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Wicked Weeds and Sinister Seeds "Should you encounter any of the plants in this book, do not treat them lightly. They can kill you. Or cause you un...

Beautifully illustrated and scientifically informed, a celebration of the astonishing diversity of sexual behavior and biology found in nature. Fro...

How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us WINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL - FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE - FINALIST FOR THE NATIONA...

The Story of the Largest and Most Mysterious Predator That Ever Lived Internationally bestselling author and renowned scientist Tim Flannery and hi...

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature ...

How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants "A fascinating study of the trees, shrubs, and vines that feed the insects, birds, and other animal...

My Life Tracking the Great White Shark Dr. Greg Skomal, one of the leading great white shark experts in the country, reveals the true nature of the...

How Animals Make Our World A "fascinating" exploration (Elizabeth Kolbert) of how ecosystems are sculpted and sustained by animals eating, pooping,...

Winner of the Wainwright Prize, the Royal Society Science Book Prize, and the Guild of Food Writers Award - Shortlisted for the British Book Award ...

A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the ...

Follow a female shark as she heads to warm waters for the sake of her young in a lyrical, fact-filled look at one of the ocean's top predators. The...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Personal Librarian! Rosalind Franklin has always been an outsider - brilliant, but different. Whe...

What Talking to Your Cat or Naming Your Car Reveals about the Uniquely Human Need to Humanize A playful deep dive into anthropomorphism (our peculi...

Twenty metres below water, the oceanographer François Sarano came face to face with a five-and-a-half metre great white shark. Seduced by the gentl...

50 Plants That Thrive and Survive in a Dry Garden Kew: Parched is a collection of over 50 beautiful, fascinating and-most importantly-drought-proof...

The World's Unusual and Endangered Plants Published in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which receives nearly 2 million visitors ...

The Science and Magic of the Medicinal Power of Plants For centuries we have harnessed the ancient wisdom of botanical healing, with plants used fo...

Fungi in Folklore, Superstition and Traditional Medicine Explore the wonderful world of some of the most incredible natural forms on our planet - f...

Mind-Altering Plants in Folklore, Superstition and Popular Culture The ancient Aztecs, the cannabis-smoking farmers of Neolithic China and the Wood...

Trees in Magic, Folklore and Traditional Remedies There is more folklore, mythology and magic associated with our trees and forests than with any o...

Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine The Witch's Garden describes over 50 of the world's most powerful, harmful, legendary and storie...

A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy The acclaimed author of Motoring with Mohammed brings us a compelling adventure into the remarkable ...

An Unexpected Adventure in the Natural World A plan formed in my mind. I would explore the places in this land that hid my grail. I would spend a w...

A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 - Longlisted for the National Book Award - Winner of the PEN...