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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...

An updated and comprehensive guide identifying all of the world's sharks Sharks are some of the most misunderstood animals on the planet. We still ...

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...

The World in the Ocean In this thrilling work - a blend of history, science, nature writing, and environmentalism - acclaimed writer James Bradley ...

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 ...

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...

A Life in Ten Sea Creatures A fascinating tour of creatures from the surface to the deepest ocean floor: this "miraculous, transcendental book" inv...

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...

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...

Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell National Book Award finalist for The Soul of an Octopus and New York Times bestseller Sy Montgomery tur...

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...

How does an amphibian cross the road? With the help of the Amphibian Migration Team! Learn all about a citizen scientist who acts as a crossing gua...

This new book - written by the beloved author of the international bestsellers The Soul of an Octopus and Of Time and Turtles and enhanced with viv...

A Brief Compendium of Shark Lore A fun, pocket-size A-Z treasury about sharks, featuring fascinating, little-known facts and captivating illustrati...

Sharks: A Mighty Bite-y History is an epic, oversize nonfiction picture book in the vein of Bees: A Honeyed History - all about sharks and their pr...

How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth Award-winning Atlantic staff writer Zoë Schlanger delivers a...