I just finished ‘’Below the Edge of Darkness’’ by Edith Widder PhD. This memoir of a marine biologist studying bioluminescence in the deep open ocean is not only a great adventure story. It is also a luminous description of not just the beauty of bioluminescence in this ecosystem, but a of the har…

I have gotten great reading recommendations from the previous related threads about nature based fiction, natural histories, famous nature-writing authors, etc. I’d say this one is about recently published nature writing of any kind that the reader enjoyed enough to recommend.

Birdsong in a Time of Silence by Steven Lovatt

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I’m about halfway through The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds by Jon Dunn and really enjoying it. It inspired me to go back and look at my list and discover that I’ve seen almost ninety species of this amazing family of birds.

I recently read Objectivity, which was a very good book. It is a book written by Lorraine Duston. The story revolves around an atlas of illustrations of living organisms to show how objectivity has been achieved in the history of science. It gave me a good chance to think about the records I post…

Also include ‘’listened to any good audio books recently ?’’ Listening to ‘’Fuzz: when nature breaks the Law’’ by Mary Roach really made the commute fly by. Explores ways to handle human-wildlife conflict, from Grizzly Bears eating people, to House Mice in your grain stores, from ‘’danger trees’’…

I can recommend Chris Packham’s autobiography Fingers in the Sparkle Jar. He is now something of a tv celebrity on wildlife matters here in Britain. The book is largely about his difficult childhood with Asperger Syndrome and him taking refuge in studying wildlife.

Just a few days ago, I finished “The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds” by Julie Zickefoose. In addition to stories of her taking in orphaned birds and rehabilitating injured birds, she has some beautiful illustrations.

Does guides count? because I am reading guide of butterfly by K.kunte , and will try to read about snakes

I’m currently reading A World on the Wing, The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott Weidensaul. It is absolutely fascinating!

Read any good nature books recently?

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