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The Internet of Animals

An illuminating account of animal migration and the stunning new science that reveals the source of their infinite, untapped knowledge.

What do animals know that we don’t? Why do rats flee before an ...

Foraging as a Way of Life

Par (auteur) Mikaela Cannon
Avant-propos de Nancy J. Turner
Catégories: La Terre

Find connection with the land and feed your family locally, seasonally, and sustainably

Nourish your family from nature's pantry. Foraging as a Way of Life documents twelve months of wildcrafting, featuring ...

Forensic Colonialism

Par (auteur) Mark Munsterhjelm
Catégories: Médecine légale

Forensic genetic technologies are popularly conceptualized and revered as important tools of justice. The research and development of these technologies, however, has been accomplished through the capture ...

Dark Days at Noon

Par (auteur) Edward Struzik
Catégories: Catastrophes naturelles

The catastrophic runaway wildfires advancing through North America and other parts of the world are not unprecedented. Fires loomed large once human activity began to warm the climate in the 1820s, leading ...

Passions for Birds

Par (auteur) Sean Nixon
Catégories: Oiseaux (ornithologie)

Whether as sources of joy and pleasure to be fed, counted, and watched, as objects of sport to be hunted and killed, or as food to be harvested, wild birds evoke strong feelings.

Sean Nixon traces the ...

Taming Fruit

Par (auteur) Bernd Brunner
Traduit par Lori Lantz
Catégories: Botanique

A captivating cultural and scientific history of orchards, perfect for readers of Michael Pollan’s The Botany of Desire. Throughout history, orchards have served many sacred purposes: they are sites ...

Saved by Science

Par (auteur) Mark J. Poznansky
Catégories: Génétique (non-médical)

Examines the evolution of synthetic biology and looks at the power of microbes to effect dramatic changes in three of the most pressing crises facing mankind: food, medicine, and climate.

The Rise of Wolf 8

Par (auteur) Rick McIntyre
Avant-propos de Robert Redford
Catégories: Conservation de l’environnement

Yellowstone National Park was once home to an abundance of wild wolves—but park rangers killed the last of their kind in the 1920s. Decades later, the rangers brought them back, with the first wolves ...

Renewal

Par (auteur) Andrés R Edwards
Avant-propos de Marc Bekoff
Catégories: Écologie appliquée

Renewal explores the science behind why being in nature makes us feel alive and helps us thrive. Backed by cutting-edge research in cognitive science, Edwards weaves stories that reveal nature’s genius, ...

Magnetic North

Par (auteur) Jenna Butler
Catégories: Récits de voyages
Séries: Wayfarer

From the endangered Canadian boreal forest to the environmentally threatened Svalbard archipelago off the coast of Norway, Butler takes us on a sea voyage that connects continents and traces the impacts ...