What do you think of when you think of Nature? Prolific author and National Geographic writer Doug Chadwick’s fresh look at human’s place in the natural world. In his accessible and engaging style, Chadwick approaches the subject from a scientific angle, with the underlying message that from the perspective of DNA humans are not all that different from any other creature. He begins by showing the surprisingly close relationship between human DNA and that of grizzl...

人類至少是一頭五分之四的灰熊。「我有少部份的釀酒葡萄（共享24％的DNA），和一部分蛔蟲（共享 DNA為21％至38％）。」❝人類是自然的一部分，自然也是人類的一部分，我們在這個真理中找到更廣義的自己。❞道格拉斯‧查德維克（Douglas Chadwick）以博學、知性、趣味又帶有詩意的筆調，描述生物演化、生態系間物種互動、交織的關係。他不去大篇幅書寫人類文明演進帶來的災難與污染，而是從整個地球自然生態圈的角度來使我們理解，人類是如何棲居其間。▍物我一體：細菌約擁有7％與人相同的DNA當我們的生物研究能夠比對物種彼此之間的基因型，生物學家發現了人類並非萬物之靈──我們和許多物種或多或少的共享了相似的基因。雖然在生物演化的道路上智人取得了優勢地位，然而千百年來存有過的生物都曾參與其中。▍共生：人類其實是一個「複合生物」你是否知道，其實有數以百計、數以千計的物種居住在你的口腔和你的消化道裡，並覆蓋在你的皮膚表面，它們幫助我們維持身體機能，或者保護你免於...

What do you think of when you think of Nature? Prolific author and National Geographic writer Doug Chadwick’s fresh look at human’s place in the natural world.In his accessible and engaging style, Chadwick approaches the subject from a scientific angle, with the underlying message that from the perspective of DNA humans are not all that different from any other creature. He begins by showing the surprisingly close relationship between human DNA and that of...

In Landscape Linkages and Biodiversity experts explain biological diversity conservation, focusing on the need for protecting large areas of the most diverse ecosystems, and connecting those ecosystems with land corridors to allow species to move among them more easily.

Glutton, demon of destruction, symbol of slaughter, mightiest of wilderness villains… The wolverine comes marked with a reputation based on myth and fancy. Yet this enigmatic animal is more complex than the legends that surround it. With a shrinking wilderness and global warming, the future of the wolverine is uncertain. The Wolverine Way reveals the natural history of this species and the forces that threaten its future, engagingly told by Douglas Chadwick, who volunteered with the Glacie...

The True Story of a Big-Hearted Bear is a factual story of a mother grizzly bear named Baylee, her three cubs, and a two-year-old grizzly who Baylee adopts into their family. Grizzly bears are extremely protective of their young and generally do not tolerate other bears. However, Baylee raised her adopted son, Emmett, along with her three cubs until he was ready to live on his own. What happens next in the wilds of Alaska reveals that just like people, every grizzly bear is a litt...

Glutton, demon of destruction, symbol of slaughter, mightiest of wilderness villains . . . The wolverine comes marked with a reputation based on myth and fancy. Yet this enigmatic animal is more complex than the legends that surround it. With a shrinking wilderness and global warming, the future of the wolverine is uncertain. The Wolverine Way reveals the natural history of this species and the forces that threaten its future, engagingly told by Douglas Chadwick, who volunteered w...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD"This is a book about a courageous woman. Often alone in wild country, she endures hardships and faces danger in many forms …. It is a book I highly recommend: informative, fascinating, and beautifully written."—DR. JANE GOODALLA debut memoir from one of the first women biologists in the United States to study wild wolves in their natural habitat—a story of passion, resilience, and determinat...

emerge 22 brings together ninety writers from Canada and beyond, who journey in fiction, speculative fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, investigating belonging, joy, fear, and fascination along the way. The work in this anthology is both deeply human and unflinchingly unexpected. In it, the body becomes a repository of stories, silence is a form of air pollution, and people turn into strawberries.Join us to paint redwood trees in the Yukon, organize a Muslim funeral in Toronto, and ...

An Expert's View of the Big Cat's Fight to Find Its WildDuring a time when most wild animals are experiencing decline in the face of development and climate change, the intrepid mountain lion -- also known as a puma, a cougar, and by many other names - has experienced reinvigoration as well as expansion of territory. What makes this cat, the fourth carnivore in the food chain -- just ahead of humans - so resilient and resourceful? And what can conservationists and ...

Called the Jane Goodall of wolves, world-renowned wildlife biologist Diane Boyd has spent four decades studying and advocating for wolves in the wilds of Montana near Glacier National Park. When she started in the 1970s, she was the only female biologist in the United States researching and radio-collaring wild wolves. With her two dogs for company, she faced the rigors of the Montana winter in an isolated cabin.Boyd fearlessly forded icy rivers, strapped on skis to navigate thick ...

During a career in the emergency services, you will see every imaginable type of tragedy. In this sometimes humorous, sometimes heartrending memoir, Ashby rises from a lowly recruit in Pasadena, California to battalion chief with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. He shares, with authentic detail, the horrific incidents that firefighters encounter. At the same time, Ashby provides a look into his personal life and how you can’t just “leave your work at work” when you serve in this cap...