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Science & Math
Unique encounters with wild birds from the acclaimed scientist and "a dedicated watcher happy to knock down the fourth wall of zoology" (The Wall Street Journal). In his modern classics One Man's Owl and Mind of the... See More
Science & Math
"A noted naturalist explores the centrality of home in the lives of humans and other animals... A special treat for readers of natural history" (Kirkus Reviews). Every year, many species make the journey from one place to... See More
Science & Math
"From one man's persistent and elegant probing of the temperature biology of bees, we have been led to a deeper understanding of the whole biology of many insect taxa, and of their interactions with ecological and... See More
From flying squirrels to grizzly bears, and from torpid turtles to insects with antifreeze, the animal kingdom relies on some staggering evolutionary innovations to survive winter. Unlike their human counterparts, who must... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
An enlightening look at animal behavior and the cycle of life and death, from "one of the finest naturalists of our time" (Edward O. Wilson). When a good friend with a severe illness wrote, asking if he might have his... See More
Science & Math
The surprising, rich life of tree swallows in nesting season -- with Heinrich's beautiful illustrations and photographs -- by the acclaimed naturalist. Heinrich is sparked one early spring day by a question: Why does a pair... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
When award-winning writer and biologist Bernd Heinrich became the unwitting -- but doting -- foster parent of an adorable gosling named Peep, he was drawn into her world. And so, with a scientist's training and a nature... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
An award-winning, much-loved biologist turns his gaze on himself, using his long-distance running to illuminate the changes to a human body over a lifetime Part memoir, part scientific investigation, Racing the Clock is the... See More
Sports & Outdoors
This engaging chronicle of how the author and the great horned owl "Bubo" came to know one another over three summers spent in the Maine woods--and of how Bubo eventually grew into an independent hunter--is now available in... See More
Science & Math
Why would a grown man chase hornets with a thermometer, paint whirligig beetles bright red, or track elephants through the night to fill trash bags with their prodigious droppings? Some might say?to advance science. Bernd... See More
Science & Math
Although Gerd Heinrich, a devoted naturalist, specialized in wasps, Bernd Heinrich tried to distance himself from his "old-fashioned" father, becoming a hybrid: a modern, experimental biologist with a naturalist's... See More
Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven. But as animals can only be spied on by getting quite close, Heinrich adopts ravens, thereby becoming a "raven father," as well as observing them in their... See More
Science & Math
Some of the world's greatest writings on birds, insects, trees, elephants, and more by a scientist who "richly deserves the comparison to Thoreau" (The Washington Post Book World). From one of the finest scientist/writers... See More
Science & Math
"Bernd Heinrich is one of our greatest living naturalists in the tradition of Gerald Durrell... A national treasure." -- Los Angeles Times Summer World is an intimate, accessible, and eloquent illumination of animal... See More
Science & Math
"Each new page [is] more spellbinding than the one before -- this is surely one of the most interesting books I've ever read." -- Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs When Bernd Heinrich decided to... See More
Science & Math
Ina book destined to become a classic, biologist and acclaimed nature writer Bernd Heinrich takes readers on an eye-opening journey through the hidden life of a forest. See More
Science & Math
"One of the most interesting discoveries I've seen in animal sociobiology in years." -- E.O. Wilson Why do ravens, generally understood to be solitary creatures, share food between each other during winter? On the surface... See More
History
Escapist fantasies usually involve the open road, but Bernd Heinrich's dream was to focus on the riches of one small placeĀa few green acres along Alder Brook just east of the Presidential Mountains. The year begins as he... See More