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🐾 Wildlife Management

Explorations of the complex, often controversial science and politics of managing wild animal populations, balancing conservation with human interests.
What the Bears Know
by Steve Searles • 2023
Hired to kill sixteen bears, a small-town trapper became their protector by learning their language.
4.18
401
🏡 Wildlife Coexistence🧠 Animal Intelligence💡 Nonlethal Management
What the Bears Know Summary
What the Bears Know 91%
Hired to kill sixteen bears, a small-town trapper became their protector by learning their language.
by Steve Searles 2023
4.18
401 ratings
🏡 Wildlife Coexistence🧠 Animal Intelligence💡 Nonlethal Management
Search for the Golden Moon Bear
by Sy Montgomery • 2002
One golden bear, unknown to science. The search for the first new bear species in a century.
3.83
127
🐾 Wildlife Conservation🔬 Field Biology👣 Cryptozoology
Search for the Golden Moon Bear Summary
Search for the Golden Moon Bear 90%
One golden bear, unknown to science. The search for the first new bear species in a century.
by Sy Montgomery 2002
3.83
127 ratings
🐾 Wildlife Conservation🔬 Field Biology👣 Cryptozoology
The Secret Wisdom of Nature
by Peter Wohlleben • 2017
Why a wolf can reroute a river, and salmon feed the forest: nature's invisible connections.
4.05
7k+
🌿 Popular Ecology🌲 Forest Ecosystems🕸️ Ecological Webs
The Secret Wisdom of Nature Summary
The Secret Wisdom of Nature 90%
Why a wolf can reroute a river, and salmon feed the forest: nature's invisible connections.
by Peter Wohlleben 2017
4.05
7k+ ratings
🌿 Popular Ecology🌲 Forest Ecosystems🕸️ Ecological Webs
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking
by Tom Brown Jr. • 1999
Read an animal's hunger and fear from soil, then discover how tracking becomes a spiritual practice.
4.10
335
🐾 Animal Tracking🏕️ Wilderness Skills👣 Track Interpretation
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking Summary
Tom Brown's Science and Art of Tracking 89%
Read an animal's hunger and fear from soil, then discover how tracking becomes a spiritual practice.
by Tom Brown Jr. 1999
4.10
335 ratings
🐾 Animal Tracking🏕️ Wilderness Skills👣 Track Interpretation
Man-Eaters of Kumaon
by Jim Corbett • 1944
One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.
4.31
6k+
🐅 Indian Wildlife🏔️ Adventure Memoir🎯 Hunting Ethics
Man-Eaters of Kumaon Summary
Man-Eaters of Kumaon 89%
One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.
by Jim Corbett 1944
4.31
6k+ ratings
🐅 Indian Wildlife🏔️ Adventure Memoir🎯 Hunting Ethics
Raising Hare
by Chloe Dalton • 2025
She rescued a palm-sized leveret. It rewilded her life and was never once tame.
4.28
43k+
🏥 Wildlife Rescue🐾 Human Animal Bond🌳 English Countryside
Raising Hare Summary
Raising Hare 89%
She rescued a palm-sized leveret. It rewilded her life and was never once tame.
by Chloe Dalton 2025
4.28
43k+ ratings
🏥 Wildlife Rescue🐾 Human Animal Bond🌳 English Countryside
Vanishing Treasures
by Katherine Rundell • 2024
Swifts that never land, sharks that outlive empires. What we're losing, and the hope we owe.
4.15
5k+
🦏 Endangered Species📖 Natural History🧠 Animal Intelligence
Vanishing Treasures Summary
Vanishing Treasures 89%
Swifts that never land, sharks that outlive empires. What we're losing, and the hope we owe.
by Katherine Rundell 2024
4.15
5k+ ratings
🦏 Endangered Species📖 Natural History🧠 Animal Intelligence
On Animals
by Susan Orlean • 2021
Pigeon racing, taxidermy, lion hugging: Susan Orlean on the animal obsessions that fill our lives.
3.83
6k+
🦁 Animal Essays🐾 Human-Animal Bond🌍 Wildlife Conservation
On Animals Summary
On Animals 89%
Pigeon racing, taxidermy, lion hugging: Susan Orlean on the animal obsessions that fill our lives.
by Susan Orlean 2021
3.83
6k+ ratings
🦁 Animal Essays🐾 Human-Animal Bond🌍 Wildlife Conservation
Wild Life
by Rae Wynn-Grant • 2024
She grew up watching white men host nature shows. Then she became the scientist tracking lions.
3.87
1k+
🦁 Wildlife Biology📖 Conservation Memoir👩‍🔬 Women In Science
Wild Life Summary
Wild Life 89%
She grew up watching white men host nature shows. Then she became the scientist tracking lions.
by Rae Wynn-Grant 2024
3.87
1k+ ratings
🦁 Wildlife Biology📖 Conservation Memoir👩‍🔬 Women In Science
The Good Bee
by Alison Benjamin • 2019
25,000 bee species exist, most solitary and stingless, and every third bite of food requires them.
4.17
323
🐝 Pollinator Ecology🦋 Insect Conservation🏙️ Urban Ecology
The Good Bee Summary
The Good Bee 89%
25,000 bee species exist, most solitary and stingless, and every third bite of food requires them.
by Alison Benjamin 2019
4.17
323 ratings
🐝 Pollinator Ecology🦋 Insect Conservation🏙️ Urban Ecology
Managed Annihilation
by Dean L.Y. Bavington • 2010
The 1992 cod collapse that idled 30,000 workers was not nature's fault but management's.
3.29
21
📜 Environmental History🌍 Political Ecology🎣 Fisheries Management
Managed Annihilation Summary
Managed Annihilation 89%
The 1992 cod collapse that idled 30,000 workers was not nature's fault but management's.
by Dean L.Y. Bavington 2010
3.29
21 ratings
📜 Environmental History🌍 Political Ecology🎣 Fisheries Management
Flight Paths
by Rebecca Heisman • 2023
A spear-pierced stork, a thrush chase, and radar ghosts: how we finally solved bird migration.
4.07
809
🐦 Bird Migration🧭 Animal Navigation🛰️ Animal Tracking
Flight Paths Summary
Flight Paths 89%
A spear-pierced stork, a thrush chase, and radar ghosts: how we finally solved bird migration.
by Rebecca Heisman 2023
4.07
809 ratings
🐦 Bird Migration🧭 Animal Navigation🛰️ Animal Tracking
Coyote America
by Dan Flores • 2016
America's century-long war on coyotes failed so completely they now roam downtown Chicago.
4.08
8k+
🐺 Animal Histories🧬 Evolutionary Adaptation🏙️ Urban Ecology
Coyote America Summary
Coyote America 88%
America's century-long war on coyotes failed so completely they now roam downtown Chicago.
by Dan Flores 2016
4.08
8k+ ratings
🐺 Animal Histories🧬 Evolutionary Adaptation🏙️ Urban Ecology
Last Chance to See
by Douglas Adams • 1990
A flightless parrot, a blind dolphin, and the last-chance quest to see them before they vanish.
4.32
26k+
🤣 Comic Travelogues🦏 Endangered Species🐆 Wildlife Conservation
Last Chance to See Summary
Last Chance to See 88%
A flightless parrot, a blind dolphin, and the last-chance quest to see them before they vanish.
by Douglas Adams 1990
4.32
26k+ ratings
🤣 Comic Travelogues🦏 Endangered Species🐆 Wildlife Conservation
Landfill
by Tim Dee • 2018
Gulls eat our trash, nest on our roofs, and carry our poisons. They are our truest mirror.
3.67
152
🦅 Avian Ecology🦝 Urban Wildlife🗑️ Discard Studies
Landfill Summary
Landfill 88%
Gulls eat our trash, nest on our roofs, and carry our poisons. They are our truest mirror.
by Tim Dee 2018
3.67
152 ratings
🦅 Avian Ecology🦝 Urban Wildlife🗑️ Discard Studies
A Primate's Memoir
by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2001
A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.
4.39
9k+
🦍 Primatology🐘 Wildlife Conservation🔬 Science Memoir
A Primate's Memoir Summary
A Primate's Memoir 88%
A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2001
4.39
9k+ ratings
🦍 Primatology🐘 Wildlife Conservation🔬 Science Memoir
Megafire
by Michael Kodas • 2017
A century of putting out every fire made the forests a tinderbox. Now climate change is the match.
4.01
254
🔥 Wildfire🏕️ Forest Ecology🌪️ Climate Disasters
Megafire Summary
Megafire 88%
A century of putting out every fire made the forests a tinderbox. Now climate change is the match.
by Michael Kodas 2017
4.01
254 ratings
🔥 Wildfire🏕️ Forest Ecology🌪️ Climate Disasters
The Wisdom of Wolves
by Elli H. Radinger • 2017
Forget alpha leaders. The real secrets to family and leadership are running wild in wolf country.
4.13
2k+
🐺 Wolf Behavior🦉 Animal Wisdom🐾 Pack Dynamics
The Wisdom of Wolves Summary
The Wisdom of Wolves 88%
Forget alpha leaders. The real secrets to family and leadership are running wild in wolf country.
by Elli H. Radinger 2017
4.13
2k+ ratings
🐺 Wolf Behavior🦉 Animal Wisdom🐾 Pack Dynamics
Animal Architecture
by Karl von Frisch • 1974
Termites air-condition, beavers dam, spiders weave: animal engineering that never needed a plan.
4.31
54
🐾 Animal Behavior🏗️ Natural Architecture🔬 Ethology
Animal Architecture Summary
Animal Architecture 88%
Termites air-condition, beavers dam, spiders weave: animal engineering that never needed a plan.
by Karl von Frisch 1974
4.31
54 ratings
🐾 Animal Behavior🏗️ Natural Architecture🔬 Ethology
Under a White Sky
by Elizabeth Kolbert • 2021
Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.
4.10
13k+
🏭 Anthropocene Studies📰 Science Journalism🌿 Ecological Intervention
Under a White Sky Summary
Under a White Sky 88%
Every environmental solution spawns a new problem. The next ones alter genes and block the sun.
by Elizabeth Kolbert 2021
4.10
13k+ ratings
🏭 Anthropocene Studies📰 Science Journalism🌿 Ecological Intervention
A Life on Our Planet
by David Attenborough • 2020
Half of all wild animals vanished in one lifetime. The way back requires more than cutting carbon.
4.50
35k+
🍃 Environmental Memoir🦜 Biodiversity Loss🌍 Planetary Boundaries
A Life on Our Planet Summary
A Life on Our Planet 88%
Half of all wild animals vanished in one lifetime. The way back requires more than cutting carbon.
by David Attenborough 2020
4.50
35k+ ratings
🍃 Environmental Memoir🦜 Biodiversity Loss🌍 Planetary Boundaries
One Man's Wilderness
by Sam Keith • 1973
At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.
4.37
10k+
🏔️ Wilderness Memoir🔨 Self-Reliance🐻 Animal Encounters
One Man's Wilderness Summary
One Man's Wilderness 88%
At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.
by Sam Keith 1973
4.37
10k+ ratings
🏔️ Wilderness Memoir🔨 Self-Reliance🐻 Animal Encounters
What an Owl Knows
by Jennifer Ackerman • 2023
Silent flight, asymmetrical ears, and the minds that decode them. A new portrait of the owl.
4.14
7k+
🦉 Ornithology👂 Animal Senses🧬 Evolutionary Biology
What an Owl Knows Summary
What an Owl Knows 88%
Silent flight, asymmetrical ears, and the minds that decode them. A new portrait of the owl.
by Jennifer Ackerman 2023
4.14
7k+ ratings
🦉 Ornithology👂 Animal Senses🧬 Evolutionary Biology
Getting to Green
by Frederic C. Rich • 2016
No major environmental law has passed in 25 years. Here's why, and how to fix it.
4.02
106
🌿 Environmental Policy🇺🇸 American Conservation🪓 Political Polarization
Getting to Green Summary
Getting to Green 88%
No major environmental law has passed in 25 years. Here's why, and how to fix it.
by Frederic C. Rich 2016
4.02
106 ratings
🌿 Environmental Policy🇺🇸 American Conservation🪓 Political Polarization
The Comfort of Crows
by Margaret Renkl • 2023
One suburban yard across four seasons: grief, fox kits, and the wisdom of letting things grow wild.
4.16
15k+
🏡 Backyard Naturalism📅 Seasonal Nature Writing👁️ Attention As Practice
The Comfort of Crows Summary
The Comfort of Crows 88%
One suburban yard across four seasons: grief, fox kits, and the wisdom of letting things grow wild.
by Margaret Renkl 2023
4.16
15k+ ratings
🏡 Backyard Naturalism📅 Seasonal Nature Writing👁️ Attention As Practice
Darwin Comes to Town
by Menno Schilthuizen • 2018
Evolution is unfolding faster on concrete than in any rainforest, right under your feet.
4.10
2k+
🏙️ Urban Ecology🧬 Contemporary Evolution🦎 Urban Adaptation
Darwin Comes to Town Summary
Darwin Comes to Town 88%
Evolution is unfolding faster on concrete than in any rainforest, right under your feet.
by Menno Schilthuizen 2018
4.10
2k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Ecology🧬 Contemporary Evolution🦎 Urban Adaptation
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs
by Tristan Gooley • 2014
Puddles that point north, trees that forecast rain: the outdoor clues hiding in plain sight.
3.77
5k+
🧭 Outdoor Navigation☁️ Weather Prediction🐾 Animal Tracking
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs Summary
The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs 88%
Puddles that point north, trees that forecast rain: the outdoor clues hiding in plain sight.
by Tristan Gooley 2014
3.77
5k+ ratings
🧭 Outdoor Navigation☁️ Weather Prediction🐾 Animal Tracking
How to Think Seriously About the Planet
by Roger Scruton • 2011
Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.
3.87
446
🏛️ Conservatism🌱 Stewardship🏘️ Localism
How to Think Seriously About the Planet Summary
How to Think Seriously About the Planet 88%
Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.
by Roger Scruton 2011
3.87
446 ratings
🏛️ Conservatism🌱 Stewardship🏘️ Localism
Medicine Wheel for the Planet
by Jennifer Grenz • 2024
Restoration ecology worships a pristine past. Land actually heals through kinship, not conquest.
4.31
558
🪶 Indigenous Ecology🌱 Ecological Restoration🔬 Decolonizing Science
Medicine Wheel for the Planet Summary
Medicine Wheel for the Planet 88%
Restoration ecology worships a pristine past. Land actually heals through kinship, not conquest.
by Jennifer Grenz 2024
4.31
558 ratings
🪶 Indigenous Ecology🌱 Ecological Restoration🔬 Decolonizing Science
Rewilding the Sea
by Charles Clover • 2022
Marine reserves bring rapid recovery, while trawling emits aviation-level carbon.
4.23
492
🐠 Marine Conservation🌊 Marine Ecology🌱 Ecological Restoration
Rewilding the Sea Summary
Rewilding the Sea 88%
Marine reserves bring rapid recovery, while trawling emits aviation-level carbon.
by Charles Clover 2022
4.23
492 ratings
🐠 Marine Conservation🌊 Marine Ecology🌱 Ecological Restoration
Listening to Whales
by Alexandra Morton • 2002
A marine biologist lost her husband, then fought the salmon farms killing the orcas she studied.
4.51
1k+
🐋 Marine Biology🐆 Wildlife Conservation🐋 Orca Societies
Listening to Whales Summary
Listening to Whales 88%
A marine biologist lost her husband, then fought the salmon farms killing the orcas she studied.
by Alexandra Morton 2002
4.51
1k+ ratings
🐋 Marine Biology🐆 Wildlife Conservation🐋 Orca Societies
The Rescue Effect
by Michael Mehta Webster • 2022
Species have hidden backup systems that kick in under stress. The best conservation helps them work.
3.94
52
🔬 Conservation Biology🌱 Ecological Restoration🌡️ Climate Adaptation
The Rescue Effect Summary
The Rescue Effect 88%
Species have hidden backup systems that kick in under stress. The best conservation helps them work.
by Michael Mehta Webster 2022
3.94
52 ratings
🔬 Conservation Biology🌱 Ecological Restoration🌡️ Climate Adaptation
The Peregrine
by J.A. Baker • 2004
One man's decade of chasing peregrines to see an English estuary through their hunting eyes.
4.15
6k+
🏕️ Nature Memoir🦅 Avian Obsession🌿 Lyrical Naturalism
The Peregrine Summary
The Peregrine 87%
One man's decade of chasing peregrines to see an English estuary through their hunting eyes.
by J.A. Baker 2004
4.15
6k+ ratings
🏕️ Nature Memoir🦅 Avian Obsession🌿 Lyrical Naturalism
A Life in Nature
by Marc Hamer • 2019
A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.
4.16
2k+
🌿 Nature Memoir🇬🇧 British Countryside🐾 Animal Ethics
A Life in Nature Summary
A Life in Nature 87%
A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.
by Marc Hamer 2019
4.16
2k+ ratings
🌿 Nature Memoir🇬🇧 British Countryside🐾 Animal Ethics
Run, Spot, Run
by Jessica Pierce • 2016
Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.
3.81
236
🧭 Animal Ethics🐾 Animal Welfare🤝 Human-Animal Bond
Run, Spot, Run Summary
Run, Spot, Run 87%
Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.
by Jessica Pierce 2016
3.81
236 ratings
🧭 Animal Ethics🐾 Animal Welfare🤝 Human-Animal Bond
Resilience Thinking
by Brian Walker • 2006
Stop optimizing nature. The science that explains why management backfires, and what to do instead.
3.87
362
🌿 Ecosystem Management🧩 Systems Thinking⚖️ Regime Shifts
Resilience Thinking Summary
Resilience Thinking 87%
Stop optimizing nature. The science that explains why management backfires, and what to do instead.
by Brian Walker 2006
3.87
362 ratings
🌿 Ecosystem Management🧩 Systems Thinking⚖️ Regime Shifts
The Genius of Birds
by Jennifer Ackerman • 2016
Beneath a tiny skull is a brain that rivals primates in tool making, navigation, and culture.
4.05
14k+
🧠 Animal Cognition🧩 Avian Intelligence🐦 Bird Behavior
The Genius of Birds Summary
The Genius of Birds 87%
Beneath a tiny skull is a brain that rivals primates in tool making, navigation, and culture.
by Jennifer Ackerman 2016
4.05
14k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition🧩 Avian Intelligence🐦 Bird Behavior
Animal Architects
by James L. Gould • 2007
From termite towers to bowerbird galleries, animal architecture is the fossil record of cognition.
3.90
89
🧠 Animal Cognition🐾 Ethology🏗️ Animal Architecture
Animal Architects Summary
Animal Architects 87%
From termite towers to bowerbird galleries, animal architecture is the fossil record of cognition.
by James L. Gould 2007
3.90
89 ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition🐾 Ethology🏗️ Animal Architecture
Wildhood
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz • 2019
Adolescence is universal: four survival challenges link your teenager to every animal on the planet.
4.11
518
🐾 Animal Behavior🧑‍🎤 Adolescence🧬 Evolutionary Biology
Wildhood Summary
Wildhood 87%
Adolescence is universal: four survival challenges link your teenager to every animal on the planet.
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz 2019
4.11
518 ratings
🐾 Animal Behavior🧑‍🎤 Adolescence🧬 Evolutionary Biology
The Emotional Lives of Animals
by Marc Bekoff • 2007
Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.
4.05
2k+
🐒 Animal Behavior🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Comparative Psychology
The Emotional Lives of Animals Summary
The Emotional Lives of Animals 87%
Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.
by Marc Bekoff 2007
4.05
2k+ ratings
🐒 Animal Behavior🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Comparative Psychology
Beyond Words
by Carl Safina • 2015
Science called animal minds unknowable. Elephants, wolves, and whales are proving otherwise.
4.41
5k+
🧠 Animal Consciousness💔 Animal Emotion🐘 Animal Societies
Beyond Words Summary
Beyond Words 87%
Science called animal minds unknowable. Elephants, wolves, and whales are proving otherwise.
by Carl Safina 2015
4.41
5k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Consciousness💔 Animal Emotion🐘 Animal Societies
The Way of the Hermit
by Ken Smith • 2023
One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.
4.21
3k+
🏚️ Off-Grid Living🏕️ Wilderness Survival🍄 Foraging
The Way of the Hermit Summary
The Way of the Hermit 87%
One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.
by Ken Smith 2023
4.21
3k+ ratings
🏚️ Off-Grid Living🏕️ Wilderness Survival🍄 Foraging
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks
by Gail Damerow • 2013
Incubation specs, brooder setups, and hatch-failure fixes for five poultry species in one manual.
4.34
142
🐔 Poultry Keeping🐄 Animal Husbandry🏡 Homesteading Skills
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks Summary
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks 87%
Incubation specs, brooder setups, and hatch-failure fixes for five poultry species in one manual.
by Gail Damerow 2013
4.34
142 ratings
🐔 Poultry Keeping🐄 Animal Husbandry🏡 Homesteading Skills
Life Everlasting
by Bernd Heinrich • 2012
A dead animal in the wild wastes nothing. Scavengers, beetles, and bacteria turn death into fuel.
3.98
1k+
🪰 Animal Decomposition♻️ Nutrient Cycling🔬 Field Biology
Life Everlasting Summary
Life Everlasting 87%
A dead animal in the wild wastes nothing. Scavengers, beetles, and bacteria turn death into fuel.
by Bernd Heinrich 2012
3.98
1k+ ratings
🪰 Animal Decomposition♻️ Nutrient Cycling🔬 Field Biology
The Diversity of Life
by Edward O. Wilson • 1992
Earth holds 10 to 100 million species. We have named 1.4 million. The rest are vanishing now.
4.22
6k+
🧬 Biodiversity Science🌿 Conservation Biology💀 Mass Extinction
The Diversity of Life Summary
The Diversity of Life 87%
Earth holds 10 to 100 million species. We have named 1.4 million. The rest are vanishing now.
by Edward O. Wilson 1992
4.22
6k+ ratings
🧬 Biodiversity Science🌿 Conservation Biology💀 Mass Extinction
How to Read a Tree
by Tristan Gooley • 2023
Bark cracks, bent trunks, and stubby roots are not flaws but notes in a tree's autobiography.
4.09
1k+
🧭 Natural Navigation🌳 Tree Identification🗺️ Landscape Reading
How to Read a Tree Summary
How to Read a Tree 87%
Bark cracks, bent trunks, and stubby roots are not flaws but notes in a tree's autobiography.
by Tristan Gooley 2023
4.09
1k+ ratings
🧭 Natural Navigation🌳 Tree Identification🗺️ Landscape Reading
An Immense World
by Ed Yong • 2022
Your world is one sliver of reality. A tour through the sensory universes other animals inhabit.
4.46
37k+
🐾 Animal Senses🔬 Sensory Biology👁️ Animal Perception
An Immense World Summary
An Immense World 87%
Your world is one sliver of reality. A tour through the sensory universes other animals inhabit.
by Ed Yong 2022
4.46
37k+ ratings
🐾 Animal Senses🔬 Sensory Biology👁️ Animal Perception
Shark Life
by Peter Benchley • 2002
Sharks kill fewer than 10 people a year. The author of Jaws explains why.
4.01
845
🐠 Marine Biology🌊 Ocean Conservation🎲 Risk Perception
Shark Life Summary
Shark Life 87%
Sharks kill fewer than 10 people a year. The author of Jaws explains why.
by Peter Benchley 2002
4.01
845 ratings
🐠 Marine Biology🌊 Ocean Conservation🎲 Risk Perception
Learning From the Octopus
by Rafe Sagarin • 2012
Octopi mastered security without a memo. What they know that our defenses keep missing.
3.76
224
🦎 Biomimicry🛡️ Homeland Security🔄 Adaptive Systems
Learning From the Octopus Summary
Learning From the Octopus 87%
Octopi mastered security without a memo. What they know that our defenses keep missing.
by Rafe Sagarin 2012
3.76
224 ratings
🦎 Biomimicry🛡️ Homeland Security🔄 Adaptive Systems
The Sixth Extinction
by Elizabeth Kolbert • 2014
The planet's fifth mass extinction killed the dinosaurs. We are the cause of the sixth.
4.15
80k+
🦴 Mass Extinction🌿 Biodiversity Loss📜 Environmental History
The Sixth Extinction Summary
The Sixth Extinction 87%
The planet's fifth mass extinction killed the dinosaurs. We are the cause of the sixth.
by Elizabeth Kolbert 2014
4.15
80k+ ratings
🦴 Mass Extinction🌿 Biodiversity Loss📜 Environmental History
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