Nature books

★ 4.50 (750)   •   2024
"The season of puppyhood feels as if it will last forever, but it is truly a blip in time. Savor each moment."
★ 4.24 (15K)   •   2024
"A place filled with so much wonder, replete with so many layers of complexity, that there is nothing else like it, anywhere."
★ 4.46 (35K)   •   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."
★ 3.94 (60K)   •   2015
"The life of an octopus is a dance of survival, intelligence, and curiosity."
★ 4.17 (32K)   •   2016
"Our relationship with the microbes that live within us is not just one of coexistence, but one of mutualism and symbiosis."
Bill Gates
Bill Gates
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★ 4.16 (56K)   •   2009
"The beauty of evolution is that it can explain both the diversity and the unity of life."
★ 4.50 (34K)   •   2020
"The only way to achieve global harmony with nature is by rewilding the world."
★ 4.05 (14K)   •   2016
"According to a growing body of research, some birds rival primates, dolphins, and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence."
★ 3.92 (338)   •   2023
"The bond between a mother koala and her joey is strong, with the young clinging to her back or belly for several months."
★ 4.26 (569K)   •   1997
"People who climb mountains are like artists—obsessive, driven, and slightly mad."
★ 4.31 (100K)   •   2019
"The human body is the product of three billion years of evolutionary tweaking. It is a wonder of optimization."
★ 3.73 (738)   •   2022
“Representing fidelity, self-reliance, strength, and courage, the founding bird quickly attained a vaunted perch in America’s iconography.”
★ 4.31 (3K)   •   2020
"When a food becomes endangered, another seed lost, another skill forgotten, it is worth remembering the epic story of how they got here."
★ 4.15 (847)   •   2021
"Our food system has the single biggest impact on the climate. It affects every inch of our planet and every creature on it."