Natural History

Helen Macdonald's earlier book — a natural history and cultural history of falcons, written before H Is for Hawk made her famous. Compact, precise, and animated by the same intensity of attention.

Kelly Brenner's guide to the natural world hiding in urban environments — the ecology of cities, from sidewalk mosses to peregrine falcons nesting on skyscrapers.

Barry Lopez's study of wolves — their biology, their mythology, and humanity's centuries-long war against them. Published in 1978, it helped change how Americans thought about predators. The research is deep and the writing is Lopez at full power.

The science and politics of grizzly conservation, distilled from decades of fieldwork and advocacy. Peacock and Louisa Willcox make the case that the bear's fate and ours are inseparable.

The natural history of the red fox — biology, behavior, and the relationship between foxes and the humans whose cities they've colonized. Compact and vivid.