively on...