Environment & Nature audiobooks

Oceanology

By: DK

Narrated by: Amy Noble

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Dive into this uniquely elegant exploration of the sea.

An exploration of marine life and the ocean environment, this audiobook makes marine biology and oceanography accessible and enjoyable. Oceanology offers up riches from every corner of the ocean, from coral reefs and mangrove swamps to icy fjords and deep-ocean trenches, and from great... Read more

Earth Almanac

By: Ted Williams

Narrated by: Will Damron

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Noted nature writer Ted Williams invites readers along on a year-long immersion in the wild and fleeting moments of the natural world, from winter candy and spring quackers to summer’s scarlet farewell and autumn reveilles. This beautifully crafted collection of short, seasonal essays combines in-depth information with evocative descriptions of... Read more

The Reign of Wolf 21

By: Rick McIntyre

Narrated by: Geoff Sugiyama

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

“A redemption story, an adventure story, and perhaps above all, a love story.”—Nate Blakeslee, New York Times-bestselling author of American WolfThe Druid Peak Pack was the most famous wolf pack in Yellowstone National Park, and maybe even in the world.This is the dramatic true story of its remarkable leader, Wolf 21—whose compassion and loyalty... Read more

HowExpert Guide to Coyotes

By: HowExpert & Jazmin Murphy

Narrated by: Leah Casey

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Coyotes are some of the most fascinating creatures native to the North American continent. Most people haven’t had much opportunity to learn about what makes this species so unique, and this has fueled strong negative feelings that have persisted for thousands of years. Now that public opinion is shifting further in favor of enforcing more... Read more

Material

By: Nick Kary

Narrated by: Nick Kary

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A master craftsperson explores the ways in which working with our hands reveals the essence of both our humanity and our relationship with the natural, material world In our present age of computer-assisted design, mass production and machine precision, the traditional skills of the maker or craftsperson are hard to find. Yet the desire for... Read more

Be More Sausage

By: Matt Whyman

Narrated by: Matt Whyman

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A love letter to the small but mighty dachshund or, as it’s more affectionally known, the Sausage Dog. This book – almost as adorable as its namesake – proves that sausage dogs are not just sweet, soft and a little bit silly to look at. They can be an example to us all. Despite having the... Read more

Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal

By: Noam Chomsky & Robert Pollin

Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin

Length: 4 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

An engaging conversation with our most respected public intellectual around how a global Green New Deal has the potential to save humanity and the planet



The environmental crisis under way is unique in human history. It is a true existential crisis. Those alive today will decide the fate of humanity. Meanwhile, the leaders of the most powerful... Read more

The Nature of Nature

By: Enric Sala

Narrated by: Will Damron

Length: 6 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In this inspiring manifesto, an internationally renowned ecologist makes a clear case for why protecting nature is our best health insurance, and why it makes economic sense. Read more

Uprooted

By: Page Dickey

Narrated by: Alex McKenna

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

“Uprooted reveals how a late-life uprooting changed Dickey as a gardener.” —The Wall Street Journal

When Page Dickey moved away from her celebrated garden at Duck Hill, she left a landscape she had spent thirty-four years making, nurturing, and loving. She found her next chapter in northwestern Connecticut, on 17 acres of rolling fields and... Read more

Der Ruf der rosa Delfine

By: Sy Montgomery

Narrated by: Beate Himmelstoß

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Sy Montgomery ist mit ihrem Bestseller "Rendezvous mit einem Oktopus" in die erste Liga der Nature Writer vorgestoßen, auch in Deutschland. Doch nicht nur Oktopoden liegen der Naturforscherin und Autorin am Herzen – sie hat für viele faszinierende Kreaturen Leib und Leben riskiert, aber insbesondere für die rosa Amazonas-Delfine. Viermal ist sie... Read more

Unsere Erde [Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? Folge 36] - Abridged

By: Angela Weinhold

Narrated by: Sonja Szylowicki

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Aus dem Inhalt: Der blaue Planet • Wie ist die Erde entstanden? • Woher kommen die Berge? • Warum spucken Vulkane? • Warum bebt die Erde? • Wie entstehen Landschaften? • Was ist eigentlich Erde? • Was sind Bodenschätze? • Wie sieht es im Meer aus? • Ist das Wetter überall gleich auf der Erde? • Warum gibt es bei uns keine Papageien? • Leben... Read more

Look Up

By: Sarah Cruddas

Narrated by: Sarah Cruddas

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

‘Sarah Cruddas is a gifted writer and Look Up is an inspired book. I am hopeful that we will never stop looking up.’ Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins Most of us have never been to space. To date, of the more than 100 billion humans that have ever existed, fewer than 600 humans have ever left Earth. But the exploration of... Read more

An Irish Nature Year

By: Jane Powers

Narrated by: Aoife McMahon

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Call it a daily meditation on the world around us for nature-lovers and nature newbies alike, An Irish Nature Year gleefully explores the small mysteries of the seasons as they unfold – Who’s cutting perfect circles in your roses? Which birds wear feathery trousers? And what, exactly, is an amethyst deceiver? ... Read more

Unsettling Canada

By: Arthur Manuel & Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson

Narrated by: Darrell Dennis

Length: 10 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Unsettling Canada, a Canadian bestseller, is built on a unique collaboration between two First Nations leaders, Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ron Derrickson. Both men have served as chiefs of their bands in the B.C. interior and both have gone on to establish important national and international reputations. But the differences between... Read more

Great Adaptations

By: Kenneth Catania

Narrated by: Chris Sorensen

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From star-nosed moles that have super-sensing snouts to electric eels that paralyze their prey, animals possess unique and extraordinary abilities. In Great Adaptations, Kenneth Catania presents an entertaining and engaging look at some of nature's most remarkable creatures. Telling the story of his biological detective work, Catania sheds light... Read more

Magdalena

By: Wade Davis

Narrated by: Wade Davis & Xandra Uribe

Length: 16 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A captivating new book from Wade Davis--award-winning, best-selling author and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence for more than a decade--that brings vividly to life the story of the great Río Magdalena, illuminating Colombia's complex past, present, and future

Travelers often become enchanted with the first country that captures their... Read more

The Upside of Down

By: Thomas Homer-Dixon

Narrated by: David Stampone

Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the #1 bestselling and Governor General’s Literary Award-winning The Ingenuity Gap – an essential addition to the bookshelf of every thinking person with a stake in our world and our civilization.

This is a groundbreaking, essential book for our times. Thomas Homer-Dixon brings to bear his formidable understanding of the... Read more

Waters of the World

By: Sarah Dry

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From the glaciers of the Alps to the towering cumulonimbus clouds of the Caribbean and the unexpectedly chaotic flows of the North Atlantic, Waters of the World is a tour through 150 years of the history of a significant but underappreciated idea: that the Earth has a global climate system made up of interconnected parts, constantly changing on... Read more

Foraging Guide

By: Mona Greeny

Narrated by: Helpful Matthew

Length: 3 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

What makes a good forager? It is his ability to identify and locate the edible wild plants in his vicinity. However, with over 80,000 edible species, this feat can be daunting at times. Yet, it is essential that any forager, whether a beginner or not, know his plants and mushrooms. The solution to this problem is simple, though. All any forager... Read more

Foraging

By: Mona Greeny

Narrated by: Kevin Hung-Liang

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Knowledge puts you on the way to new frontiers. Discover a whole new world of wonderful plants and mushrooms without compromising your safety. In this book, Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms, you learn how to identify toxin-containing mushrooms and poisonous plants.Learn the Details of Poisons in PlantsRead descriptions of the different plants and... Read more

A Farmer's Guide to Climate Disruption

By: Rebekah L. Fraser

Narrated by: Rebekah L. Fraser & Mark Herz

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

We can thrive in the changing climate.
Production & yield, pest & disease pressure, food quality, and population are all aspects of food security being affected by climate disruption. According to current projections, the global population will be thirty percent higher in 2050. Because of this and anticipated dietary changes, growers will... Read more

Bringing Back the Beaver

By: Derek Gow

Narrated by: Calum Beaton

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A bold new voice in nature writing, from the front lines of Britain's rewilding movement Bringing Back the Beaver is farmer-turned-ecologist Derek Gow’s inspirational and often riotously funny firsthand account of how the movement to rewild the British landscape with beavers has become the single most dramatic and subversive nature conservation... Read more

Icons of England

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: David Rintoul, Barnaby Edwards, Ben Eagle, Tere...

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin

This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside... Read more

Reservoir Year

By: Nina Shengold

Narrated by: Kathleen McNenny

Length: 10 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

On the eve of her sixtieth birthday, Nina Shengold embarks on a challenge: to walk the path surrounding the Catskills’ glorious Ashokan Reservoir every day for a year, at all times of day and in all kinds of weather, trying to find something new every time. Armed with lively curiosity, infectious enthusiasm, and renewed stubbornness, she hits... Read more