These titles are perfect for inspiration to learn more about nature, from weather patterns to photosynthesis to climate change.
Take a visual journey of discovery through the animal and plant kingdoms—and uncover the extraordinary rhythms of nature!
With stunning infographics on every page, this riveting visual guide reveals the mind-bending marvels of nature’s timescales both large and minuscule.
Harrowing journeys of animals and plants—fleeing skyrocketing temperatures and mega-droughts—reported from the frontlines of the greatest migration of species since the Ice Age.
Award-winning environmental journalist Benjamin von Brackel traces these awe-inspiring journeys and celebrates the remarkable resilience of species around the world.
In this eye-opening trove of outdoor clues, acclaimed natural navigator Tristan Gooley shows us how, by “reading” nature as he does, you’ll not only detect what the weather is doing (and predict what’s coming), you’ll enter a secret wonderland of sights and sounds you’ve never noticed before.
This sweeping portrait of the world’s uncontested six-legged conquerors will open your eyes to the secret societies thriving right beneath your feet—and shift your perspective on humanity.
Planet of the Ants inspires new respect for ants as a global superpower and raises new questions about the very meaning of “civilization.”
The award-winning story of the century-and-a-half-long attempt to control nature in the American wilderness, told through the prism of a tragic death at Yellowstone.
Author and former park ranger Jordan Fisher Smith has crafted an epic, emotionally wrenching account of America’s fraught attempt to remake Eden—in the name of saving it.
Award-winning writer Mary Ellen Hannibal has long reported on scientists’ efforts to protect vanishing species, but it was only through citizen science that she found she could take action herself. Hannibal discovers the power of the heroic volunteers who are helping scientists measure—and even slow—today’s unprecedented mass extinction.
For biologist Raffael Jovine, photosynthesis is a consuming passion, a great unsung force of nature. How Light Makes Life is a catalog of living wonders—and a blueprint for a better planet.
Jovine explores how we ourselves might harness the power of photosynthesis: to repair ecosystems, stabilize the climate, and grow more food sustainably.
Blue is our favorite color globally—the darling of artists since the time of the pharaohs. So it’s startling to turn to the realms of nature and discover that “true” blue is truly rare.
Kai Kupferschmidt has been enraptured by blue since childhood. In Blue, he invites readers on his globe-trotting quest to understand his favorite color.
New York Times–bestselling author Tristan Gooley opens our eyes to the secret language of trees—and the natural wonders they reveal all around us.
Gooley uncovers how like snowflakes, no two trees are exactly the same. Every difference reveals the epic story this tree has lived—if we stop to look closely.
The essential, all-in-one guide to climate change—packed with easy-to-understand infographics on all the latest scientific findings.
Corroborated by over 100 scientists, This Is Climate Change is an urgent examination of the state of our precious, precarious planet—in pictures.
