Reptiles of Ecuador takes readers on a scientific and immersive journey through one of the most biodiverse countries on Earth, exploring the remarkable reptiles that inhabit its Pacific coast, Andes, Amazon Basin, and Galápagos Islands.
WINNER OF THE 2023 HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZEA WATERSTONES NATURE AND TRAVEL BEST BOOK OF 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT NATURE WRITING PRIZE 2023'Modern, revealing and restorative, a coastal treasure' Amy Liptrot'Like its talismanic title, Huband's voice is distinct and singular.
El continente antártico y sus mares circundantes constituyen un lugar excepcional en el mundo: un inmenso espacio sin fronteras dedicado a la ciencia y a la conservación.
What happens when the lights in the sky are no longer distant mysteries, but the arrival of beings humanity must learn to recognize, understand, and live beside?
Lichens are fascinating and beautiful organisms able to colonise a vast range of habitats, including seemingly impossible places such as bare icy mountain tops and sun-scorched coastal rocks.
This book is a Weekend Pocketbook on Everything You Should Know About the Biodiversity Crisis, the quiet unraveling of the living world we depend on more than we realize.
No hace falta ser muy mayor para recordar viajes en coche que terminaban con el parabrisas emborronado por las huellas de los insectos voladores que se estrellaban contra él, las luces cubiertas por un bullicio de mosquitos y polillas en las noches de verano o jardines animados por un sinfín de laboriosas y a veces amenazantes abejas.
The three main missions of any organism--growing, reproducing, and surviving--depend on encounters with food and mates, and on avoiding encounters with predators.
Ants come alive on this fabulously illustrated journey into the heart of a bustling colonyAnts share a vibrant and complex communal life and remarkable abilities to communicate with each other.
Timely and provocative reflections on the future of the wild in an increasingly human worldThe Heart of the Wild brings together some of today's leading scientists, humanists, and nature writers to offer a thought-provoking meditation on the urgency of learning about and experiencing our wild places in an age of rapidly expanding human impacts.
The first comprehensive guide to the aquatic plants of the regionBeneath the surface of bodies of freshwatersprings, streams, rivers, ponds and lakesthere is a world of plants of great variety and beauty, a realm that is often poorly known and understood.
Timely and provocative reflections on the future of the wild in an increasingly human worldThe Heart of the Wild brings together some of today's leading scientists, humanists, and nature writers to offer a thought-provoking meditation on the urgency of learning about and experiencing our wild places in an age of rapidly expanding human impacts.
The only comprehensive photographic guide to the ferns, clubmosses, quillworts and horsetails of BritainThis is a comprehensive, lavishly illustrated and user-friendly photographic identification guide to the fifty-seven ferns and seventeen other pteridophytes that occur in Britain.
Evolutionary Community Ecology develops a unified framework for understanding the structure of ecological communities and the dynamics of natural selection that shape the evolution of the species inhabiting them.
From the North Carolina's Outer Banks to Maine's rocky coast, this comprehensive guidebook covers the ecology, wildlife, plants and ocean creatures in full-color photographs and vivid detail.
From the North Carolina's Outer Banks to Maine's rocky coast, this comprehensive guidebook covers the ecology, wildlife, plants and ocean creatures in full-color photographs and vivid detail.
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES'A simultaneously stimulating and soothing blend of nature writing and science .
"Armadillos, hormigueros y perezosos (Xenarthra) del Departamento de Caldas: conoce, reconoce y conserva", es una invitación a descubrir la biodiversidad de un grupo evolutivo de mamíferos asombroso y a apoyar iniciativas de educación y conservación.
Digital Sustainability: A Managerial Guide to Creating Value for Business and SocietyAs digital transformation reshapes industries and sustainability moves to the centre of strategic decision-making, organisations face an urgent question: not whether to pursue sustainability, but how to do so in ways that are credible, scalable, and economically viable.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING'The Indiana Jones of trees' GuardianWhen the forest breathes out, we breathe in.
'A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps' DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTHThere may be no insect with a worse reputation than the wasp, and none guarding so many undiscovered wonders.
'Brilliantly written and genuinely one of the most important books I have ever read' - Ellie Mae O'Hagan An engrossing exploration of the science, history and politics of the Anthropocene, one of the most important scientific ideas of our time, from two world-renowned expertsMeteorites, methane, mega-volcanoes and now human beings; the old forces of nature that transformed Earth many millions of years ago are joined by another: us.
The number of species found at a given point on the planet varies by orders of magnitude, yet large-scale gradients in biodiversity appear to follow some very general patterns.
The number of species found at a given point on the planet varies by orders of magnitude, yet large-scale gradients in biodiversity appear to follow some very general patterns.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, an inspiring vision of how to reorient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity and communityAs Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy.
Winner of the 2024 Richard Jefferies Award for nature writingShortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Writing on ConservationA Times Science Book of the Year'Sophie writes fantastically, chronicling the most important issues facing nature conservationists today.
Mossy greens, conker browns, cream, chocolate and deepest black; add stripes, swirls and splotches and you have some of the most striking wildlife Britain has to offer.
Britain's nature year, from the first flower to the last leafWith a mix of evocative writing, beautiful photographs and facts that are too good to keep to yourself, this book explores 50 magical moments that define our seasons.
'An outstanding book' SpectatorThe story of the short life and tragic death of Bowland Beth - an English Hen Harrier - which dramatically highlights the major issues in UK conservation.
