Natural History

The chicken can fly only a few metres but somehow this unlikely evolutionary descendant of Tyrannosaurus Rex has conquered the world. Earth is no...

The ultimate visual journey into the beautiful and complex world of waspsWasps are far more diverse than the familiar yellowjackets and hornets tha...

What was tulipmania? Where would you find a boreal forest? And why are fungi not plants?Exploring everything from algae to the wood-wide web, this ...

Puffins, the breathtaking new book from internationally renowned photographer Kevin Morgans, celebrates the iconic Atlantic puffin and its place in...

A landmark publication that captures the beautiful richness of every aspect of trees and their importance for science, culture and the future of hu...

'Britain's finest living nature writer' THE TIMES'Lewis-Stempel's greatest gift remains his prose, with all its vividness and energy' THE DAILY MAI...

In this enchanting book, self-confessed reindeer geek Tilly Smith leads the reader through the extraordinary natural history of the reindeer with c...

Me, my notebook and my love of the wild and desolate. I wanted to do the opposite of what was expected of me. It's a recurring pattern in my life. ...

A lively and endlessly fascinating deep-dive into nature and the many groundbreaking human inventions inspired by the wild. Delightful.The Guardia...

A Times Best Book of 2021 From the very first dog to glowing fish and designer pigs the human history of remaking nature. Virus-free mosquitoes,...

Whats to be done about a drunken elephant? A monkey caught mugging passers-by? A trespassing squirrel? Mary Roach delves into the unpredictable wor...

A Brief History of Time for the 21st Century At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly, not even light can escape its grasp. It...

Our ancestors developed a uniquely nature-focused society, centred on esteemed poets, seers, monks, healers and wise women who were deeply connecte...

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

Keep your cat healthy, happy and contented by ensuring their chakras are balanced through massage, crystal work, colour therapy and other healing m...

Keep your dog healthy, happy and contented by ensuring their chakras are balanced through massage, crystal work, colour therapy and other healing m...

This visually appealing guide provides all the information that you need in order to start keeping poultry. A buyer's guide shows what features to ...

'All the charm, wonder, eccentricity and vigour of country life is here in these pages, and told with such engaging directness, detail and colour. ...

There is a certain feeling standing between rows of richly dyed blue cloth that you are within an enclave of protection, that within this ocean y...

Which nations have launched which animals into space? Which countries have no sea views? Where were our planet's now-extinct species last sighted...

More Australian Birding Tales takes up where the author's best-selling first book, An Australian Birding Year, ended. In this new book Bruce Richar...

A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of India is an introductory photographic identification guide to 280 bird species and 100 closely related species...

A Naturalist's Guide to the Insects of Australia is an easy-to-use introductory photographic identification guide to 292 species of insect commonly...