Scientifically informed and funny, Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals is a firsthand account of some of Australia’s most wonderfully unique animals—and how
We are now living in an environmental emergency. As climate change, habitat loss, and other threats have placed almost one-fifth of all species on Earth at
Madagascar is a place of change. A biodiversity hotspot and the fourth largest island on the planet, it has been home to a spectacular parade
The US National Parks, what Wallace Stegner called America’s “best idea,” are under siege. Written by the Jarvis brothers—Jonathan, a former ranger, biologist, and National
We’ve got some exciting new books out this summer about conservation, natural history, and the environment.
University Presses like Chicago are committed to making available works that not only keep us informed but also help us to better understand the world
In The Other Dark Matter: The Science and Business of Turning Waste into Wealth and Health, journalist Lina Zeldovich reveals how human excrement can be
The North Atlantic right whale is a species so endangered that there are likely more researchers in the world studying them than there are individual
In his new book, Climate and the Making of Worlds, Tobias Menely explores a long literary history of poetic rewritings and critical readings that continually
For well over a century, the Marine Biological Laboratory has been a nexus of scientific discovery, a site where scientists and students from around the
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