Natural History

Covers all the common trees, even nonnative ones that might not be found in other guides Species accounts for 130 trees found in cities, suburbs, s...

Filling a gap in the vast literature on birding, Pete Dunne explains in his distinctive style how to find birds--the often-ignored first step in id...

Southern Ontario features some of the most diverse landscapes in the country and includes unique ecological regions. This field guide covers the Gr...

Over 250 photos and eloquent text reveal the majesty of Virginia's James River. Explore the river from its humble beginnings on private property to...

Open this book and take an excursion through the fossil world of the first half of the Cenozoic Era--the Age of Mammals. Over 370 color photos deta...

Birds were once considered to be messengers from the Gods to humankind, and the Tarot was once called ...the game of Gods and Birds. Ancient societ...

New Jersey's southern Cape is host to huge annual bird migrations, making Cape May one of the best bird-watching locations in the world. Over 400 s...

Fascinating color photos let you see whales in their natural habitat. Learn about their behavior, external anatomy, and physical features. Discusse...

In Wild Delicate Seconds, Charles Finn captures twenty-nine chance encounters with the everyday--and not so everyday--animals, birds, and insects ...

In Potluck, Ana Maria Spagna explores the enduring human connection to place, journeying from Tijuana to a California beach to Utahs canyon country...

Over 670 color photos reveal the Paleozoic plants that covered the earth from 500 to 260 million years ago, well before the dinosaurs roamed the wo...

Seeing fluorescent minerals up close for the first time is an exciting experience. The colors are so pure and the glow is so seemingly unnatural, t...

Though nothing in the natural world would be quite the same without them, microbes go mostly unnoticed. They are the tiny, mighty force behind the ...

Whether the subject is the plants that grow there, the animals that live there, the rivers that run there, or the people he has known there, Paul L...