Books for World Wildlife Day

By Coll Rowe | February 26 2025 | Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

For World Wildlife Day on March 3rd, we are sharing books to educate on wildlife and conservation and provide tools to connect students and the planet. Find our full list of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology titles here.

An Immense World
An Immense World
How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong
9780593133255
A tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill you with wonder and forever alter your perspective, by Pulitzer Prize–winning science journalist Ed Yong.
$20.00 US
Aug 29, 2023
Paperback
480 Pages
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Blood Memory
Blood Memory
The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo
Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns
9780593537343

The epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today—a moving and beautifully illustrated work of natural history inspired by the PBS series “American Buffalo.”

$40.00 US
Oct 10, 2023
Hardcover
352 Pages
Knopf
Why Animals Talk
Why Animals Talk
The New Science of Animal Communication
Arik Kershenbaum
9780593654934

From leading zoologist Arik Kershenbaum, a delightful and groundbreaking exploration of animal communication and its true meaning.

$30.00 US
Aug 06, 2024
Hardcover
288 Pages
Penguin Press
National Geographic The Photo Ark Vanishing
National Geographic The Photo Ark Vanishing
The World's Most Vulnerable Animals
Joel Sartore
9781426220593
Celebrated National Geographic photojournalist Joel Sartore continues his Photo Ark quest, photographing species around the world that are escaping extinction thanks to human efforts.
$40.00 US
Sep 10, 2019
Hardcover
400 Pages
National Geographic
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan
9780593536131

A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club.

$36.00 US
Apr 23, 2024
Hardcover
320 Pages
Knopf
What an Owl Knows
What an Owl Knows
The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman
9780593298909
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a brilliant scientific investigation into owls—the most elusive of birds—and why they exert such a hold on human imagination.
$19.00 US
Jun 04, 2024
Paperback
352 Pages
Penguin Books
National Geographic The Photo Ark
National Geographic The Photo Ark
One Man's Quest to Document the World's Animals
Joel Sartore, Douglas Chadwick
9781426217777
The National Geographic Photo Ark is photographer Joel Sartore’s lifelong mission—a more than 20-year project to photograph every species living in the world’s zoos, aquariums, and wildlife sanctuaries.
$35.00 US
Mar 07, 2017
Hardcover
400 Pages
National Geographic
A Most Remarkable Creature
A Most Remarkable Creature
The Hidden Life of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey
Jonathan Meiburg
9781101911549
Here is an enthralling account of the clever, social birds of prey called caracaras, which puzzled Darwin, fascinate modern-day falconers, and carry secrets of our planet's deep past in their family history.
$21.00 US
Feb 22, 2022
Paperback
400 Pages
Vintage
National Geographic Photo Ark Wonders
National Geographic Photo Ark Wonders
Celebrating Diversity in the Animal Kingdom
Joel Sartore
9781426221910
$40.00 US
Oct 19, 2021
Hardcover
400 Pages
National Geographic
National Audubon Society Birds of North America
National Audubon Society Birds of North America
National Audubon Society
9780525655671
Here is a completely new and definitive guide to the birds of North America: the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date work of its kind.
$49.95 US
Apr 06, 2021
Hardcover
912 Pages
Knopf
Tenacious Beasts
Tenacious Beasts
Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals
Christopher J. Preston
9780262548335
An inspiring look at wildlife species that are defying the odds and teaching important lessons about how to share a planet.
$24.95 US
Mar 05, 2024
Paperback
328 Pages
The MIT Press
Finding the Mother Tree
Finding the Mother Tree
Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard
9780525565994
From the world’s leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest—a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery.
$18.00 US
Jun 21, 2022
Paperback
384 Pages
Vintage
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