Beginning in 2024, after some years of putting it on the metaphorical back burner, I made the decision to devote more time and effort to birdwatching. I was once an avid birder, meticulously listing every twitch of a feather that can into view, then, having become disillusioned by some of the things I experienced in […]
I have often in the past praised Heyday Books for the consistently high level of dedication they have shown to the natural history community in publishing particularly well-written and useful guidebooks to the plants, wildlife, and ecosystems of the U.S. state of California. Now, with the publication of “California Snakes and How to Find Them” I have yet another reason to do so.
In her recently published “Otter Country; An Unexpected Adventure in the Natural World,” noted nature writer Miriam Darlington explores the world of the otter as it is found in England, Scotland, and Wales.
Up until the publication of Rachel S. Gross’ “Shopping All the Way to the Woods; How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America” I had not seen anyone take up the industry itself in a focused study that went beyond the mundane bounds of business and delve into how and why it came to be in the first place.