Environment & Nature audiobooks

Pupy ogonki i kuperki

By: Mikolaj Golachowski

Narrated by: Wiktor Zborowski

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes

Abridged: No

PUPY OGONKI i KUPERKI w brawurowej i mistrzowskiej interpretacji Wiktora Zborowskiego to znakomita popularnonaukowa książka, w której każdy - zarówno mały jak i duży czytelnik - odkryje nieznane i ekscytującego fakty ze świata przyrody!Posłuchaj o fascynujących tajemnicach ukrytych w pupach zwierząt! Czy hipopotam ma naprawdę tam helikopterek a... Read more

Coyote America

By: Dan Flores

Narrated by: Elijah Alexander

Length: 8 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

With its uncanny night howls, unrivaled ingenuity, and amazing resilience, the coyote is the stuff of legends. In Indian folktales it often appears as a deceptive trickster or a sly genius. But legends don’t come close to capturing the incredible survival story of the coyote. As soon as Americans—especially white Americans—began ranching and... Read more

The Last of the Tribe

By: Monte Reel

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Throughout the centuries, the Amazon has yielded many of its secrets, but it still holds a few great mysteries. In 1996 experts got their first glimpse of one: a lone Indian, a tribe of one, hidden in the forests of southwestern Brazil. Previously uncontacted tribes are extremely rare, but a one-man tribe was unprecedented. And like all of the... Read more

Wild Things, Wild Places

By: Jane Alexander

Narrated by: Jane Alexander

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A moving, inspiring, personal look at the vastly changing world of wildlife on planet earth as a result of human incursion, and the crucial work of animal and bird preservation across the globe being done by scientists, field biologists, zoologists, environmentalists, and conservationists. From a longtime, much-admired activist, impassioned... Read more

The Tide

By: Hugh Aldersey Williams

Narrated by: Derek Perkins

Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Here is the epic story of the centuries-long search to understand the tide: from Aristotle, said to have drowned himself when he failed to figure out the Greek tides, to the pioneering investigations into the role of the moon by Galileo and Newton, to supercomputing in our own time. Celebrated science writer Hugh Aldersey-Williams whisks the... Read more

The Age of Sustainable Development

By: Jeffrey D. Sachs

Narrated by: Bob Souer

Length: 14 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Jeffrey D. Sachs has shown himself to be one of the world's most perceptive and original analysts of global development in his groundbreaking books, including The End of Poverty and Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet. Now, in this major new work he presents a compelling and practical framework for how global citizens can address the... Read more

Let My People Go Surfing

By: Yvon Chouinard

Narrated by: Christopher Grove & Yvon Chouinard

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In his long-awaited memoir, Yvon Chouinard-legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc.-shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth. From his youth as the son of a French Canadian blacksmith to the thrilling,... Read more

Urban beekeeping is a rising trend in major cities

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Bees are critical to agricultural production, but beekeeping is actually increasing in cities like Los Angeles and New York City, where restrictions on the practice were recently lifted. In Philadelphia, where there are thousands of abandoned lots to forage, both hobbyists and commercial beekeepers are introducing hives to their backyards, roofs... Read more

Could California drought make residents sick?

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

As California's five-year drought continues, the community of East Porterville has become an epicenter for the state's water shortage. Of the 1,800 homes located in the town, nearly 500 have lost wells that provided water for bathing and washing food. Officials worry the predicament will take a toll on the health of the community’s 7,000... Read more

The Perfect Horse

By: Elizabeth Letts

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Ride of Her Life and The Eighty-Dollar Champion comes the “winningly readable” (The Christian Science Monitor) true story of the heroic rescue of priceless horses in the closing days of World War II.

“Hard to put down . . . One need not be an equestrian or horse lover in order to appreciate this... Read more

Helping Teenagers to Find Their Inner Guide

By: Tom Shelstad & Kelly Shelstad

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Adolescence is a time of great ferment and change. When messages abound that tell a young person they are not enough, they tend to concentrate their energies on being prettier, smarter, or more popular. What does this leave out? Kelly and Tom Shelstad offer wilderness programs and other activities that have proven to be of help to young people... Read more

Seven Skeletons

By: Lydia Pyne

Narrated by: Randye Kaye

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Over the last century, the search for human ancestors has spanned four continents and resulted in the discovery of hundreds of fossils. While most of these discoveries live quietly in museums, there are a few that have become world-renowned celebrity personas. In Seven Skeletons, historian of science Lydia Pyne explores how seven such famous... Read more

The Swamp

By: Michael Grunwald

Narrated by: Adam Verner

Length: 16 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The Everglades was America's last frontier, a wild country long after the West was won. In this book, Michael Grunwald chronicles how a series of visionaries tried to drain and "reclaim" it, and how Mother Nature refused to bend to their will; in the most harrowing tale, a 1928 hurricane drowned 2,500 people in the Everglades. But the Army Corps... Read more

Ocean clean-up

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

About 9 million tons of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans every year -- enough to fill a football stadium 23 miles high. But a project dubbed the Ocean Cleanup aims to eliminate it with a method that researchers are testing in the North Sea. The NewsHour Weekend’s Saskia de Melker has the story. Read more

Eureka!

By: John Grant

Narrated by: Mark Meadows

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Galileo, Einstein, Curie, Darwin, Hawking - we know the names, but how much do we really know about these people? Galileo gained notoriety over his battle with the Vatican, but did you know that this father of modern science was also an accomplished lute player? And Darwin of course discovered the principle by which new species are formed, but... Read more

Wild Sex

By: Carin Bondar

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A brilliantly engaging guide to the reproductive habits of creatures great and small, based on the author’s popular web series Wild Sex, which has received over fourteen million views Birds do it, bees do it―every member of the animal kingdom does it, from fruit flies to blue whales. But if you think humans have a tough time dating, try having... Read more

Mountain Springs

By: Greg Cetus

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Imagine walking along a beautiful mountain stream. You can hear birds singing as the stream rushes by. Light waves of fresh air are cooling your face and the sun warming your back as you keep walking. In the distance you see a beautiful waterfall. You start walking towards this waterfall and begin to feel the mist on your face and hands as you... Read more

Waterfall of Mindfulness

By: Greg Cetus

Narrated by: Greg Cetus

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Waking up in the middle of the night because of some silly worrying thought such as lost car keys or imaginary exam the next day is never fun. Our mind is often fixated on stressful thoughts until we find a way to get rid of them. This technique will help you do just that by rewiring your circuits and reconnecting with sleep. Read more

Birds Singing

By: Greg Cetus

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Birdsong relaxes physically and stimulates cognitively at the same time. People find birdsong relaxing and reassuring because over thousands of years they have learnt when the birds sing they are safe. This natural soundscape is productivity boosting and can be used at work to help focus, improve cognition and reduce tiredness. Gentle birdsong... Read more

The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees

By: Robert Penn

Narrated by: Robert Penn

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Out of all the trees in the world, the ash is the most closely bound up with who we are. From tool handles to arrows, wheels and bowls to furniture and baseball bats, humans have made more and varied use of ash than any other kind of wood. Journeying across the English-speaking world, Robert Penn meets craftsmen with rare skills and a knowledge... Read more

Dark Winter

By: John L. Casey

Narrated by: David Stifel

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Climate change has been a perplexing problem for years. Casey's research into the Sun's activity, which began almost a decade ago, resulted in discovery of a solar cycle that is now reversing from its global warming phase to that of dangerous global cooling for the next thirty years or more. This new cold climate will dramatically impact the... Read more

The Five Roles of a Master Herder

By: Linda Kohanov

Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Linda Kohanov, author of the bestselling The Tao of Equus, pioneered a deep understanding of “the way of the horse,” including the extraordinary nonverbal communication of skilled riders and the collaborative power of “herding cultures” through the centuries. She has adapted this profound, time-tested approach to modern life and the... Read more

The Tree

By: Colin Tudge

Narrated by: Enn Reitel

Length: 19 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A blend of history, science, philosophy, and environmentalism, The Tree is an engaging and elegant look at the life of the tree and what modern research tells us about their future.

There are redwoods in California that were ancient by the time Columbus first landed, and pines still alive that germinated around the time humans invented... Read more

The Good Good Pig

By: Sy Montgomery

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

A naturalist who spent months at a time living on her own among wild creatures in remote jungles, Sy Montgomery had always felt more comfortable with animals than with people. So she gladly opened her heart to a sick piglet who had been crowded away from nourishing meals by his stronger siblings. Yet Sy had no inkling that this piglet, later... Read more