Environment & Nature audiobooks

Your Guide to Forest Bathing

By: M. Amos Clifford

Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright

Length: 3 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Forest bathing is a gentle, meditative practice of connecting with nature. Simply being present with all of our senses, in a forest or other wild area, can produce mental, emotional, and physical health benefits. It is a simple, accessible antidote to our nature-starved lives and can inspire us to become advocates for healing our relationships... Read more

Off Grid and Free: My Path to the Wilderness

By: Ron Melchiore

Narrated by: Ron Melchiore

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

 Off Grid and Free follows Ron Melchiore's path to the wilderness, which led him to building an off-grid, sustainable homestead with his wife Johanna. Here you will find true stories of survival, determination, and adventure. Ron's years of experience make this book an essential guide for all audiences wanting to learn more about living off grid... Read more

Squid Empire

By: Danna Staaf

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Before there were mammals on land, there were dinosaurs. And before there were fish in the sea, there were cephalopods—the ancestors of modern squid and Earth's first truly substantial animals. Cephalopods became the first creatures to rise from the seafloor, essentially inventing the act of swimming. With dozens of tentacles and formidable... Read more

Letters to My Grandchildren

By: David Suzuki

Narrated by: David Suzuki

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In this inspiring series of letters to his grandchildren, David Suzuki offers grandfatherly advice mixed with stories from his own remarkable life and explores what makes life meaningful. He challenges his grandchildren — and us — to do everything at full tilt. He explains why sports, fishing, feminism, and failure are important; why it is... Read more

Sudden Sea

By: R. A. Scotti

Narrated by: L.J. Ganser

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The massive destruction wreaked by the Hurricane of 1938 dwarfed that of the Chicago Fire, the San Francisco Earthquake, and the Mississippi floods of 1927, making the storm the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Now, R.A. Scotti tells the story. Read more

Never Home Alone

By: Rob Dunn

Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins

Length: 9 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basements

Even when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain is wild beyond imagination. In Never Home Alone, biologist Rob Dunn introduces us to the nearly 200,000 species living with us in our own... Read more

Animal Lessons

By: Danielle MacKinnon

Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Develop a deeper, more positive relationship with the animals in your life and become a better person using Animal Lessons. All around you, animals are acting as therapists, trainers, mentors, and gurus—if you pay attention. They want to guide you toward the next step in your personal evolution, and this first-of-its-kind book shows you how to... Read more

In Search of the Canary Tree

By: Lauren E. Oakes

Narrated by: Ellen Archer

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The award-winning and surprisingly hopeful story of one woman's search for resiliency in a warming world

Several years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set out from California for Alaska's old-growth forests to hunt for a dying tree: the yellow-cedar. With climate change as the culprit, the death of this species meant loss for many Alaskans. Oakes... Read more

Rowing the Northwest Passage

By: Kevin Vallely

Narrated by: Graham Rowat

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Four men in a rowboat make an historic attempt on the Northwest Passage to focus global attention on an environmental catastrophe. "Vallely transports the reader to places few will ever go: the very edges of the earth and of human endurance." -Evan Solomon In this gripping first-hand account, four seasoned adventurers navigate a sophisticated,... Read more

Planet Drama

By: Science News

Narrated by: Ashley Klanac

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

  From asteroids and gamma-ray bursts to volcanoes, landslides and tornadoes, there are a lot of disasters with the potential to wipe out life on Earth. The stories that follow from Science News and Science News for Students explore the natural disasters that have killed flora and fauna, including humans, throughout history on the planet. Listen... Read more

The Animal Dialogues

By: Craig Childs

Narrated by: Craig Childs

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of the finest nature writers at work in America today-a lyrical, dramatic, illuminating tour of the hidden domain of wild animals.

Whether recalling the experience of being chased through the Grand Canyon by a bighorn sheep, swimming with sharks off the coast of British Columbia, watching a peregrine falcon perform acrobatic stunts at... Read more

Origin Story

By: David Christian

Narrated by: Jamie Jackson

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A captivating history of the universe -- from before the dawn of time through the far reaches of the distant future. Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and documents. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from the big bang through the present day -- and even into the... Read more

The Man Who Climbs Trees

By: James Aldred

Narrated by: Samuel Roukin

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A professional tree climber encounters gorillas, snakes, spiders, and birds of prey, as well as answers and perspective, hundreds of feet up, all over the world Every child knows the allure of climbing trees. But how many of us get to make a living at it, spending days observing nature from the canopies of stunning forests all around the world?... Read more

The Magic of Tiny Business

By: Sharon Rowe

Narrated by: Sharon Rowe

Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

“This is a powerful book—tiny is mighty. Sharon Rowe's simple shift in thinking is a profound idea, precisely what we need to hear.”
—Seth Godin, author of Linchpin

Too many of us feel trapped by work that keeps us from living our purpose. We fantasize about starting our own business, yet we're warned against falling into debt, working eighty... Read more

A Song for the River

By: Philip Connors

Narrated by: Adam Verner

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of the last working fire lookouts comes this sequel to the award-winning Fire Season―a story of calamity and resilience in the world’s first wilderness.A dozen years into his dream job keeping watch over the Gila National Forest of New Mexico, Philip Connors bore witness to the blaze he had always feared: a megafire that forced him off... Read more

Wolf Nation

By: Brenda Peterson

Narrated by: Donna Postel

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of Peter Matthiessen's Wildlife in America or Aldo Leopold, Brenda Peterson tells the 300-year history of wild wolves in America. It is also our own history, seen through our relationship with wolves. The earliest Americans revered them. Settlers zealously exterminated them. Now, scientists, writers, and ordinary citizens are... Read more

How to Disappear

By: Akiko Busch

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

It is time to reevaluate the merits of the inconspicuous life, to search out some antidote to continuous exposure, and to reconsider the value of going unseen, undetected, or overlooked in this new world. Might invisibility be regarded not simply as refuge, but as a condition with its own meaning and power? The impulse to escape notice is not... Read more

The Snow Leopard Project

By: Alex Dehgan

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The remarkable story of the heroic effort to save and preserve Afghanistan's wildlife-and a culture that derives immense pride and a sense of national identity from its natural landscape.

Postwar Afghanistan is fragile, volatile, and perilous. It is also a place of extraordinary beauty. Evolutionary biologist Alex Dehgan arrived in the country... Read more

The Dark Between Stars

By: Atticus

Narrated by: Atticus

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From the internationally bestselling author of Love Her Wild comes The Dark Between Stars, a new illustrated collection of heartfelt, whimsical, and romantic poems from Instagram poetry sensation, Atticus.

Atticus, has captured the hearts and minds of nearly 700k followers (including stars like Karlie Kloss, Emma... Read more

Through a Window

By: Jane Goodall

Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In her classic, In the Shadow of Man, Jane Goodall wrote of her first ten years at Gombe. In Through a Window she continues the story, painting a more complete and vivid portrait of our closest relatives.



On the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Gombe is a community where the principal residents are chimpanzees. Through Goodall's eyes we watch young... Read more

Poached

By: Rachel Love Nuwer

Narrated by: Christina Delaine

Length: 16 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Our insatiable demand for animals—for jewelry, pets, medicine, meat, trophies, and fur—is driving a worldwide poaching epidemic, threatening the continued existence of countless species. Illegal wildlife trade now ranks among the largest contraband industries in the world, yet compared to drug, arms, or human trafficking, the wildlife crisis has... Read more

Timefulness

By: Marcia Bjornerud

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Few of us have any conception of the enormous timescales in our planet's long history, and this narrow perspective underlies many of the environmental problems we are creating for ourselves. The passage of nine days, which is how long a drop of water typically stays in Earth's atmosphere, is something we can easily grasp. But spans of hundreds... Read more

The Revolutionary Genius of Plants

By: Stefano Mancuso

Narrated by: Gibson Frazier

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

"In this thought-provoking, handsomely illustrated book, Italian neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso considers the fundamental differences between plants and animals and challenges our assumptions about which is the ‘higher’ form of life.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Fascinating…full of optimism…this quick, accessible read will appeal to anyone with... Read more

Crystals for Beginners

By: Karen Frazier

Narrated by: Ann Richardson

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn the holistic way to heal with Crystals for BeginnersBalancing mind, body, and soul often feels impossible, but it doesn’t have to be a struggle. Holistic healing methods with crystals can help harness energies and establish a positive and healthy lifestyle. In Crystals for Beginners, intuitive energy healer and author Karen Frazier walks... Read more