Nature

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.

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…

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…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Nature and Science--fall scenery,…

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…

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 …

The Grand Cañon of the Colorado

by John Muir Read by Rebecca Eden Walker 4.2
Nothing is ordinary in the world of John Muir, naturalist and author known as the Father of the US National Parks. In this short work, writ…

Pan's Garden

by Algernon Blackwood Read by Ben Tucker 4.3
Titan of Weird Fiction Algernon Blackwood brings to us a captivating collection of stories that shows the power and glory of Nature and the …

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 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…

The Passenger Pigeon

by William B. Mershon Read by Maria Kasper 4.9
"For the last three years I have spent most of my leisure time in collecting as much material as possible which might help to throw lig…

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…

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 Bee-Master of Warrilow

by Tickner Edwardes Read by Steve C 4.8
"Is it true that a bee can only sting once?" I asked him, as he bent again over the crocus beds.He laughed."What would be the…

Short Stories Of William Henry Harrison Murray

by William Henry Harrison Murray Read by David Wales 4.7
Murray (1840-1904) was a sometime clergyman, journalist, and purveyor of the outdoor life. His books did much to popularize the virtues of …

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…

A-Birding on a Bronco

by Florence A. Merriam and Florence A. Merriam Bailey Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.5
Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey was an American ornithologist and nature writer. She started observing bird behavior at a time when most bir…

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 …

The Andes and The Amazon

by James Orton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This book, with the subtitle "Across the Continent of South America" describes the scientific expedition of 1867 to the equatorial…

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…

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