Books for World Wildlife Day

By Coll Rowe | February 27 2026 | General

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.

How Earth's Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life
9780593654286
An elegantly written exploration of the cutting-edge science of the strangest and most remarkable creatures on our planet by a leading marine biologist.
$32.00 US
Apr 22, 2025
Hardcover
288 Pages
Viking

How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
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

The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo
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


Flocks, Communes, and Families
9780593853061
An exploration of all the ways in which birds are social creatures—from breeding to nesting to babysitting.
$31.00 US
Sep 23, 2025
Hardcover
304 Pages
Tarcher

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. With a foreword by David Allen Sibley.

$36.00 US
Apr 23, 2024
Hardcover
320 Pages
Knopf

Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals
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

Meditations on Intuitive Oysters, Hopeful Doves, and Being Human in the World
9780593831663
A luminous collection of essays exploring the lessons we can incorporate from the animal world in order to live more fully as humans.
$29.00 US
Jul 15, 2025
Hardcover
256 Pages
Penguin Life

The Hidden Life of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey
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

The Epic History of the World’s First National Park
9781640097339

Discover the epic history of the first US national park in this historical adventure for fans of American history, the Wild West, and the hit show. Explore how Yellowstone’s remote Western landscape became a symbol of our country—and an integral part of our understanding of the natural world.

$19.95 US
Oct 21, 2025
Paperback
432 Pages
Counterpoint

9781681990330

The addiction that is birdwatching comes to vivid life in Margaret Millar’s delightful memoir of her early days as a naturalist. Part autobiography and part birdwatcher’s journal, it is a moving elegy to a bygone place and time.

$16.99 US
Jun 19, 2018
Paperback
242 Pages
Soho Syndicate

Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
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