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A fun-to-listen-to guide to ecological principles and environmental understanding Ecology For Dummies transforms intimidating concepts into an engaging walkthrough that supports academic success and environmental literacy. This accessible text covers everything from energy flow and nutrient...

Kaum etwas hat das Leben der Menschen so stark verändert wie die wissenschaftliche Revolution. Durch sie entdeckten wir unbekannte Territorien, bekämpften Hunger und Krankheiten und erlangten einen nie gekannten Wohlstand. Doch der Fortschritt hat auch negative Seiten: Völker wurden bekämpft, die Umwelt zerstört und die Atombombe bedroht die Menschheit. Mit der Künstlichen Intelligenz kommt ein neuer Player ins Spiel, der der Vorherrschaft der Menschen auf der Erde ein Ende bereiten könnte. Wie kann es uns Menschen gelingen, diese Entwicklungen in die richtigen Bahnen zu lenken?

An illuminating journey through the past, present and future of the botanical world How did plants shape the modern world? And what can they tell us about our future? Our peculiarly British obsession with gardens goes back a long way and Plants: From Roots to Riches takes us back to where it all...

'A warm, rich, generous book. A pleasure from first page to last.' KATHERINE RUNDELL 'A moving, vulnerable portrait of love, nature and a life well-lived' RORY STEWART 'Touching and extraordinary, this true story seems like a fairy tale' JOANNA LUMLEY The long-awaited memoir of life and love on...

Bogs form from an overabundance of death, organic matter breaking down to form layer upon layer of peat. That peat gives rise to lifeforms that challenge our understanding of biology itself: amphibian-eating plants and acid-flinging mosses, plant clones that span thousands of square miles and...

Capybaras possess such a calm and gentle nature that many other animal species treat them as friends—including the birds who ride on their backs. In this episode, we follow a capybara as she lounges in the lagoon and covers herself in mud to repel bugs. And we’ll listen as she collectively parents her pups with the others in her herd, communicating through a complex language of whistles, clicks, and purrs.

With senses that often seem alien to us, bees navigate complex decisions about where to find food, when to fight or flee, and how to work together. The Language of Bees invites listeners into the hidden world of bee communication, a realm where creatures less than an inch long use scent, vibration, movement, and sound to cooperate, share information, and survive.

This standout creative nonfiction debut explores the lives and histories of plants considered nonnative or invasive as metaphors for the Black experience in America. In Tending the Vines, Ashia S. Ajani illuminates how eight unique plants tell the story of the Black diaspora in America. Each...

Lea Korsgaard’s number-one international bestseller tells the story of the year she spent tracking every species of butterfly in her native Denmark. Suffused with beauty and wonder, The Butterfly Season is a love letter to the natural world and an unforgettable reflection on the precious and...

There are few stories more remarkable than the evolution of life on earth. Where did humans come from? Where did life come from? New fields of study, such as molecular biology and astrobiology, are shedding remarkable new light on the origin of life and the origin of sex. In this Very Short...

*WITH A FOREWORD FROM MICHAEL SHEEN* 'A book that will wake the world up to forever chemicals' - CHRIS PACKHAM A dead witness. A Hollywood star. The conspiracy that leads to your blood... The threat was anonymous. 'Don't you know...you're the last surviving witness?' In 1967, the young lawyer...

An atmospheric memoir of the season of change from the no. 1 bestselling novelist Kate Mosse 'A beautifully written exploration of nature, memory and life itself. Wonderfully mellow, a golden read' MATT HAIG 'Profoundly captivating, a beautiful book that lingers in the mind.' ELIF SHAFAK 'When...

Against the white expanse of the Arctic tundra, a snowy owl is hardly visible as he pauses to listen for the rustling of small prey. While most Arctic birds migrate south for the winter, this owl can survive through the endless polar nights. In this episode, we follow a snowy owl as he searches for food in the dark, soaring past the footprints of polar bears, howling huskies, and snow foxes that call this wintry world home.

In Shroomies tech journalist and unapologetic skeptic John Biggs trades Silicon Valley for psilocybin. What begins as a personal experiment to escape depression becomes a sweeping exploration of the psychedelic renaissance—how mushrooms are transforming minds, mending trauma, and redefining what it means to be human.

From one of the foremost scholars on the subject, comes our most in-depth look at John Steinbeck as a writer deeply connected to the natural world. Among the many reasons that John Steinbeck has reached the highest tier of the American literary canon is what we have come to understand as his...

Winner of the Hawthornden Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize I had attached myself to the birds. I couldn't move on until the birds moved on, and the birds couldn't move on without the spring. One winter, after an enforced period of recuperation, William...

Read by author, Seren Hawley-Plows Step into an ancient world of rituals and folklore in this stunning seasonal guide. Tales of gods and goddesses told around a crackling fire. The light of the rising sun streaming through an ancient site on a solstice morning. Hot cider poured over the roots of...

"A bold and glorious book . . . brilliantly crafted at the level of the sentence and image, adventurous in its forms and tones, and its themes—memory, love, loss, care, value—are as embracing and urgent as they come. It’s magnificent."—Robert Macfarlane, author of Is a River Alive? My...

Full of surprise and discovery, This Beautiful Country paints an unforgettable picture of Italy heretofore unseen - one wilder than you can imagine. Italy is renowned for its antiquities, classical literature, philosophy, and modern-day culture, cuisine and fashion. What has gone largely...

Incredible stories from the Brilliant and Bizarre World of Plants Get ready for a wild ride throughthe most shocking, inspiring and downright unbelievable stories about plant life, from the experts at Botanic Gardens of Sydney. This is your backstage pass to the drama, mystery and importance of...