Wild, Incisive, Fearless.

  • News
    • Extinction Countdown
    • Investigations
    • Wildlife
    • Climate Change
    • Oceans & Clean Water
    • Pollution & Toxins
    • Public Lands & Protected Spaces
    • Sustainability
  • Ideas
    • Voices
    • Editorials
    • Op-Eds
    • The Ask
    • Podcasts
  • Culture
    • Reviews
    • Book Excerpts
    • Arts
  • About

An initiative of the Center for Biological Diversity

An initiative of the Center for Biological Diversity

Wild, Incisive, Fearless.

Subscribe
  • News
    • Extinction Countdown
    • Investigations
    • Wildlife
    • Climate Change
    • Oceans & Clean Water
    • Pollution & Toxins
    • Public Lands & Protected Spaces
    • Sustainability
  • Ideas
    • Voices
    • Editorials
    • Op-Eds
    • The Ask
    • Podcasts
  • Culture
    • Reviews
    • Book Excerpts
    • Arts
  • About
  • News
    • Extinction Countdown
    • Investigations
    • Wildlife
    • Climate Change
    • Oceans & Clean Water
    • Pollution & Toxins
    • Public Lands & Protected Spaces
    • Sustainability
  • Ideas
    • Voices
    • Editorials
    • Op-Eds
    • The Ask
    • Podcasts
  • Culture
    • Reviews
    • Book Excerpts
    • Arts
  • About

Book Excerpts

bee flying toward flower
Book Excerpts

Nectar Thieves: How Invasive Bumblebees Threaten Hummingbirds

Buff-tailed bumblebees are robbing hummingbirds of nutrients — just one of several threats facing the tiny birds, a new book reveals. 
May 24, 2021
by
Jon Dunn
Buff-tailed bumblebees are robbing hummingbirds of nutrients — just one of several threats facing the tiny birds, a new book reveals. 
firefighter hosing vegetation
Book Excerpts

How One of Australia’s Rarest Trees Was Saved From Wildfires

A new book reveals the harrowing attempts made to save imperiled plants and wildlife from Australia’s massive wildfires last year, including a daring scheme to protect ancient Wollemi pines.
April 26, 2021
by
John Pickrell
A new book reveals the harrowing attempts made to save imperiled plants and wildlife from Australia’s massive wildfires last year, including a daring scheme to protect ancient Wollemi pines.
two mountain lions on a fence
Book Excerpts

What’s the Value of a Mountain Lion?

The new book Cougar Conundrum looks at the “ecosystem services” argument for convincing predator-wary people to appreciate big cats.
September 11, 2020
by
Mark Elbroch
The new book Cougar Conundrum looks at the “ecosystem services” argument for convincing predator-wary people to appreciate big cats.
Cattle feedlot
Book Excerpts

Why We’re Unwilling to Confront the Dirty Truth About Eating Meat

In her new book Reality Bubble, Ziya Tong explains why many people are willfully ignorant about our food system.
May 14, 2019
by
Ziya Tong
In her new book Reality Bubble, Ziya Tong explains why many people are willfully ignorant about our food system.
white-shouldered bumblebee
Book Excerpts

Missed Connections: How Climate Change Is Imperiling Pollinators

In the new book, Protecting Pollinators: How to Save the Creatures That Feed Our World, Jodi Helmer explains how small changes in temperature can disrupt the partnership between plants and pollinators.
April 18, 2019
by
Jodi Helmer
In the new book, Protecting Pollinators: How to Save the Creatures That Feed Our World, Jodi Helmer explains how small changes in temperature can disrupt the partnership between plants and pollinators.
Ethnobotanist Joyce LeCompte
Book Excerpts

Helping Plants, Healing People

In his new book, ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan chronicles the efforts of “plant midwives,” women who are working to restore edible plants and healing herbs.
October 26, 2018
by
Gary Paul Nabhan
In his new book, ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan chronicles the efforts of “plant midwives,” women who are working to restore edible plants and healing herbs.
rusty patched bumble bee
Book Excerpts

The Philosophy of Insect Conservation

We understand that insects have both intrinsic value and instrumental value, but even that binary approach falls short.
September 21, 2018
by
Michael J. Samways
We understand that insects have both intrinsic value and instrumental value, but even that binary approach falls short.
arctic rowing
Book Excerpts

An Arctic Adventure, A Melting World

Rowing through the melting Northwest Passage means meeting the local people affected by climate change.
September 21, 2017
by
Kevin Vallely
Rowing through the melting Northwest Passage means meeting the local people affected by climate change.

Posts navigation

Previous page Page 1 Page 2

Subscribe to The Revelator’s weekly newsletter.

Wild, Incisive, Fearless.

  • About The Revelator
  • Reprints
  • Privacy Policy

An initiative of the Center for Biological Diversity