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Brought to you by Penguin. Lucy Shepherd’s story of her journey to become an explorer, her world-first expedition across the Amazon’s Kanuku Mountains and her mission to share the wild places of our world. What does it really take to become an explorer? To travel beyond maps and certainty...

A pioneering scientist writes of the fascinating ecological and pharmaceutical properties of trees, and how mother trees nourish younger trees and help them defend themselves The inspiration for the documentary Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees, and herself part of the...

An immersive history of our coasts and the people who have shaped them The coast means something different to everyone. It’s a place of pleasure and reckless pursuits, of fishing, fearless endeavours and a crashing, rugged beauty. The coast is, and always has been, our first line of defence...

Five million steps. 157 days. 2,200 miles. From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Chesapeake Requiem comes a gripping rumination on life, nature, and tragedy as the author recounts his two through-hikes—33 years apart—of the Appalachian Trail and a haunting, life-changing...

Pascal Sancho est guide de haute montagne et a exercé pendant une trentaine d'années la spécialité de secouriste en montagne dans les unités CRS de la Police nationale. En plaçant l'humain au centre du récit, il raconte sa formation difficile mais exaltante, son expérience unique dans un centre de secours en montagne et surtout les interventions en milieu hostile pour sauver des touristes égarés, des alpinistes en détresse, des skieurs pris dans des avalanches, ou même un équipage décédé dans le crash d'un avion, etc.

Species Interactions is a clear, engaging introduction to how life holds together. Written for listeners with no prior background, it reveals the everyday logic behind the living world—how species compete for resources, how predators and prey shape each other, and how microbes, plants, and animals form partnerships that make survival possible.

Ripple: An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between an Ecologist and His Daughter is a narrative of letters written by an ecologist dad to his daughter upon her coming-of-age. Drawing upon his personal history, family anecdotes, and shared memories, Powers envisions a path for humanity's reintegration with nature, and a chance to save the life force that runs through all of us.

A revelatory dive into the overlooked history of grass and the astonishing ways it has shaped human history Try, if you can, to imagine a world without grass. There would be no lawns or athletic fields, no blooming meadows or rolling wheat fields, no sweeping savannas or steppes. Gone too would...

Dive beneath the surface and discover the truth about one of the ocean’s most misunderstood creatures. In The Hidden World of Sharks, author Calven Hurstin takes listeners on a captivating journey into the lives of nature’s most ancient predators. Far from the villains portrayed in movies, sharks are intelligent, adaptable, and essential to the balance of marine life. With stunning detail and accessible science, this book reveals ten powerful truths that will change how you see the sea forever.

Bees are small, yet their impact on the world is enormous. They may weigh less than a paperclip and live only a matter of weeks, but they hold the power to shape ecosystems, economies, and even the food on our plates. Without them, fields would fall silent, harvests would collapse, and the dazzling diversity of life we so often take for granted would fade into memory. This book is a journey into the remarkable world of bees, exploring their hidden importance and why our future is so closely tied to theirs.

A lyrical exploration of the world’s wildest, most forbiddingly remote places—and the humans who have always been there, by an award-winning and critically acclaimed writer From the blacksand beaches of Iceland, to river crossings deep in the Amazon jungle, to the barren beauty of Antarctica...

When biologist Hanna Bjørgaas spots a fairy cup lichen in Antarctica, she is surprised to recognize it from her own backyard in Oslo. When she returns home, she embarks on a journey into urban nature, visiting city parks, cemeteries, and concrete rooftops to investigate the species that live in urban spaces. Along the way, she meets corvids, songbirds, ants, pigeons, bats, sparrows, fungi, and linden trees—and the experts who study their surprising abilities to survive, and thrive, in the city.

The Arctic Odyssey: A Quest for the North Pole is a mesmerizing and inspiring journey through the breathtaking beauty, rich history, and complex challenges of the Arctic region. From the frozen landscapes of the North Pole to the rich cultural traditions of the Inuit and other indigenous peoples of the Arctic, this book offers a unique and powerful perspective on one of the world's most captivating and mysterious places.

Did you ever think that Adam, Judaism’s description of the first human being, might be called the world’s earliest forest ranger? Like many religions that embrace nature within their spiritual philosophies, the Jewish tradition in particular has a deep, rich connection to the natural world. If Adam were alive today, he would be sounding the alarm that our natural world is at risk. Our trees – and our planet – are in extreme danger from deforestation that continues unabated. But there is something else at stake as well.

In Canopy of Titans, Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate examine the global importance of the Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest that stretches from Northern California to Alaska. Their urgent and authoritative account sets out the threats facing a vital environmental resource, and celebrates the beauty and complexity of one of the world's great forests.

„Der Himmelskörper, den wir den unseren nennen, ist eigentlich ein Planet des Meeres.“ Für Patrik Svensson ist die blaue Welt untrennbar mit seiner Mutter verbunden. Sie war es, die ihm einst von rätselhaften Tiefseefischen erzählte und so die Neugier auf das Unerforschte weckte, die sein Schreiben bis heute prägt. Nach ihrem Tod begibt sich Svensson auf die Spuren ihrer gemeinsamen Faszination. Ausgehend von Ebbe und Flut erzählt er von den wundersamen Rhythmen der Natur, er folgt den Routen der alten Seefahrer und lauscht den Unterhaltungen der Pottwale.

The uplifting story of a young Black scientist’s challenging journey to flourish outside the traditional confines of academia, inspired by her innate connection to nature’s most misunderstood animal—the shark. "Jasmin Graham has that winning combination of talent and grit needed to excel...

Genius Ideas for Planetary Healing is about envisioning a healthier planet for all. It’s a survey of the innovations and transformations that can support a world where humanity and nature both prosper. Building off of foundational concepts, we explore the challenges we face and the inspired responses that we are starting to take.

En Asilvestrado, Isabella Tree cuenta la historia del "experimento Knepp", un proyecto pionero de rewilding en West Sussex que utiliza animales de pastoreo en libertad para crear nuevos hábitats para la fauna. Wilding es, sobre todo, una inspiradora historia de esperanza. Obligados a aceptar que la agricultura intensiva en la pesada arcilla de sus tierras en Knepp era económicamente insostenible, Isabella Tree y su marido Charlie Burrell dieron un espectacular salto de fe: decidieron dar un paso atrás y dejar que la naturaleza se hiciera cargo.

For more than twelve thousand years, the redrock landscape of southeastern Utah has shaped the lives of everyone who calls it home. R. E. Burrillo takes listeners on a journey of discovery through the stories and controversies that make this place so unique, from traces of its earliest inhabitants through its role in shaping the study of archaeology itself—and into the modern battle over its protection.