Nature

Half Hours With the Lower Animals

by Charles Holder Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This book is devoted to the study of invertebrate animals. While most people associate the word "animal" with fish, amphibians, re…

The Ocean

by John Murray Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Sir John Murray, considered to be the father of modern oceanography, discusses the variations in the depths of oceans, and the methods and i…

Birches

by Robert Frost Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Birches by Robert Frost. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 21st, 2010.

Spices, their histories

by Robert O. Fielding Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
A surprisingly complete and informative 64-page booklet describing common spices used in cooking and for other purposes. Written especially …

A Florida Sketch-Book

by Bradford Torrey Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
A Florida Sketch-Book invites listeners into the vibrant world of late-19th century Florida through the keen observations of naturalist Brad…

Wild Animals At Home

by Ernest Thompson Seton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Wildlife artist Ernest Thompson Seton shares anecdotes of wild animals that he encountered in Yellowstone Park. "I have aimed to show s…

The Elements of Botany

by William Ruschenberger Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
The Elements of Botany offers a foundational exploration of plant science, designed specifically for students and educators. Authored by Wil…

Idylls Of The Sea

by Frank Thomas Bullen Read by David Wales 4.2
In these little sketches [1899] of a few out of the innumerable multitude of ways in which the sea has spoken to me during my long acquainta…

Amid the High Hills

by Sir Hugh Fraser Read by LibriVox Volunteers
A regular contributor to magazines and periodicals on outdoor pursuits, in this work, Fraser discusses salmon fishing, deer stalking, fauna …

Wonders of Plant Life

by Samuel Leonard Bastin Read by Garth Burton 5
A fascinating insight into the ways in which different plants cope with life, and the ingenious methods they use to encourage their benefact…

Our Search for a Wilderness

by William Beebe and Blair Niles 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…

The Training of a Forester

by Gifford Pinchot Read by KHand 4.3
Written by a forester, this book looks at the definition of "forest", what the life of a forester entails, discusses the forest se…

In New England Fields and Woods

by Rowland E. Robinson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Born in rural Vermont in 1833, and nearly unknown to today's readers, Rowland Evans Robinson was once one of Vermont's best-known writers. A…

The Call of the Wildflower

by Henry Salt Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
A learned, and immensely pleasant, journey in search of wildflowers as told by the author. - Summary by KevinS

Talks About Flowers

by Mary Decker Wellcome Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
To all Flower Lovers who may read these pages, we come with kindly greetings. To you we dedicate our Work. Encouraged by the many testimonia…

House, Garden and Field

by Louis Compton Miall Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.7
"Nature study seeks above all things to develop the earliest rudiments of the scientific discover." L. C. MiallThis book contains…

The Tale of Buster Bumblebee

by Arthur Scott Bailey Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 4.2
This charming collection of short stories features a bumblebee called Buster, his (extensive) family, and a great number of other animals wh…

Secrets of the Friendly Woods

by Rex Brasher Read by KevinS 3.8
Rex Brasher is best known for his having painted in watercolor a complete set of all the extant American birds during his lifetime. This is …

Far Away and Long Ago

by William Henry Hudson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
William Henry Hudson was an author, naturalist and ornithologist. Hudson was born of U.S. parents living in the Quilmes Partido in Buenos Ai…

The Natural History of Chocolate

by D. De Quelus, D. De Quelustranslated Byrichard Brookes and D. De Quelustranslated By Richard Brookes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Natural History of Chocolate being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Exc…

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