Nature

An Idler In The Wilds

by Tickner Edwardes Read by Steve C 5
Although he was well known around the South Downs in West Sussex as 'The Bee-man of Burpham', Tickner Edwardes also had a great affinity for…

The Night The Mountain Fell

by Edmund Christopherson Read by David Wales 4.4
A severe earthquake, centered in the vacation area of West Yellowstone, Montana, shook the ground and its inhabitants and visitors on August…

Understanding Climatic Change

by US Comm. for the Global Atmospheric Research Program, Us Comm. For The Global Atmospheric Research Program and Us Committee For The Global Atmospheric Research Program Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Understanding Climatic Change - A Program for Action is a 1975 report by the US Committee for the Global Atmospheric Research Program. Alrea…

Wild Pastures

by Winthrop Packard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes on a journey along pastures, ponds, bogs, brooks and woods alerting us to their many inhabitant…

The Natural History

by Pliny the Elder Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …

Dog

by Various Read by David Wales 3.4
The title says it all: stories about dogs. - Summary by david wales

Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled

by Hudson Stuck Read by Barry Eads 4.9
This volume deals with a series of journeys taken with a dog team over the winter trails in the interior of Alaska. The title might have cla…

Treatise on Light

by Christiaan Huygens Read by Availle 4.7
Treatise on Light was published in 1690 and is probably the largest scientific volume on light published before Newton's Opticks. The book e…

The Outermost House

by Henry Beston Read by Shelly Weingart 3.8
A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod - Summary by subtitle

Beaches

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This is the 40th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

Experiments in Plant Hybridisation

by Gregor Mendel Read by Availle 4.6
Gregor Mendel was an Augustinian monk in the St. Thomas monastery in Brno. His seminal paper "Experiments in Plant Hybridization" …

First Successful Ascent of Mt. Rainier

by Hazard Stevens Read by Sue Anderson 4.4
Hazard Stevens and P.B. Van Trump, aided by the Indian guide Sluiskin, made the first documented successful ascent of Mt. Rainier on August …

Eccentricities of the Animal Creation

by John Timbs Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The author has written chapters about various oddities of the animal kingdom, focusing on creatures from the bookworm to the rhinoceros and …

Woodland Paths

by Winthrop Packard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a wandering journey into the woods, alerting us to the many inhabitants and their habitat…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Science and Exploration--a tribute …

Isles of Eden

by Laura Lee Davidson Read by KevinS 4.9
A charming and thoughtful view of life in Canada experienced while vacationing on a small island in summer. The author is a women who is ind…

Anatomy of the Human Body

by Henry Gray Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray is a foundational text in the field of anatomy, first published in 1858 and continuously updated thr…

The Hurricane Hunters

by Ivan Ray Tannehill Read by David Wales 4.6
This 1955 book by an acknowledged authority is an absorbing account of meteorology before the advent of weather satellites. “This is the li…

Titan Of Chasms

by Charles F. Lummis Read by David Wales 4.5
This is a 1906 collection of three essays by men famously associated with The Grand Canyon: Charles A. Higgins, John Wesley Powell, and Cha…

The Formation of Vegetable Moulds through the Action of Worms

by Charles Darwin Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan 4.6
In this insightful work, Charles Darwin explores the vital role of earthworms in the formation of soil and the broader implications for agri…

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