Biodiversity

The word aliens can be used in many ways, to invoke fear, dislike and fascination. For biologists it is used to indicate organisms that have been i...

This book celebrates the Arctic, exploring the natural history that has so inspired generations. Early travellers...

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Magnificent Guardian Remarkable A compact classic! Bill McKibben I learned something ...

A new, beautifully illustrated edition of David Attenboroughs groundbreaking Life on Earth. David Attenboroughs unforgettable meeting wit...

Swifts live almost entirely in the air. They eat, drink, sleep, mate and gather their nesting materials on the wing, fly thousands of miles across ...

Winner of the Whitley Award for Best Natural History Book 2022 A compelling, funny, first-hand account of Australia's wonder...

Winner of the Whitley Award for Best Natural History Book 2022 A compelling, funny, first-hand account of Australia's wonder...

Shallow Seas are the most biologically rich and productive areas of the world ocean. This latest New Naturalist volume provides a natural history o...

Shallow Seas are the most biologically rich and productive areas of the world ocean. This latest New Naturalist volume provides a natural history o...

Slugs and snails are part of the great Phylum Mollusca, a group that contains creatures as varied as the fast-moving squid or the sedentary clams, ...

Slugs and snails are part of the great Phylum Mollusca, a group that contains creatures as varied as the fast-moving squid or the sedentary clams, ...

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week A subject that could not be more important. A compact classic! Bill McKibben I learned something...

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week A subject that could not be more important. A compact classic! Bill McKibben I learned something...

Swifts live almost entirely in the air. They eat, drink, sleep, mate and gather their nesting materials on the wing, fly thousands of miles across ...

Focuses a razor light on the plight of one of our most iconic birds. Inspirational! Tim Birkhead Curlews are Britains larges...

The word aliens can be used in many ways, to invoke fear, dislike and fascination. For biologists it is used to indicate organisms that have been i...

Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species but theres a catch.  A TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF 2023 'Hopeful and fascina...

WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023 The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year ...

Soils with high Ni contents occur in several parts of the world, especially in areas with ultramafic rocks which cause serious environmental impact...

This handbook focuses on the enormous literature applying statistical methodology and modelling to environmental and ecological processes. The 21st...

A Translation of Luigi Paoluccis On Birdsong is the first English translation of a groundbreaking memoir on birdsong by the Italian naturalist Luig...

Comprising well over half of all known animal species, insects are the most successful organisms on the planet. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to sa...

Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is an endangered species, and its population size is steadily declining. The main threats to the snow leopard include...

Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is an endangered species, and its population size is steadily declining. The main threats to the snow leopard include...