Nature / Natural History

A warm, welcoming guide to birdwatching and its therapeutic and healing effects from a licensed therapist and amateur birder.

A Foundational Conservation Story Revived

The Forest Journey was originally published in 1986 and updated in 2005. It is the history of the influence of wood on the progression of civilization.

Named a Best Book of the Year for the Know-It-All by The Globe and Mail

In this richly illustrated volume, a leading neurobiologist presents fascinating stories of plant migration that reveal unexpected connections between nature and culture.

At once joyous and somber, this thoughtful gathering of new and selected essays spans Kathleen Dean Moore's distinguished career as a tireless advocate for environmental activism in the face of climate change.

Wild Design reveals the wonders of the natural world as never seen before, through the stunning, extraordinary, and functional forms created by animals, plants, and other organisms all around us.

Sustainable Pacific Northwest-based seaweed harvester Amanda Swinimer describes the ecology, culinary uses, evidence-based health benefits and climate change-resisting potential of seaweed and shares highlights from her remarkable life beneath the waves.

From the acclaimed author of In Praise of Paths comes a humorous and modest Walden for modern times.