Títulos en Naturaleza y ecología

New York Times Bestseller The remarkable true story of an extraordinary relationship between psychologist Irene M. Pepperberg and Alex, an African Grey parrot who proved scientists and accepted wisdom wrong by demonstrating an astonishing ability to communicate and understand complex ideas...

Quando Andrea, in una caldissima mattina d’estate, ha trovato due gattini abbandonati vicino a un cassonetto dell’immondizia, tutto si sarebbe aspettato tranne che di finire a fargli da maggiordomo – anzi, di dovergli persino pagare l’affitto. Ma si sa, in casa i gatti regnano sovrani, e pretendono di essere trattati secondo il loro rango. Eppure, per quanto sui loro diritti e sui nostri doveri i gatti siano chiarissimi, tanti aspetti del loro carattere restano misteriosi anche al più servizievole degli umani. Come imparare a leggere i segnali che ci mandano?

Cats are some of the cutest, most adorable creatures on the planet when trained properly. Would you love to know the secrets to loving and caring for cats? Whether you want to (1) learn to care for your cat the right way, (2) decide if cat ownership is for you, or (3) discover how to turn your cat into a loving purr-machine, this audiobook will teach you everything you need to know.

Abdulrahman Zeitoun fue uno de los héroes anónimos del Katrina. Durante los días que siguieron al paso del huracán, navegó por las calles inundadas de Nueva Orleans en una vieja canoa ayudando a sus vecinos. Una semana más tarde fue arrestado y acusado de pertenecer a Al Qaeda. Esta es la historia real de Zeitoun. Esta es la historia de Nueva Orleans.

Following in the tracks of the first uproarious and beloved bird book in the series, this hilarious sequel ventures beyond to identify the stupidest birds around the world. Featuring birds from North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, author Matt Kracht identifies the dumb birds that manage to live all over the freaking place with snarky yet accurate names. Offering a balance of fact and wit, this uproarious profanity-laden handbook will appeal to hardcore birders and casual bird lovers (and haters) alike.

While 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, let alone trace its history. What is sustainability? Is it always about the environment? What science do we need to fully grasp what it requires? What does sustainability mean for business? How can governments plan for a sustainable future?

This Introduction audiobook explores emerging geological research and explains how new advances in the understanding of plate tectonics, seismology, and satellite imagery have enabled us to begin to see the Earth as it actually is: dynamic and ever-changing.

History is not a prerogative of the human species, Edward O. Wilson declares in Half-Earth, a brave work that becomes a radical redefinition of human history. Demonstrating that we blindly ignore the histories of millions of other species, Wilson warns of a point of no return that is imminent.

No one is better than Dr. Marc Bekoff at turning state-of-the-art animal science into practical, digestible information. His subjects include dog care, dog cognition and emotions, and dog-human relationships, and though he has impressive scientific credentials and much technical expertise, this is the accessible book that every dog lover should have.

For Linda Cracknell, exposure to wind, rock, mist, and salt water is integral to her writing process. She follows Susan Sontag’s advice to “Love words, agonise over sentences, and pay attention to the world,” observing and writing her landscapes from the particulars of each moment. In this varied essay collection, Linda backpacks on a small island that is connected to the mainland only at low tide.

This book looks at the weird and wonderful world of parasites, the most abundant form of life on Earth. Parasites come in all forms and sizes and inhabit every free-living organism. Parasitism is now, and always has been, a way to survive under changing environmental conditions. From arctic oceans to tropical forests, Scott Gardner, Judy Diamond, and Gabor Racz investigate how parasites survive and evolve, and how they influence and provide stability to ecosystems.

Il tuo cane non obbedisce? Vuoi che il tuo cucciolo diventi un gentledog? Ti stai chiedendo perché distrugge casa mentre sei via? Cambia prospettiva, mettiti nei suoi panni, ThinkDog. Annusa l'aria, osserva i tuoi movimenti, ascolta il tuo tono di voce. Poi osservalo quando esce di casa e trova la neve o si bagna sotto la pioggia. Impara da lui e scopri che cosa vuole da te. Puoi vivere un'esperienza straordinaria grazie al tuo cane. Puoi costruire con lui il rapporto speciale, divertente e profondo che hai sempre desiderato.

Abbraccia la tua anima ancestrale e impara dalla natura come vivere in equilibrio nel mondo di oggi. Dall’autore del documentario premio Oscar Il mio amico in fondo al mare. Al tempo stesso storia d’amore e di avventura, diario di viaggio, memoir naturalistico e guida spirituale, Intuizione selvaggia è la straordinaria testimonianza di come sia possibile recuperare una profonda connessione con una parte del nostro io che non siamo più abituati ad ascoltare, ma che può dare un senso nuovo alle nostre vite.

Este texto está pensado para acercar a los niños y jóvenes a una de la experiencias más apasionantes que se han dado en el territorio americano: la Expedición Botánica. La narración no se limita a los asuntos técnicos concernientes a la Expedición; por los 59 breves capítulos discurre...

In 1934, the painter Christiane Ritter leaves her comfortable life in Austria and travels to the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen, to spend a year there with her husband. She thinks it will be a relaxing trip, a chance to "read thick books in the remote quiet and, not least, sleep to my heart's content," but when Christiane arrives she is shocked to realize that they are to live in a tiny ramshackle hut on the shores of a lonely fjord, hundreds of miles from the nearest settlement, battling the elements every day, just to survive.

Mushrooms and fungi will change your life—and save the planet. Paul Stamets, the world’s preeminent mushroom and fungi expert, is joined by leading ecologists, doctors, and explorers such as Michael Pollan, Dr. Andrew Weil, Eugenia Bone, Fantastic Fungi director Louie Schwartzberg, and many more. Together these luminaries show how fungi and mushrooms can restore the planet’s ecosystems, repair our physical health, and renew humanity’s symbiotic relationship with nature.

Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin were born at a time when the science of studying the natural world was known as natural philosophy, a pastime for poets, priests, and schoolgirls. The world began to change in the 1830s, while Darwin was exploring the Pacific aboard the Beagle and Dickinson was a student in Amherst, Massachusetts. Poetry and science started to grow apart, and modern thinkers challenged the old orthodoxies, offering thrilling new perspectives that suddenly felt radical—and too dangerous for women.

Published in 1789, The Natural History of Selborne was written by Gilbert White, an English naturalist and clergyman. It comprises White’s letters to fellow naturalists and friends, documenting the flora and fauna of his home town in Hampshire.

Collections of preserved plant specimens, known as herbaria, have existed for nearly five centuries. These pressed and labeled plants have been essential resources for scientists, allowing them to describe and differentiate species and to document and research plant changes and biodiversity over time—including changes related to climate. Maura C. Flannery tells the history of herbaria, from the earliest collections belonging to such advocates of the technique as sixteenth-century botanist Luca Ghini, to the collections of poets, politicians, and painters, and to the digitization today.

Were dinosaurs really dumber than lizards? Why, after all, are roughly the same number of men and women born into the world? What led the famous Dr. Down to his theory of mongolism, and its racist residue? What do the panda's magical "thumb" and the sea turtle's perilous migration tell us about imperfections that prove the evolutionary rule? The wonders and mysteries of evolutionary biology are elegantly explored in these and other essays by the celebrated natural history writer Stephen Jay Gould.