Ecological science, the Biosphere

From the internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees

An illuminating manifesto on ancient forests: how they adapt to climate change by passing their wisdom through generations, and why our future lies in protecting them.

Sunday Times Bestseller

‘A paradigm-smashing chronicle of joyous entanglement’ Charles Foster

Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month (September)

Are trees social beings? How do trees live? Do they feel pain or have awareness of their surroundings?

An eagerly anticipated addition to the New Naturalist series.

The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough’s classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave.

A completely up-to-date introduction to the most common group of bees in Britain.

WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023

The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year

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‘If anyone was born to save Britain’s rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole’ Sunday Times

‘A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps’ DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTH

There may be no insect with a worse reputation than the wasp, and none guarding so many undiscovered wonders.

Winner of the 2022 Marsh Book of the Year Award

A long-awaited volume in the New Naturalist series examining the trees of Britain.

The Peak District, Britain’s first national park, is a land of great natural beauty, visited by millions of people every year.

Ollie Hunter is back with his second book, Join the Greener Revolution.

This time he's tackling sustainability in our day-to-day lives and explaining why our current system isn't working and exploring future options for how we can create and live in a more sustainable world.

‘A lovely little book … quietly lyrical, often funny and gently persuasive’ Sunday Times

‘Succinct, clear, sophisticated. I couldn't stop reading it’ Jeff VanderMeer

‘My favourite book about the wilderness’ Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild

In this shimmering masterpiece of American nature writing, Edward Abbey ventures alone into the canyonlands of Moab, Utah, to work as a seasonal ranger for the United States National Park Service.