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"It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible. In California, wildfires now rage year-round, destroying thousands of homes. Across the US, "500-year" storms pummel communities month after month, and floods displace tens of millions annually. This is only a preview of the changes to come. And they are coming fast....

Can you imagine a time when the land and the sky belonged to the mariposas? I can. A young girl dreams of the land’s historic mariposas amarillas and is determined to re-create their glory, even if her butterflies are made of paper. But when nature thwarts her plans, life, magic, and yes, even the rain, bring something more beautiful than she ever could have crafted. Based on the author’s own memories of a hurricane that diverted the migration...

The beloved New York Times opinion writer and best-selling author presents this stunning literary devotional that follows the creatures and plants in her backyard over the course of the year, tracing the passing of the seasons, personal and natural.

Jenny runs away from home because her mother and sister are too busy for her, but being independent is only fun for a little while.

"Down by the meadow that blows wild and free, There's a world full of wonders I want you to see . . . Come spend five minutes on a nature adventure! Written by science writer and poet Gabby Dawnay, this collection of read-aloud stories invites the youngest nature lovers to celebrate the everyday miracles in a woodland. Written in engaging rhyming text, each tale introduces one of nature's wonders. And at the end of each story, children are invited...

Eleven-year-old Willodeen adores creatures of all kinds, but her favorites are the most unlovable beasts in the land: strange beasts known as "screechers". The villagers of Perchance call them pests, even monsters, but Willodeen believes the animals serve a vital role in the complicated web of nature. Lately, though, nature has seemed angry indeed. Perchance has been cursed with fires and mudslides, droughts and fevers, and even the annual migration...

"A guide to exploring the world around us, asking questions, and making sense of what we see--with forty fun outdoor activities that promote independent thinking, which kids can enjoy all year round!"-- Provided by publisher.

J. Drew Lanham explores his obsession with birds and all things wild in a mix of poetry and prose.

"This anthology amplifies and centers LGBTQIA+ voices and perspectives in a collection of contemporary nature poetry. Showcasing over two hundred queer writers from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, Queer Nature offers a new context for and expands upon the canon of nature poetry while also offering new lenses through which to view queerness and the natural world." --back cover.

In 2003, Bill Sargent bought a big pink house in Ipswich, Massachusetts. His home sits on what is known as the Great Marsh, a fascinating patch of wetland shared by Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Sargent received a grant to study some of the rare and endangered ground-nesting birds that inhabit the public land adjacent to his property. Ipswich Marsh is about these birds, but much else as well. Organized by the seasons of the year, The House on Ipswich...