Environment & Nature audiobooks

How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog)

By: Lee Alan Dugatkin & Lyudmila Trut

Narrated by: Joe Hempel

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Tucked away in Siberia, there are furry, four-legged creatures with wagging tails and floppy ears that are as docile and friendly as any lapdog. But, despite appearances, these are not dogs—they are foxes. They are the result of the most astonishing experiment in breeding ever undertaken—imagine speeding up thousands of years of evolution into a... Read more

We Rise

By: Xiuhtezcatl Martinez & Justin Spizman

Narrated by: Drew Caiden

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Sixteen-year-old climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and his group the Earth Guardians believe that choices made now will have a lasting impact on the world of tomorrow, and they want to ensure a positive, just, and sustainable future. Beginning with their empowering story, We Rise explores many aspects of effective activism and provides... Read more

The Rights of Nature

By: David R. Boyd

Narrated by: Corey M. Snow

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Palila v Hawaii. New Zealand's Te Urewera Act. Sierra Club v Disney. These legal phrases hardly sound like the makings of a revolution, but beyond the headlines portending environmental catastrophes, a movement of immense import has been building—in courtrooms, legislatures, and communities across the globe. Cultures and laws are transforming to... Read more

A Bear's Life

By: Ian McAllister & Nicholas Read

Narrated by: Heather Gould

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Black bears, grizzly bears, and spirit bears all make their home in the Great Bear Rainforest. A Bear's Life uses Ian McAllister's stunning photographs to follow these beautiful animals through a year in the British Columbia wilderness—catching fish, eating berries, climbing trees and taking long naps. A Bear's Life is the second in the My... Read more

In wake of Harvey, Houston's undocumented community faces uncertainty

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

For Houston's undocumented immigrant community, some 600,000 people, Hurricane Harvey has turned anxiety about immigration raids and deportations into a visceral fear to seek shelter. In addition, many who have been impacted by the storm are unable to qualify for government disaster relief. P.J. Tobia reports on how undocumented families are... Read more

The Healing Powers of Cats and Dogs

By: Carlyn Montes De Oca

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Cats and dogs bring to us many gifts including companionship and unconditional love. Carlyn Montes De Oca points out that “These furry companions are scientifically proven stress-busters in, perhaps, this most stressed-out age that humanity has ever known.” Here we explore how our cats and dogs can be our health and wellness allies. Carlyn... Read more

Going home after Harvey and realizing you've lost everything

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Thousands of storm victims are making their way back home as the skies in Houston clear and the water recedes. Assessing the damage will be the start of a long road toward recovery. William Brangham takes us into the homes of families trying to rebuild after Tropical Storm Harvey. Read more

Quakeland

By: Kathryn Miles

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A journey around the United States in search of the truth about the threat of earthquakes leads to spine-tingling discoveries, unnerving experts, and ultimately the kind of preparations that will actually help guide us through disasters. It’s a road trip full of surprises.
 
Earthquakes. You need to worry about them only if you’re in San... Read more

Ice Diaries

By: Jean McNeil

Narrated by: Bridget Wareham

Length: 13 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A decade ago, novelist and short story writer Jean McNeil spent a year as writer-in-residence with the British Antarctic Survey, and four months on the world’s most enigmatic continent — Antarctica. Access to the Antarctic remains largely reserved for scientists, and it is the only piece of earth that is nobody’s country. Ice Diaries is the... Read more

About Fish/Sobre los peces

By: Cathryn Sill

Narrated by: Alma Cuervo

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

This beginner's guide offers a first glimpse into the natural world of fish. In this bilingual addition to the acclaimed About. series, educator and author Cathryn Sill uses simple, easy-to-understand language to teach children the basic characteristics of what fish are, how they swim, breathe, and reproduce, and the different ways they protect... Read more

101 Amazing Facts about Animals

By: Jack Goldstein

Narrated by: Jason Zenobia

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Did you know that gorillas can catch human colds? Or that cows from different regions moo in different accents? What's the fastest animal in the water? And what disgusting thing does the hoopoe bird do to scare away predators? This fantastic audiobook answers all these questions and more, covering everything from cats and dogs to creepy... Read more

The Dogs of Avalon

By: Laura Schenone

Narrated by: Esther Wane

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Greyhounds, streaks of lightning, were bred to be the fastest dogs on earth. Yet for decades tens of thousands were destroyed, abandoned, and abused each year when they couldn't run fast enough. Scrappy Marion Fitzgibbon, whose empathy for animals made her relentless, became obsessed with saving these dogs—despite the overwhelming power of... Read more

Starved by drought, Rome's water supply may not spring eternal

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A serious drought across Europe has wreaked havoc for Italy's agricultural industry, causing over $2 billion in damage. Even Rome, the city of aqueducts, has begun to turn off the spigot at dozens of its iconic fountains, and has warned it may have to ration water for its residents and tourists. Special correspondent Christopher Livesay and... Read more

The Untold History of Healing

By: Wolf D. Storl

Narrated by: Ulf Bjorklund

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

This captivating history of medicine traces healing practices from the Stone Age to modern times, highlighting ancient knowledge and plant-based treatments.

This absorbing history of medicine takes the reader on a sweeping journey, revealing that Western medicine has its origins not only in the academic tradition of doctors and pharmacists, but... Read more

Bowland Beth

By: David Cobham

Narrated by: Dugald Bruce-Lockhart

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

‘An outstanding book’ Spectator The story of the short life and tragic death of Bowland Beth – an English Hen Harrier – which dramatically highlights the major issues in UK conservation. ‘The sun was blood red as it broke the horizon and lit the communal roost where the female... Read more

The Dog Guardian

By: Nigel Reed

Narrated by: Tom Lawrence

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Dog behaviourist Nigel Reed reveals the secrets to a happy, well behaved dog in his revolutionary new book The Dog Guardian.

Struggling to solve your dog's behavioural problems? Looking to achieve the perfect relationship with your dog? The Dog Guardian is here to help.

Dog behaviourist Nigel Reed teaches emotional intelligence for dog owners,... Read more

The Great Quake

By: Henry Fountain

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in North American recorded history—the 1964 Alaska earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and swept away the island village of Chenega—and the geologist who hunted for clues to explain how and why it took place.

At 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964,... Read more

How a Hawaiian island is fighting invasive parakeets

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

On the Hawaiian island of Kauai, rose-ringed parakeets, which are often kept as pets, have bred in the wild, destroying farms and bothering residents. They may also be threatening native plants. PBS NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson reports on local efforts to battle the invasive birds. Read more

Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman

By: Miriam Horn

Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Many of the men and women doing today's most consequential environmental work-restoring America's grasslands, wildlife, soil, rivers, wetlands, and oceans-would not call themselves environmentalists: they would be too uneasy with the connotations of that word. What drives them is their deep love of the land-the iconic terrain where explorers and... Read more

An Inconvenient Sequel - Abridged

By: Al Gore

Narrated by: Al Gore, Sterling K. Brown, Danny Burstein, Mar...

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fresh off the heels of a successful debut at the Sundance Film Festival, Al Gore’s follow-up to his eye-opening blockbuster An Inconvenient Truth comes at a time when climate change is a daily headline and audiences are more eager than ever to act on behalf of the planet.

“We’re going to win this…If anybody doubts that we have the capacity and... Read more

Becoming Animal

By: David Abram

Narrated by: David Abram

Length: 13 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

As the climate veers toward catastrophe, the innumerable losses cascading through the biosphere make vividly evident the need for a metamorphosis in our relation to the living land. For too long we've inured ourselves to the wild intelligence of our muscled flesh, taking our primary truths from technologies that hold the living world at a... Read more

Drought and famine threaten life for nomadic Somali herders

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Many regions in East Africa are at risk of famine for the third time in 25 years. Twenty million people in the war-torn countries of Yemen, South Sudan and Somalia, as well as drought-stricken neighbors like Ethiopia are at risk. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, on the crisis and... Read more

Mini Hummingbird Gardening Guide

By: HowExpert & Essie Thorn

Narrated by: Teresa L. Booth

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

If you want to learn about hummingbird gardening, then get Mini Hummingbird Gardening Guide which is a fun and easy to read eBook with interesting facts and thorough information.- The 7 steps are easy to follow and well organized- Everything you need to know to create a hummingbird garden is all in one book, and it even includes a mini... Read more

One of the biggest icebergs ever just broke off Antarctica

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A huge iceberg -- twice as large as Lake Erie -- has broken away from the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica, an event that researchers have been anticipating for months. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien joins Judy Woodruff to discuss whether it’s linked to climate change and what it means for sea-level rise. Read more