Conservation of the Environment

From the renowned wolf researcher and author of The Rise of Wolf 8 and The Reign of Wolf 21 comes a stunning account of an unconventional alpha mal...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Arctic is demanding global attention. It is warming, melting, and thawing in a manner th...

One of the earliest warnings about climate change and one of environmentalism's lodestars'Nature, we believe, takes forever. It moves with infini...

Vanessa Nakate continues to teach a most critical lesson. She reminds us that while we may all be in the same storm, we are not all in the same boa...

Join journalist Devi Lockwood as she bikes around the world collecting personal stories about how flood, fire, drought, and rising seas are changin...

Everything we use started life in the earth, as a rock or a mineral vein, a layer of an ancient seabed, or the remains of a long-extinct volcano. H...

What can we really do about the climate emergency?   The inconvenient truth is that we are causing the climate crisis with our carbon int...

Are we now entering a mass extinction event? What can mass extinctions in Earth's history tell us about the Anthropocene? What do mass extinction e...

A stunning collection of portraits of favourite trees from around Britain by photographer Adrian Houston.---'This is a wonderful book: beautiful an...

An innovative anthology that offers a global perspective on how people think about predicting the future of life on Earth This anthology provides a...

Exquisitely written Sunday Times Beautifully written and magnificently illustrated with photographs, line drawings and maps,...

American scientist and author Rachel Carson is said to have sparked the modern day environmental movement with the publication of Silent Spring in ...

With the temperament of Santa Claus and the tenacity of a badger, Jack Loeffler reveals his compassion and concern for Southwestern traditional cul...

Intended to delight and provoke, these short, beautifully crafted essays, enlivened with photos and illustrations, explore how humans have engaged ...

An in-depth look at the history of the environment.Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Will our lifesty...

Mals, Italy, has long been known as the breadbasket of the Tyrol. But recently the tiny town became known for something else entirely. A Precaution...

Winner of the 2018 Nautilus Book Award, Silver, for Green Living/Sustainability  At nearly twenty tons per person, American carbon dioxide emissio...

More than twenty-five years after his death, iconic writer and nature activist Edward Abbey (19291989) remains an influential presence in the Ameri...

A beautiful, absorbing, tragic book.--Larry McMurtry In 1851, a war began in what would become Yosemite National Park, a war against the indigenous...

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In the galvanising speeches and essays brought together in Thi...

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.From the Congo Basin to the traditions of the Kikuyu people, t...

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.The courageous, unflinching speeches and writings collected in...

One of the world's first tree-top scientists, Meg Lowman is both a pioneer in her field - she invented one of the first treetop walkways - and a ti...

Thirty years ago, the best thinking on urban stream management prescribed cement as the solution to flooding and other problems of people and flowi...

The environmental crisis is, in many ways, a crisis of time. From the distress cries of birds that no longer know when to migrate, to the rapid dyi...

For thousands of years, we've found ways to scorch, scour, and sterilize our surroundings to make them safer. Sometimes these methods are wonderful...

Christina Strutt of Cabbages & Roses reveals how to have a calmer, healthier, eco-friendly home. Saving the planet for future generations is...

Thirty years ago, the best thinking on urban stream management prescribed cement as the solution to flooding and other problems of people and flowi...

Is it time to embrace the so-called Anthropocene--the age of human dominion--and to abandon tried-and-true conservation tools such as parks and wil...