The Earth: Natural History General

Today there are 20 million species on our planet. Yet what we see is just a snapshot in time. 99% of Earth's inhabitants are lost to our deep past....

WINNER of the 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Author of the New York Times 2023 Notable Book Crossings Washington Post 50 Not...

Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs. From an evolutionary perspective, this is an illogical development...

Could there be a more pleasant way to spend a warm afternoon than lazing under a tree reading poetry inspired by these shade-giving wonders of the ...

In 1985 Boria Sax inherited an area of forest in New York State that had been purchased by his Russian, Jewish Communist grandparents as a buffer a...

Get your head into the clouds with Aerial Geology. The New York Times Book ReviewAerial Geology is an up-in-the-sky exploration of North Americas 1...

Take a deep breathSteve Backshall was nine years old the first time he saw a shark, while on holiday with his family in Malaysia. It was the beginn...

The perfect gift for nature lovers and weather watchers. A fascinating month-by-month collection of facts, figures and explanations rela...

Learn how to understand the skies with this comprehensive pocket guide to cloudspotting. Clouds have been the object of fascination throughout his...

Discover the wonders at the centre of our planet's ecosystem.In ten short and accessible essays, science and nature writer Carolyn Fry takes us on ...

Radio 4's The Food Programme Book of the Year, chosen by Dan Saladino An Irish Times Best Gardening Book 2023 Shortlisted for the Garden Media Gu...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent and a former private investigator dive deep into the murky waters of the international salmon farming indust...

*As heard on DESERT ISLAND DISCS*CHOSEN AS ONE OF WATERSTONES' BEST BOOKS OF 2023'If Michael Palin had been a volcanologist, this is the book he wo...