Animals and Nature

The Soul of an Octopus

A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

By: Sy Montgomery
Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

In this astonishing book from the author of the best selling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. Read more

Bitch

On the Female of the Species

By: Lucy Cooke
Narrated by: Lucy Cooke
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

“Bitch: On the Female of the Species takes a humorous but thoroughly researched look at evolution and nature, and (I think) fairly successfully demolishes the stale and sexist myths of a male dominated animal kingdom once and for all. Cooke highlights research done by scientists of all genders to show that moving forward is a new world of... Read more

Life on the Rocks

Building a Future for Coral Reefs

By: Juli Berwald
Narrated by: Juli Berwald
Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

FINALIST FOR THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND BOOKLIST

The story of the urgent fight to save coral reefs, and why it matters to us all

Coral reefs are a microcosm of our planet: extraordinarily diverse, deeply interconnected, and full of wonders. When they’re thriving, these fairy gardens hidden beneath... Read more

The Age of the Horse

An Equine Journey Through Human History

By: Susanna Forrest
Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
Length: 13 hours 44 minutes

Fifty-six million years ago, the earliest equid walked the earth—and beginning with the first-known horse-keepers of the Copper Age, the horse has played an integral part in human history. Combining fascinating anthropological detail and incisive personal anecdotes, Susanna Forrest draws from an immense range of archival documents as well as... Read more

The Overstory

By: Richard Powers
Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
Length: 22 hours 58 minutes

“The Overstory is a difficult novel to encapsulate in a sentence or two. It is an epic novel of interconnected stories that all revolve in one way or another to trees and our kinship with the natural world. I listened to this over a few months and found it captivating, especially the sections of the stories that deal with the non-violent direct... Read more

Forest Walking

Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America

By: Peter Wohlleben & Jane Billinghurst
Narrated by: Sean Sonier
Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Awaken your senses and make the most out of your next walk in the woods—with Peter Wohlleben, New York Times-bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees.

“This book will fast-track you into the joys of spending time amongst the trees.”—Tristan Gooley, author of The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs and How to Read Water

"You'll be changed... Read more

Your Guide to Forest Bathing

Experience the Healing Power of Nature

By: M. Amos Clifford
Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
Length: 3 hours 37 minutes

Forest bathing is a gentle, meditative practice of connecting with nature. Simply being present with all of our senses, in a forest or other wild area, can produce mental, emotional, and physical health benefits. It is a simple, accessible antidote to our nature-starved lives and can inspire us to become advocates for healing our relationships... Read more

Tamed and Untamed

Close Encounters of the Animal Kind

By: Sy Montgomery & Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Narrated by: Sy Montgomery & Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Extraordinary new insights into the minds and lives of our fellow creatures from two of the world’s top animal authors, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and Sy Montgomery. A Mail on Sunday “Critic's Pick” Best Read of the Year "In their writing and in their lives and in their remarkable friendship, Liz and Sy break down false barriers and carry us... Read more

H Is for Hawk

By: Helen Macdonald
Narrated by: Helen Macdonald
Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

The instant New York Times bestseller and multiaward-winning sensation, Helen Macdonald’s story of adopting and raising one of nature’s most vicious predators has soared into the hearts of millions of readers worldwide.When Helen Macdonald’s father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer captivated by hawks... Read more

Vesper Flights

By: Helen Macdonald
Narrated by: Helen Macdonald
Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

“These essays will stay with you long after you finish. They are beautiful and thought provoking. You will be awed by Macdonald's insights and by the natural world that inspired them. Macdonald's soothing, sophisticated voice, and creates something you can listen to over and over again. Read more

How to Love Animals

In a Human-Shaped World

By: Henry Mance
Narrated by: Henry Mance
Length: 12 hours 13 minutes

A personal journey into our evolving relationships with animals, and a thought-provoking look at how those bonds are being challenged and reformed across disciplines

We love animals, but does that make the animals' lives any happier? With factory farms, climate change and deforestation, this might be the worst time in history to be an animal. If... Read more

Mason Bee Revolution

How the Hardest Working Bee can Save the World – One Backyard at a Time

By: Dave Hunter & Jill Lightner
Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
Length: 6 hours 1 minute

The national media regularly features dire stories on honeybee colony collapse and its danger to our food supply. But there's another, unsung bee that has the potential to save the planet—the mason bee.



Mason Bee Revolution explains how docile, hard-working, solitary mason bees (and their compatriots, the leafcutter bees) are even more productive... Read more

The Hummingbirds' Gift

Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings

By: Sy Montgomery
Narrated by: Sy Montgomery
Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

“Sy Montgomery is a marvel of the “this is why you should care about animals” genre. This book is short, sweet and fascinating, much like the subject matter, and it won’t leave you sad-crying at the end!! Enjoy! Read more

What It's Like to Be a Bird

From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing--What Birds Are Doing, and Why

Sibley Guides

By: David Allen Sibley
Narrated by: Evan Sibley
Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

The bird book for birders and nonbirders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly backyard, birds are doing—and why: Can birds smell?; Is this the same cardinal that was at my feeder last year?; Do robins 'hear worms'? In What It's Like to Be a Bird, David Sibley answers the most... Read more

Fuzz

When Nature Breaks the Law

By: Mary Roach
Narrated by: Mary Roach
Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

One of Audible's Best of 2021
One of AudioFile Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2021
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
#1 Los Angeles Times Bestseller
#1 Indie Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller
A Washington Post and Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Book of 2021
Longlisted for the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionJoin "America’s... Read more

Crow Planet

Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness

By: Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Narrated by: Christine Williams
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

There are more crows now than ever. Their abundance is both an indicator of ecological imbalance and a generous opportunity to connect with the animal world. Crow Planet reminds us that we do not need to head to faraway places to encounter "nature." Rather, even in the suburbs and cities where we live we are surrounded by wild life such as... Read more

Bringing Back the Beaver

The Story of One Man's Quest to Rewild Britain's Waterways

By: Derek Gow
Narrated by: Calum Beaton
Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

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

Feather Trails

A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds

By: Sophie A. H. Osborn
Narrated by: Tia Rider
Length: 15 hours 56 minutes

The story of one woman’s remarkable work with a trio of charismatic, endangered bird species—and her discoveries about the devastating threats that imperil them.   In Feather Trails, wildlife biologist and birder Sophie A. H. Osborn reveals how the harmful environmental choices we’ve made—including pesticide use, the introduction of invasive... Read more

Silent Earth

Averting the Insect Apocalypse

By: Dave Goulson
Narrated by: Dave Goulson
Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

In the tradition of Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking environmental classic Silent Spring, an award-winning entomologist and conservationist explains the importance of insects to our survival, and offers a clarion call to avoid a looming ecological disaster of our own making.
Drawing on thirty years of research, Goulson has written an accessible,... Read more

The Hawk's Way

Encounters with Fierce Beauty

By: Sy Montgomery
Narrated by: Sy Montgomery
Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

“The brilliant Sy Montgomery (The Soul of an Octopus) focuses her keen eye and powers of observation on raptors, and it is gripping (pardon the pun)! Montgomery writes with passion and beauty, bringing nature to life with uncommon skill. Like the best non-fiction writers, she weaves her topic and subjectivity seamlessly together, to form a small... Read more