Non-fiction - Ecology and Evolution - Christchurch City Libraries
Get in touch with Nature. Take a walk on the wild side with ecologists as they explore our world. Explore the web of life in all its complexity and discover surprising hidden relationships between natural communities. Learn about the history of life itself, how evolution doesn't work in straight lines, and deepen your understanding of the environment. A Christchurch City Libraries list.
Multi-award-winning Science & Nature writer Ben Goldfarb delivers a meditation on the way animals have responded to the devastating effect of roads on ecosystems. Goldfarb applies deep thought, empathy and wit to often overlooked side-effects of…
Renowned entomologist Dave Goulson explores the myriads of ways insects support healthy ecosystems - and the negative impacts we have on their rates of survival. Infused with intellectually honest debate and fascinating vignettes about remarkable…
Researcher, scholar, and poet Cat Bohannon sets out on a (r)evolutionary retelling of evolutionary history. While exploring the way our approach to women's biology has shaped history and culture over the years, she engagingly explains how bodily…
Biologist & best-selling author Richard Dawkins takes a deep genes'-eye-dive into the world of evolution - showing us how to read animal appearance and behaviour as a living book (or physical record) of ancestral worlds. Invitingly illustrated,…
Marine Zoologist and founding editor of New Zealand Geographic, Kennedy Warne, dives deep into the sea and his own internal currents before delivering eloquent, informed and heart-felt essays on how marine ecosystems influence our lives and those of…
An accessible and engaging account of the evolution of flight across the natural world - from bees to bats, dinosaurs and birds. Filled with wit and wonder, Taking Flight encourages us to look at and marvel at the amazing forces that have shaped…
Bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben passionately explores the ways we can support forests to thrive (and they us) in these increasingly uncertain times. Delving into the way trees communicate and build networks with the…
Andrea Wulf takes us on a geographical pilgrimage following the colourful global adventures of Alexander Humboldt. An eighteenth-century German scientist, traveller and intellectual who was ahead of his time, Humboldt predicted human induced climate…
An inspirational tale of connection between a geobiologist, her field of science, and the natural world. Hope Jahren studies live and fossilized plants. She describes leaves as elegant machines, soil as the interface between the living and the dead,…
In this engaging and accessible “love letter to the planet”, marine biologist Enric Sala passionately builds a case for the preservation of Earth’s biodiversity. Weaving together ecological case studies with stories from his own scientific…
Robin Kimmerer combines western science with the teachings of her indigenous ancestors to cultivate an understanding of, and human compassion for, the natural world. Kimmerer helps us to see not only what plants provide us with, but also what we can…
Science writer David Quammen reveals how new molecular techniques have radically changed our understanding of evolutionary processes. He chronicles the work of key researchers who have contributed to these discoveries, using his gift for…
Auckland Museum natural science curator Robert Vennell takes his reader on a lyrical walk through the mysteries of New Zealand bush and its fungi, mosses and lichen. It's like being on a tramp with a gentle conversationalist who lifts the right…
Fungi are a key player in most of life’s processes. They have a crucial role to play in our understanding of the environment and our management of waste. Merlin Sheldrake pours his passion for mycology into this beautifully written book which…
In lyrical style Julian Hoffman tells the story of conservation work around the globe. Finely balancing stories about the destruction of species and habitats with passionate accounts of the work activists are doing, Hoffman leaves some room for hope…
