Ecology category: 3266 books
Wonders of Life
Exploring the Most Extraordinary Phenomenon in the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
In Wonders of Life: Exploring the Most Extraordinary Force in the Universe, the definitive companion to the Discovery Science Channel series, Professor Brian Cox takes us on an incredible journey to discover the most complex, diverse, and unique force in the universe: life itself.
Through his...
The Worst of Times
How Life on Earth Survived Eighty Million Years of Extinctions
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Two hundred sixty million years ago, life on Earth suffered wave after wave of cataclysmic extinctions, with the worst wiping out nearly every species on the planet. The Worst of Times delves into the mystery behind these extinctions and sheds light on the fateful role the primeval supercontinent,...
Where the Wild Things Were
Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
For years, predators like snow leopards and white-tipped sharks have been disappearing from the top of the food chain, largely as a result of human action. Science journalist Will Stolzenburg reveals why and how their absence upsets the delicate balance of the world's environment.
Atlas of a Lost World
Travels in Ice Age America
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
From the author of Apocalyptic Planet comes a vivid travelogue through prehistory, that traces the arrival of the first people in North America at least twenty thousand years ago and the artifacts that tell of their lives and fates.
In Atlas of a Lost World, Craig Childs upends our notions...
by Cindy Wright
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
It provides rich information about specific animals, both those living on the land and in the icy waters.
It is perfect for anyone wishing to expand their knowledge of the fauna in these ecosystems.
Written with enough to detail to inform those who are new to Arctic studies of the minor...
Never Home Alone
From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
A natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basements
Even when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain is wild beyond imagination. In Never Home Alone, biologist Rob Dunn introduces us to the...
Summary of The Sixth Extinction
by Elizabeth Kolbert | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
The Sixth Extinction: by Elizabeth Kolbert | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review Preview: The Sixth Extinction is a book by award winning journalist, Elizabeth Kolbert. In this book, the author demonstrates that species are dying out at a rate comparable to the previous mass extinctions,...
Earth Calling
A Climate Change Handbook for the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Our earliest mythologies tell us we all start as a little bit of dirt. These stories carry a profound message: each of us is born with a deep and abiding connection to the earth, one that many of us have lost touch with. The Silent Spring for today's environmental activists, this book offers an invitation...
Game Changers
Unravelling Nature's Mysteries
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017
What connects elephants and geckos, tortoises and larks, or cordgrass and mussels?
This book recounts the interactions bringing these unlikely pairs and several others together. As animals and plants go about their lives, they sometimes alter the environment in ways beneficial for other species....
by Robert Sommer, Mike Davis, John Menge
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
California and the Western States are rich in abundant and diverse species of mushrooms. Amateur mushroom collectors and mycologists alike will find over 300 species of the region’s most common, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms profiled in this comprehensive field guide. It provides...
The Reenchantment of Nature
The Denial of Religion and the Ecological Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2002
In this provocative assessment of the world's current ecological crisis, the author of the critically acclaimed In the Beginning exposes the false assumptions underlying the conflicts between science and religion, and proposes an innovative approach to saving the planet.
Traditionally, science...
Wild Things, Wild Places
Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
In Wild Things, Wild Places actress, author, and conservationist Jane Alexander offers a moving first-hand assessment of what is being done to help the planet’s most at risk animals. In short reflections on her travels to some of the most remote and forbidding areas, she describes the ways in which...
by Donald Culross Peattie
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Flowering Earth is an extraordinary work in which Peattie explores the origin and significance of plant life with an unmatched sense of astonishment and reflection. According to The New York Times, his prose in Flowering Earth is pervaded by a continuous sense of beauty and illuminative insight,”...
by Chris Prelitz
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2009
Green Made Easy is a simple-to-use guidebook offering tips on how you can make the transition toward a healthy green lifestyle one step at a time. Chris Prelitz has been passionately committed to green living and sustainability for more than 25 years. He and his wife, Becky, share a green solar-powered...