Nature

The Night The Mountain Fell

by Edmund Christopherson Read by David Wales 4.4
A severe earthquake, centered in the vacation area of West Yellowstone, Montana, shook the ground and its inhabitants and visitors on August…

Nature's Miracles

by Elisha Gray Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
Nature's Miracles invites listeners into the fascinating world of science and technology through accessible discussions that demystify compl…

Tenting To-Night

by Mary Roberts Rinehart Read by David Wales 4.6
Tenting To-Night invites listeners to join Mary Roberts Rinehart on an evocative journey through the breathtaking landscapes of Glacier Nati…

Under The Sky In California

by Charles Francis Saunders Read by David Wales 4.9
This is a 1913 travelogue by a then-well-known botanist who wrote many books about the American Southwest and California in particular. This…

The Natural History

by Pliny the Elder Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …

A Year with the Birds

by W. Warde Fowler Read by Owlivia 4.2
William Warde Fowler was a true polymath; although his early studies focused on natural history, he became a well-known authority on the his…

Walden

by Henry David Thoreau Read by Nick Bulka 4.4
Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, a refl…

Cosmos

by Alexander Von Humboldt Read by David Wales 5
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of romantic phi…

Treatise on Light

by Christiaan Huygens Read by Availle 4.7
Treatise on Light was published in 1690 and is probably the largest scientific volume on light published before Newton's Opticks. The book e…

Through Glacier Park

by Mary Roberts Rinehart Read by Laura Victoria 4.7
This is about a three-hundred mile trip across the Rocky Mountains on horseback with Howard Eaton. It is about fishing, and cool nights arou…

Isles of Eden

by Laura Lee Davidson Read by KevinS 4.9
A charming and thoughtful view of life in Canada experienced while vacationing on a small island in summer. The author is a women who is ind…

Dwarf Fruit Trees

by Frank Albert Waugh Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This book is a handbook for the home orchardist. The propagation, pruning, choice of variety, and management of dwarf fruit trees, specifica…

First Successful Ascent of Mt. Rainier

by Hazard Stevens Read by Sue Anderson 4.4
Hazard Stevens and P.B. Van Trump, aided by the Indian guide Sluiskin, made the first documented successful ascent of Mt. Rainier on August …

Audubon's Western Journal

by John Woodhouse Audubon Read by David Wales 4.5
John Woodhouse Audubon (1812-1862), son of the famous painter John James Audubon and an artist in his own right, joined Col. Henry Webb's Ca…

Dog

by Various Read by David Wales 4.5
The title says it all: stories about dogs. - Summary by david wales

Life of Henry David Thoreau

by Henry Salt Read by PhyllisV 5
Henry David Thoreau was a fascinating man, contributing vast amounts of information on nature history, leading the way for environmentalism.…

The Formation of Vegetable Moulds through the Action of Worms

by Charles Darwin Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan 4.5
In this insightful work, Charles Darwin explores the vital role of earthworms in the formation of soil and the broader implications for agri…

Our Search for a Wilderness

by Blair Niles and William Beebe Read by Sue Anderson 4.4
In 1908-1909, Mary Blair Beebe and her husband, C. William Beebe made two private expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana, exploring and…

Squirrels and Other Fur-bearers

by John Burroughs Read by Laura Caldwell 4.3
Squirrels and other Fur-Bearers, a collection of essays by American naturalist and essayist, John Burroughs, provides fascinating insight in…

Off the Rocks

by Sir Wilfred Grenfell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
William Grenfell was sent to Newfoundland by the Royal National Mission to Deep-Sea Fishermen, an organization which provided medical and sp…

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