Natural history
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The Twilight Forest: An Elegy for Ponderosa in a Changing West
$30.00 Add to cartWith their towering, cinnamon-colored trunks and dusky green canopies, ponderosa pine has long been a charismatic icon of the American West. Yet a quiet unraveling has begun: in the past decade, in a … [more below]
- Author: Ferguson, Gary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1642833428
- Language: English
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What Is Intelligence?: Lessons from AI about Evolution, Computing, and Minds
$36.95 Add to cartWhat intelligence really is, and how AI’s emergence is a natural consequence of evolution.
It has come as a shock to some AI researchers that a large neural net that predicts next words seems to produ- Series: The Antikythera
- Author: Aguera Y. Arcas, Blaise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 600
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 0262049953
- Language: English
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In the Circle of Ancient Trees: Our Oldest Trees and the Stories They Tell
$30.00 Add to cartThis captivating book about dendrochronology–the study of tree rings–uncovers the stories of 10 species of ancient trees, their unique environments and climates, and what they have to tell us about … [more below]
- Author: Trouet, Valerie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1778402682
- Language: English
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Metamorphosis: A Natural and Human History
$34.00 Add to cartA search for the meaning of one of nature’s greatest riddles: why do so many creatures transform?
“How many creatures walking on this earth / Have their first being in another form?” the Roman poet O- Author: Harman, Oren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1541607600
- Language: English
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Ocean Art: From the Shore to the Deep
$30.00 Add to cartFrom a leading writer of the sea, an exquisitely illustrated deep dive into the beauty and meaning of art inspired by the life of the watery depths.
Artists have captured the marvels of ocean life th- Author: Scales, Helen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 26 2025
- ISBN10: 183639098X
- Language: English
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Epic Earth: A Wild Ride Through the History of Life on Our Planet
$19.99 Add to cartEarth’s history isn’t just ancient–it’s absolutely epic.
From viral science creator Lindsay Nikole comes a bold, hilarious, and wildly fascinating journey through the history of our planet–packed wi- Author: Nikole, Lindsay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1577155343
- Language: English
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Following the Bend: How to Read a River and Understand Its Nature
$29.95 Add to cartAn engaging and thought-provoking introduction to river science
When we look at a river, either up close or while flying over a river valley, what are we really seeing? Following the Bend takes reader- Author: Wohl, Ellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 0691272476
- Language: English
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The Whispers of Rock: The Stories That Stone Tells about Our World and Our Lives
$30.00 Add to cartA geologist’s “poetic and heartfelt” (Robert Macfarlane) revelation of how our planet’s seemingly inert bones pulse with unexpected vitality
If you listen, can you hear the stones speak? The question- Author: Khatwa, Anjana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1541604644
- Language: English
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Squirrel: How a Backyard Forager Shapes Our World
$30.00 Add to cartSquirrels are a common sight, seemingly everywhere in wild and urban nature. Their chattering antics in city parks delight us while their raids on our backyard gardens and birdfeeders never fail to ex… [more below]
- Author: Castaldo, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1642833754
- Language: English
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The Light Between Apple Trees: Rediscovering the Wild Through a Beloved American Fruit
$32.00 Add to cart“A deeply meditative book in the vein of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass.”
As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar wa
–Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus- Author: Kumar, Priyanka
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1642833630
- Language: English
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Dragonflies and Damselflies of the World: A Guide to Their Diversity
$32.00 Add to cartA richly illustrated guide to the incredible diversity of dragonflies and damselflies around the world
Airily dancing over rivers and ponds, the thousands of colorful dragonfly and damselfly species t- Series: Guide to Every Family
- Author: Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 0691255032
- Language: English
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The Unexpected Universe
$18.99 Add to cartDrawing from his long experience as a naturalist, the author responds to the unexpected and symbolic aspects of a wide spectrum of phenomena throughout the universe. Scrupulous scholarship and magical… [more below]
- Author: Eiseley, Loren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: June 16 2011
- ISBN10: 0156928507
- Language: English
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The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal
$32.00 Add to cartAn awe-inspiring tour of bat world by the world’s leading expert
With nearly 1500 species, bats account for more than twenty percent of mammalian species. The most successful and most diverse group of- Author: Yovel, Yossi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1250378443
- Language: English
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Wildlife Out Your Window: Fascinating Facts About 100 Animals Commonly Seen in the Northeastern U.S.
$24.95 Add to cartDid you know that: Blue Jay feathers are not blue…they are actually brown (they look blue due to an optical illusion)! Some frogs survive freezing by creating their own anti-freeze! Some foxes live
- Author: Timm, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: April 01 2024
- ISBN10: 9798990443204
- Language: English
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Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Clockwork Universe and The Writing of the Gods, an “utterly delightful…hugely entertaining” (Air Mail) book about the eccentric Victorians who discovered dinosaur … [more below]
- Author: Dolnick, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 1982199628
- Language: English
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The Little Book of Chickens: An Illustrated Guide to the Extraordinary Lives of Chickens
$16.99 Add to cartWe love chickens. From Instagram stars and therapy chickens to our mugs and calendars, greeting cards and dish towels, our love for chickens is EVERYWHERE. They cheer us, make us laugh, make us love,
- Author: Ford, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0008753431
- Language: English
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Chemistry 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A Whistle-Stop Tour of Chemistry’s Key Concepts
$16.99 Add to cartChemistry: 100 Ideas in 100 Words offers the essential facts at your fingertips, satisfying your scientific curiosity and helping you to understand the biggest concepts in chemistry in concise, 100-wo… [more below]
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 0593961625
- Language: English
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In Praise of Floods: The Untamed River and the Life It Brings
$28.00 Add to cartJames C. Scott reframes rivers as alive and dynamic, revealing the consequences of treating them as resources for our profit
“Informative, enjoyable, and provocative. . . . Scott’s [prose] is dry, cle- Series: Yale Agrarian Studies
- Author: Scott, James C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0300278497
- Language: English
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The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas, Revised Edition
$21.00 Add to cartAward-winning nature author Jerry Dennis reveals the splendor and beauty of North America’s Great Lakes in this “masterwork”* history and memoir of the essential environmental and economical region sh
- Author: Dennis, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1250325889
- Language: English
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Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation
$28.00 Read moreLONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION
Investigating the ethical and practical challenges of one of the greatest threats to biodiversity: invasive species. Across the world, i- Author: Warwick, Hugh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1399403745
- Language: English
