Author: northeasthabitat

Edward O. Wilson was one of the premier ecologists of the last hundred years as well as an accomplished author who earned two Pulitzer prizes. Read more

Packed full of studies on birds and their intelligence, whether it was building tools, migrating long distances, or solving human-designed puzzles, this book shows that there are a lot of ways to think about intelligence and what it means. Read more

I often lament that nature and ecology books are too broad. Learning about the intelligence of birds is great, but that is far too many species to track, so I greatly enjoyed that the main focus of this book was on a single genus of plants, and only in North America. Read more

Each time I read Bernd Heinrich, the experience improves–and I enjoyed the first book I read. I don’t know if that is that I have gotten used to his style or just luck that each one I read actually is better, Perhaps a bit of both. But either way, this is the best one so… Read more