Nature books

4.49 (389)   •   2024
"The season of puppyhood feels as if it will last forever, but it is truly a blip in time. Savor each moment."
4.32 (5K)   •   2024
"A place filled with so much wonder, replete with so many layers of complexity, that there is nothing else like it, anywhere."
4.47 (28K)   •   2022
"We are closer than ever to understanding what it is like to be another animal, but we have made it harder than ever for other animals to be."
3.93 (53K)   •   2015
"The life of an octopus is a dance of survival, intelligence, and curiosity."
4.18 (29K)   •   2016
"Our relationship with the microbes that live within us is not just one of coexistence, but one of mutualism and symbiosis."
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4.17 (55K)   •   2009
"The beauty of evolution is that it can explain both the diversity and the unity of life."
4.50 (31K)   •   2020
"The only way to achieve global harmony with nature is by rewilding the world."
4.04 (12K)   •   2016
"According to a growing body of research, some birds rival primates, dolphins, and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence."
3.92 (257)   •   2023
"The bond between a mother koala and her joey is strong, with the young clinging to her back or belly for several months."
4.25 (528K)   •   1997
"People who climb mountains are like artists—obsessive, driven, and slightly mad."
4.32 (89K)   •   2019
"The human body is the product of three billion years of evolutionary tweaking. It is a wonder of optimization."
3.75 (669)   •   2022
“Representing fidelity, self-reliance, strength, and courage, the founding bird quickly attained a vaunted perch in America’s iconography.”
4.30 (2K)   •   2020
"When a food becomes endangered, another seed lost, another skill forgotten, it is worth remembering the epic story of how they got here."
4.23 (616)   •   2021
"Our food system has the single biggest impact on the climate. It affects every inch of our planet and every creature on it."