Science Ecology

Elemental, fierce, and full of wonder, the Cairngorm mountains are the high and rocky heart of Scotland. To know them would take forever, to love them demands a kind of courageous surrender. In The Hidden Fires, Merryn Glover undertakes that challenge with Nan Shepherd as companion and guiding light. Following in the footsteps and contours of The Living Mountain, she explores the same landscapes and themes as Shepherd's seminal work

Zwei Werke von Henry David Thoreau: Im Jahr 1849 schrieb er seinen weltberühmten Essay über die Pflicht zum Ungehorsam gegen den Staat. In diesem stellte er sich außerhalb einer Gesellschaft, die, obwohl auf den Prinzipien der Freiheit und Gleichheit aller gegründet, nicht in der Lage war, die Sklaverei abzuschaffen. Ungekürzte Lesung (Tracks 1 - 14). Fünf Jahre später folgte Walden oder Das Leben in den Wäldern - seit langem DAS Buch für Aussteiger, Frugalisten, Konsumverweigerer - oder auch ganz einfach nur Naturliebhaber.

Treue Stadt-Amseln, Meisen mit Vaterkomplex und polygame Wachteln – das Liebesleben der Vögel ist variantenreich und immer wieder überraschend. Der Euronatur-Preisträger und Vogelexperte Ernst Paul Dörfler eröffnet die Beziehungswelt von über fünfzig heimischen Vogelarten und gibt Einblicke, die man sonst nirgends findet. So leben Vögel weit weniger monogam, als häufig angenommen, und der Klimawandel verstärkt diese Tendenz sogar noch: Extreme Schlechtwetterlagen beflügeln den Partnerwechsel unter Vögeln.

Ancient trees stand as sentinels against all odds while Earth and its people have changed around them. Award-winning author Anthony D. Fredericks examines their awe-inspiring longevity and evolutionary intelligence, drawing on expert interviews, scientific research, and a remarkable reverence for the environment. Fredericks focuses on ten of the oldest trees in the United States and marvels at the complexity of roots, the determination of growth, and the wisdom of forests.

Conraad de Rosner is a pioneering game ranger, working with dogs to protect wildlife against poachers – both ‘bushmeat’ poachers, who use cruel snares to trap animals, and criminal syndicates killing for rhinoceros horn and capturing critically endangered pangolins, the most trafficked animal in the world. Con’s life – constantly at risk from poachers, wildlife and even his own fellow rangers – has been saved on numerous occasions by his devoted canine companions.

Sand is the hidden foundation of our society. In Sand Stories, Kiran Pereira maps out why it is the most consumed commodity on the planet after water. The book examines the impacts of our seemingly insatiable demand for sand on people, wildlife, and our ecosystems.

"So weit das Licht reicht" ist Naturbuch, poetisches Memoir und Coming-of-Age-Geschichte in einem – ein faszinierender Tauchgang von der Oberfläche bis zum Meeresgrund. Nicht zuletzt ist es ein Plädoyer für neue Sichtweisen auf unsere Welt und die erstaunlichen Kreaturen, die sie beherbergt. Eine besondere Faszination geht von den geheimnisvollsten Kreaturen der Tiefsee aus, die verborgen vor den Augen der Welt ein Dasein fernab vom Sonnenlicht fristen.

Faszinierendes Paralleluniversum: Sophia Kimmig entführt in die Dunkelwelt und öffnet die Augen für die Wunder der Nacht direkt vor unserer Tür. Wenn die Sonne untergegangen ist, wird es bei den Wildtieren erst richtig interessant: Wo tagsüber Menschen auf Busse warten, durchwühlt eine Wildschweinfamilie den Mülleimer an der Haltestelle. Füchse suchen nach Futter, Glühwürmchen senden Blinksignale an potenzielle Partner, Waschbären durchstöbern das Gebüsch. Die Nacht ist nicht nur eine Zeit, sondern ein vielfältiger Lebensraum, über den wir immer noch zu wenig wissen.

Douglas Adams a "Galaxis Útikalauz"-trilógiával milliókkal szerettette meg az időben és térben való bolyongást. Az "Utoljára látható" folytatja ezt az utat, de a hely ezúttal a Föld, az idő a jelen és minden egyes szó igaz. A hangoskönyvet hallgatva csatlakozhatunk a népszerű íróhoz és társához, Mark Carwardine zoológushoz, amint bebarangolják a világot 1985 és 1990 között, különleges és veszélyeztetett állatfajok után kutatva. A könyv egy túláradóan vidám útleírás és egy szívszaggató helyeket bemutató természetkönyv elegye.

Twice declared extinct, North America's most endangered mammal species, the black-footed ferret (BFF), is making a comeback thanks to an evolving conservation regimen at more than thirty reintroduction sites across the continent. Lawrence Lenhart lingers at one such site in his proverbial backyard, the Aubrey Valley in northern Arizona.

「図鑑御三家」の一角をなす有名昆虫図鑑の監修を任され、著者は理想に燃えた。「子供たちのために死んだ虫（標本）ではなく生きたままの虫を撮って載せたい！」そんな学習図鑑は前代未聞だ。

Ripple: An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between an Ecologist and His Daughter is a narrative of letters written by an ecologist dad to his daughter upon her coming-of-age. Drawing upon his personal history, family anecdotes, and shared memories, Powers envisions a path for humanity's reintegration with nature, and a chance to save the life force that runs through all of us.

O grande pesquisador e contador de histórias leva os ouvintes numa instigante jornada pelos imensos sistemas naturais que tornam a vida na Terra possível.

Nur zwei große Lebensräume unserer Erde sind scheinbar über lange Zeiträume hinweg gleich geblieben: der Dschungel und das Meer. Doch selbst die Landmassen, auf denen der Urwald liegt, haben sich aufgrund der Kontinentalverschiebungen verändert, und die Aufspal­tung und Verschmelzung der Kontinente hatten Auswirkungen auf die Ausdehnung der warmen, flachen Küstenmeere.

Over the course of his career, Hal Borland wrote eight nature books and hundreds of "outdoor editorials" for the Sunday New York Times, extolling the virtues of the countryside. From his home on one hundred acres in rural Connecticut, Borland wrote of the natural wonders, both big and small, that surrounded him every day. Beyond Your Doorstep is his guide to venturing into the outdoors around your home, wherever it is, and discovering the countryside within reach.

The St. Croix River is a 169-mile ribbon of blue that cleaves the land between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Exploring the St. Croix River Valley provides a tour of the St. Croix Riverway and its 8,000-square-mile watershed. Environmental educator Angie Hong recommends specific places to explore the varied habitats and shows us myriad ways to get out and enjoy by hiking, paddling, biking, skiing, fishing, and more.

బెంగాల్ లో బిభూతి భూషణ్ బందోపాధ్యాయ్ రాసిన పుస్తకానికి అనువాదం, ఈ 'వనవాసి'. దీనిని తెలుగు లో సూరంపూడి సీతారాం అనువదించారు. వనవాసి పుస్థలం లో, కథకుడు తాను వనం (అరణ్యం) లో గడిపిన ఆరేళ్ళ జీవితాన్ని నెమరువేసుకుంటూ, తాను మొదటగా అరణ్యం లో అడుగు పెట్టినప్పటి నుంచి, మరలా బయటకు వచ్చే వరకు జరిగిన పరిణామాలని ఎంతో అందం గా వర్ణించాడు. ఒక వనవాసి గా అక్కడి పరిస్థితులని, అక్కడి జనాలని, వారి అభిరుచుల్ని, ఆహార అలవాట్లని, దైనందిన జీవితాన్ని మన కళ్ళకు కట్టినట్టు చూపించారు కథకుడు. అరణ్యం, ప్రకృతి, చెట్లు ఇటువంటి ని ఇష్టపడేవారు ఈ పుస్తకాన్ని తప్పక ఇష్టపడతారు.

In The Buck That Buries its Poo, naturalist Quinton Coetzee answers these and many other intriguing wildlife questions. He also dispels countless myths and elucidates some of the legends that surroundcreatures in the South African bush we thought we knew all about. For example, bats do not get tangled in people’s hair (because they are far too adept at flying) and elephants are not afraid of mice (but they do fear bees!).

An expert on otters dives into their wild and wondrous world You’ve heard of a murder of crows and a pride of lions—but what about a romp of otters? In this informative and entertaining book, animal behaviorist Heide Island takes readers on an odyssey through otterdom, focusing on a family...

Why Elephants Cry is a fascinating frolic through the literature and evidence surrounding the use of unusual behavior of animals to measure and predict the environment. The role of animals, from the smallest ant to the biggest elephant, as predictors of environmental changes is framed around the climate crisis, which highlights the increasingly important part that animals will have to play in the future. Renowned biologist Professor John T. Hancock collects anecdotal stories and myths along with scientific evidence, demonstrating that observation of animals can be of tangible use.