Biodiversity

A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTH There m...

This book examines one of the most important ecosystems of the world, the Amazon Rainforest, with a focus on the diversity of species found in the ...

A fully updated new edition of David Attenboroughs bestselling classic. BIRDS. 11,000 species, the most widesprea...

FINALIST IN THE 2024 AAAS/SUBARU PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE WRITING YOUNG ADULT SCIENCE A global rewilding journey, exploring innovative an...

Islands are special because they promote unique forms of life, and large proportions of the species they hold are found nowhere else on Earth. The ...

This book sets out the building blocks of an economic approach to biodiversity, and in particular brings together conceptual and empirical work on ...

bVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b Extinction is a natural process. In geological time there have been several periods of ...

Combines the natural history of programmes such as David Attenboroughs Planet Earth with the planetary focus of Brian Coxs Universe Gu...

The rapidly increasing human pressure on the biosphere is pushing biodiversity into the sixth mass extinction event in the history of life on Earth...

Agriculture as a social-ecological system embraces many disciplines. This book breaks through the silos of individual disciplines to bring ecologis...

Cellulosic biofuels are produced from cellulose (fibrous material) derived from renewable biomass. They are thought by many to hold the key to incr...

Global change stressors, including climate change and variability and changes in land use, are major drivers of ecosystem alterations. Invasive spe...

Orcas are the most profitable and controversial display animal in history, and since the release of the documentary Blackfish in 2013, millions aro...

There are fewer grey seals in the world than endangered African elephants, but the British Isles host almost half of this global popul...

FINALIST IN THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2022/2023 WRITTEN BY THE WAINWRIGHT-CONSERVATION-PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF REBIRDING. Transfo...

Today there is no place on Earth that does not harbour invasive exotic species. Invasive plants and animals can be found on every continent, includ...

'A gripping read for anyone who cares about what we're doing to the planet and how we can change it' DAVID SHUKMAN, FORMER BBC NEWS SCIENCE EDITOR'...

An eagerly anticipated addition to the New Naturalist series. The shieldbug is an amazing and beautiful species, rich with diversity in s...

An eagerly anticipated addition to the New Naturalist series. The shieldbug is an amazing and beautiful species, rich with diversity in s...

The Amazon is a land of superlatives. The complex ecosystem covers an area about the size of the continental U.S. The Amazon River discharges 57 mi...

A major new look at how Africas geological history, climate, geography and biology resulted in the wonderful diversity of life found t...

Vitality is liveliness, to be alive. To be alive is to have the ability to harvest energy for movement, growth, and self-replication. But without...

The Burren is one of those rare and magical places where geology, glacial history, botany, zoology and millennia of cultural history have converged...

This beautifully illustrated overview of the wildlife of the British Isles showcases the diversity of our plant and animal life. Wild Isl...

From ants scurrying under leaf litter to bees able to fly higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, insects are everywhere. Three out of every four of our pla...