Life Sciences - Ecology
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If You Went to the Bottom of the Ocean
$19.99 Read moreAn awe-inspiring, deep-sea-themed picture book that explores the mysterious marine life that dwells within and below the waves, all the way to the very bottom of the ocean!
Dive into this compelling,
- Author: McIntyre, Brooke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 50
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1797226517
- Language: English
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Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees
$29.50 Read moreDesert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees
Editors: Sant Khalsa and Juniper Harrower
Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees focuses on the plight of the Joshua tree and its Mojave Desert habitat, threatened b
- Author: Khalsa, Sant
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1955969310
- Language: English
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Vida Secreta de Los Arboles, La
$17.95 Add to cartAmazing things go on in the woods: there are trees communicating with one another, trees lovingly caring for and looking after their offspring and their old and afflicted neighbours, trees with sensib… [more below]
- Author: Wohlleben, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 31 2016
- ISBN10: 8491110836
- Language: Spanish
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Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird
$24.95 Add to cartHas there ever been a more hated bird than the European starling? Let loose in New York City’s Central Park by a misguided aristocrat, the starlings were supposed to help curb insect outbreaks and add… [more below]
- Author: Stark, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1496242025
- Language: English
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White Light: The Elemental Role of Phosphorus-In Our Cells, in Our Food, and in Our World
$30.00 Add to cartA profound and lyrical reflection on the cyclical nature of life, what happens when we break that cycle, and how to repair it–told through the fate of phosphorus
“There would be no life without const- Author: Lohmann, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0593316614
- Language: English
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Between the Tides in Washington and Oregon: Exploring Beaches and Tidepools
$24.95 Read moreA spectacular variety of life flourishes between the ebb and flow of high and low tide. Anemones talk to each other through chemical signaling, clingfish grip rocks and resist the surging tide, and bi
- Author: Kelly, Ryan P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0295749962
- Language: English
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Intertwined: From Insects to Icebergs
$32.95 Add to cartA compelling call to action to focus on what connects us in nature to solve today’s problems.
In nature, everything is connected: from microscopic bacteria and soaring trees to animals struggling for s
- Author: Gross, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1421449978
- Language: English
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Sustainability: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
$18.95 Add to cartWhile politicians, entrepreneurs, and even school children could tell you that sustainability is an important and nearly universal value, many of them, and many of us, may struggle to define the term,… [more below]
- Series: What Everyone Needs to Know
- Author: Thompson, Paul B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0190883235
- Language: English
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The Accidental Reef and Other Ecological Odysseys in the Great Lakes
$27.95 Read more2022 NAUTILUS SILVER WINNER FOR LYRIC PROSE–In The Accidental Reef and Other Ecological Odysseys in the Great Lakes, Lynne Heasley illuminates an underwater world that, despite a ferocious industrial… [more below]
- Author: Heasley, Lynne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: August 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1611864070
- Language: English
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The Accidental Ecosystem: People and Wildlife in American Cities
$33.68 Read moreOne of Smithsonian Magazine‘s Favorite Books of 2022
With wildlife thriving in cities, we have the opportunity to create vibrant urban ecosystems that serve both people and animals. The Accidental Eco- Author: Alagona, Peter S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 520386310
- Language: English
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Reconciliation in a Michigan Watershed: Restoring Ken-O-Sha
$29.95 Read moreLike many American urban waterways, Ken-O-Sha has been in decline for nearly two hundred years. Once life-supporting, the waterway now known as Plaster Creek is life-threatening. In this provocative b… [more below]
- Author: Heffner, Gail Gunst
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: May 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1611864933
- Language: English
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Ripple Effects: How We’re Loving Our Lakes to Death
$26.95 Add to cartLakes are among the Upper Midwest’s greatest treasures and most valuable natural resources. The Great Lakes define the region, and thousands of smaller lakes offer peace, joy, and recreation to millio… [more below]
- Author: Rulseh, Ted J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0299339602
- Language: English
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A Lakeside Companion
$22.95 Add to cartWhy do fish jump? Why don’t lakes freeze all the way down to the bottom? Which lake plants are invasive? What are those water bugs? Is that lake healthy? Whether you fish, paddle, swim, snowshoe, ski,… [more below]
- Author: Rulseh, Ted J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 11 2018
- ISBN10: 0299320006
- Language: English
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Not Just Dirt: Revitalizing Soils With Regenerative Agriculture Principles
$23.49 Add to cartJust Not Dirt is a book helping soil caretakers to look at ways of managing regeneratively. That is building soil adding carbon back into the soil ecosystem. The soil health principles are global, the… [more below]
- Author: Elmy, Kevin R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: October 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1039195687
- Language: English
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Life Itself: A Comprehensive Inquiry Into the Nature, Origin, and Fabrication of Life
$28.95 Add to cartWhy are living things alive? As a theoretical biologist, Robert Rosen saw this as the most fundamental of all questions-and yet it had never been answered satisfactorily by science. The answers to thi
- Series: Complexity in Ecological Systems
- Author: Rosen, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 285
- Publish Date: July 13 2005
- ISBN10: 0231075650
- Language: English
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Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash
$25.99 Add to cartAn unprecedented look at that most commonplace act of everyday life-throwing things out-and how it has transformed American society.
Susan Strasser’s pathbreaking histories of housework and the rise o- Author: Strasser, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 17 2011
- ISBN10: 0805065121
- Language: English
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Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America
$17.00 Add to cartA lively, lucid portrait of the tropics as seen by two uncommonly observant and thoughtful field biologists. Its seventeen marvelous essays introduce the habitats, ecology, plants, and animals of the … [more below]
- Author: Forsyth, Adrian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 29 1987
- ISBN10: 0684187108
- Language: English
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Water: A Natural History
$16.50 Add to cartAn environmental engineer turned ecology writer relates the history of our waterways and her own growing understanding of what needs to be done to save this essential natural resource.
Water: A Natura- Author: Outwater, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 27 1997
- ISBN10: 0465037801
- Language: English
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Biodiversity Conservation: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
Extinction is a natural process. In geological time there have been several periods of mass extinction. One of these periods is unfolding right no- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: MacDonald, David W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0199592276
- Language: English
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Rewilding: The Radical New Science of Ecological Recovery: The Illustrated Edition
$29.95 Add to cartHow rewilding has transformed the conservation movement, combining radical scientific insights with practical innovations.
Progressive scientists and conservation professionals are pursuing a radical
- Author: Jepson, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 0262046768
- Language: English
