Natural History

California has it all for birderslush coastal coniferous forests, dry chaparral, oak woodlands, grasslands, alpine slides, riparian valleys, watere...

In 1859, the brilliant scientist Urbain LeVerrier discovered that the planet Mercury has a wobble, that its orbit shifts over time. His explanation...

Light of the Stars tells a radically new story about what we are: one world in a universe awash in planets. Building on his widely discussed scient...

Founded amid the urban commotion of Washington, DC, before the dawn of the twentieth century, the National Zoological Park opened to preserve, teac...

Nearly every life form found among North American flowering plants is represented in Arizona. This amazing diversity is partly explained by the fac...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

I embarked at Liverpool, with Mr. Wallace, in a small trading vessel, on the 26th of April, 1848; and, after a swift passage from the Irish Channel...

Nearly every life form found among North American flowering plants is represented in Arizona. This amazing diversity is partly explained by the fac...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

I embarked at Liverpool, with Mr. Wallace, in a small trading vessel, on the 26th of April, 1848; and, after a swift passage from the Irish Channel...

A photo-filled trove of tips for seeing more birds wherever you look, from crowd favourites (hummingbirds, owls, eagles) to species youve never spo...

Think you know your birds? Think again! Did you know that Kingfishers and Kookaburras are cousins and that Roadrunners and Cuckoos are related? Bas...

SIMPLE GAMEPLAY: Based on Happy Families and Go Fish, this is quick and easy to learn for all the family, so you can get playing straight awayBEAUT...

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 ...

New to Penguin Classics, the astonishing story of the Copernican Revolution, told through the words of the ground-breaking scientists who brought i...

A national historic landmark, NYBG is the largest botanical garden in any U.S. city, with a 250-acre site with fifty specialty gardens and collecti...

The all-new Weather Guide 2024 Day-to-Day Calendar is the only desk calendar to feature daily reminders of the power of Mother Nature with record-b...

Meshing deft scientific text with Tuttles sumptuous images, its a superb introduction to the baroque morphologies and flying prowess of these begui...

Identify bird tracks with this pocket-size booklet, organized by track shape for convenience of use. Whether youre a tracker who studies animal tra...

Identify the plants you'll see growing right next to you on the trail!Quickly find, identify, and learn about the amazing range of plants growing a...