A New York Times Notable Book of 2020Longlisted for the National Book AwardWinner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and the Minnesota Book Award for General NonfictionA Finalist for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year AwardWinner of the Peace Corps Worldwide Special Book AwardA Best Book of the Year: NPR, ...

A Best Book of the Year: Scientific American, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, CounterPunch, The Telegraph, BookPageA Chicago Tribune Most-Anticipated Book of the Season“Epic . . . Slaght again shines his scientific-yet-soulful spotline on one of the world’s most amazing creatures . . . [A] fascinating survival-revival tale.” —Michie...

The Times Nature Book of the Year 2020Winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardA Finalist for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award'Remarkable. If only every endangered species had a guardian angel as impassioned, courageous and pragmatic as Jonathan Slaght' Isabella Tree, author of Wilding'Gripping

Mejor libro del año según The Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian Magazine, Star Tribune (Minneapolis), The Times (Londres), The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Libro del año sobre la naturaleza según The Times (Londres)Libro destacado del New York TimesSeleccionado para el National Book Award en la categoría de No Ficción«Una de las sorpresas editoriales del año: la historia de los cinco años de viaje de un hombre por el Le...

A TELEGRAPH BEST NATURE BOOK 2025The remarkable conservation story of one of the world’s most iconic animalsDeep in the snowy forests of Northeast Asia roams the majestic and revered Amur tigers, more popularly known as ‘The Siberian Tiger’. But in the final years of the Cold War, only a few hundred of these graceful animals remained in their home of the Amur River basin. As the Soviet Union fell, catastrophe arrived, with poaching and logg...

Brought to you by Penguin.'Remarkable. If only every endangered species had a guardian angel as impassioned, courageous and pragmatic as Jonathan Slaght' Isabella Tree, author of Wilding'Gripping' Dave Goulson, author of A Sting in the TalePrimorye, a remote forested region near to where Russia, China and North Korea meet in a tangle of barbed wire*,* is the only p...

Zottelige Federpracht, gelbe Augen, zwei Meter Flügelspannweite, vier Kilo Gewicht: Sie ist die größte Eule der Welt – und eine der seltensten, denn ihr Habitat – die Primorjer Auenwälder im fernen Osten Russlands – ist so unzugänglich und abgelegen, dass 100 Jahre vergehen mussten, bis ein Forscher den Riesenfischuhu wieder zu Gesicht bekam. Jonathan Slaghts so obsessive wie abenteuerliche Suche nach dem majestätischen Vogel führt ihn über Tausende von Kilometern unwegsamen Geländes, durc...

"Author-narrator [Jonathan C.] Slaght reads this account of the Siberian Tiger Project with a clear, grounded delivery that reflects his background as a field researcher...Slaght's performance reflects observation, patience, and sustained attention to both human and animal lives." — Kirkus (Earphones Award Winner)The thrilling saga of the great Amur tiger and the scientists who came together, across the world, to save it. This program is read by the author....

**Brought to you by Penguin.The remarkable conservation story of one of the world’s most iconic animals**Deep in the snowy forests of Northeast Asia roams the majestic and revered Amur tigers, more popularly known as ‘The Siberian Tiger’. But in the final years of the Cold War, only a few hundred of these graceful animals remained in their home of the Amur River basin. As the Soviet Union fell, catastrophe arrived, with poaching and logging taking a fast, astonishing toll o...

在人類文明邊緣的地方，展開一段精彩的旅程，尋找與拯救世界上最大的貓頭鷹。★《紐約時報》最值得關注圖書★★《泰晤士報》年度最佳自然圖書★★入圍美國國家圖書獎★專業推薦李騏廷/荒野保護協會理事長林大利/生物多樣性研究所副研究員林思民/師大生科系特聘教授、台灣猛禽研究會理事長張東君/科普作家鳥類學家強納森・斯萊特深入俄羅斯東邊遙遠的森林，展開長達五年的田野調查，他和團隊在冰天雪地之中，尋找世界上最大的貓頭鷹──展開翅膀有兩公尺寬，高逾六十公分，瀕臨絕種的毛腿魚鴞。憑著雪地上的足跡，以及迴盪在林木間悠長的鳴唱，強納森‧斯萊特穿梭林間雪原，徒手攀爬高聳的朽木，橫渡融冰之際的河流，只為一睹毛腿魚鴞的存在，並了解、記錄牠們的行為與棲地，繼而在文明開發和生態系統之間取得平衡，擬定魚鴞保育計畫。作者以自然生動且富有人文關懷的筆調，帶領讀者深入其境，宛如置身於荒野冰原上，不僅描繪出毛腿魚鴞的樣貌和生活圖景...

Antiche foreste dove cacciano tigri e leopardi, fiumi che brulicano di salmoni giganteschi, tronchi cavi abitati da orsi in letargo: è il Litorale, una lingua di terra dell'Estremo Oriente russo stretta tra il Mar del Giappone e la Cina. Jonathan Slaght, scienziato naturalista americano, vi è arrivato per studiare il gufo pescatore di Blakiston, sua ossessione da anni: il più grande al mondo, tanto bello quanto raro, e soprattutto a rischio per la fragilità di un ecosistema minacciato dall...

In Russia's Far East sits the wild Ussuri Kray, a region known for its remote highlands and rugged mountain passes where tigers and bears roam the cliffs, and salmon and lenok navigate the rivers. In this collection of travel writing by famed Russian explorer and naturalist Vladimir K. Arsenyev (1872-1930), readers are shuttled back to the turn of the 20th century when the Russian Empire was reeling from its defeat in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) and vulnerable to its Far Eastern nei...