15 Best science books like Nature Underfoot: Celebrating Crabgrass, Silverfish, Fruit Flies, and Dandelions by John Hainze

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Nature Underfoot: Celebrating Crabgrass, Silverfish, Fruit Flies, and Dandelions

By: John Hainze

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Fruit flies, silverfish, dandelions, and crabgrass are the bane of many people and the target of nu…

If you liked the science plot in Nature Underfoot: Celebrating Crabgrass, Silverfish, Fruit Flies, and Dandelions by John Hainze , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

By: Sy Montgomery

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser

2. Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder

By: Caroline Fraser

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

The first comprehensive historical biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the beloved author of the Lit… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story by Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. Morse

3. The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story

By: Dimitra Papagianni , Michael A. Morse

4.23

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In recent years, the common perception of the Neanderthals has been transformed, thanks to new disc… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science

4. Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens

By: Douglas W. Tallamy

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

As development and subsequent habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wil… read more

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Cover of To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1) by Moniquill Blackgoose

5. To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1)

By: Moniquill Blackgoose

4.17

Format: 511 pages, Paperback

A young Indigenous woman enters a colonizer-run dragon academy—and quickly finds herself at odds wi… read more

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6. Dead Mountain (Nora Kelly, #4)

By: Douglas Preston

4.31

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child return in the latest installment of the bests… read more

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7. The Backyard Bird Chronicles

By: Amy Tan

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Flexibound

A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

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8. Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard

By: Douglas W. Tallamy

4.37

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, sparked a national conversation about the li… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • ecology
  • nature
  • science
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9. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

By: Ed Yong

4.47

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"It's ironic that we associate taste with connoisseurship, subtlety, and fine discrimination when it is among the coarsest of senses."

-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

"We are closer than ever to understanding what it is like to be another animal, but we have made it harder than ever for other animals to be."

-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

"Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal can only tap into a small fraction of realities fullness. Each is enclos…"

-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

"A striking pattern emerged on days with the most intense solar storms, grey whales were 4 times more likely to beach themselves. This correlation doesn't prove that whales have a compass but it stron…"

-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

Cover of In Defense of Plants: An Exploration into the Wonder of Plants (Plant Guide, Horticulture, Trees) by Matt Candeias

10. In Defense of Plants: An Exploration into the Wonder of Plants (Plant Guide, Horticulture, Trees)

By: Matt Candeias

4.17

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

“Matt Candeias succeeds in evoking the wonder of plants with wit and wisdom.” ― James T. Costa , Ph… read more

Similar categories in Matt Candeias's In Defense of Plants: An Exploration into the Wonder of Plants (Plant Guide, Horticulture, Trees) book and John Hainze's Nature Underfoot: Celebrating Crabgrass, Silverfish, Fruit Flies, and Dandelions

  • nonfiction
  • ecology
  • nature
  • science
Cover of The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger

11. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

By: Zoë Schlanger

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • ecology
  • nature
  • science
Cover of World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

12. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

4.06

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction--a collecti… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"It is this way with wonder: it takes a bit of patience, and it takes putting yourself in the right place at the right time. It requires that we be curious enough to forgo our small distractions in or…"

-Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

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13. The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.16

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Everything we now know about the universe-from the behavior of quarks to the birth of entire galaxi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation by Peter Wohlleben

14. The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation

By: Peter Wohlleben

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The final book in The Mysteries of Nature trilogy by the New York Times bestselling author of The H… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • ecology
  • nature
  • science
"The more we acknowledge that even the smallest disturbance can lead to unpredictable changes, the stronger the arguments for protecting larger areas of the environment."

-Peter Wohlleben, The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation

"A whole generation of trees, including many that are deciduous, is standing by to form a solid foundation for the old-growth forest of the future, which means that bark beetles are more than just fun…"

-Peter Wohlleben, The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation

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15. The Downloaded

By: Robert J. Sawyer

3.62

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

The new novel by Canada's top Science Fiction writer In 2059 two very different groups have their m… read more

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16. Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

By: Camille T. Dungy

4.19

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Boo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • ecology
  • nature
  • science
Cover of What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator by Barbara  Butcher

17. What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

By: Barbara Butcher

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected a job at th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
"People can handle the truth, but not uncertainty. The things they imagine are almost always more painful than the facts."

-Barbara Butcher, What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

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18. Twilight Falls (Shady Hollow, #4)

By: Juneau Black

4.03

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

The fourth book in the Shady Hollow mystery series sees Vera embroiled in a case involving star-cro… read more

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"Coming from the city like you did, you must have been free of all that old-fashioned nonsense." - "As long as you live among others, you're never free of other ideas. That's what society means."

-Juneau Black, Twilight Falls (Shady Hollow, #4)

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19. Field Study: Meditations on a Year at the Herbarium

By: Helen Humphreys

3.90

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning and beloved author Helen Humphreys discovers her local herbarium and realizes we need… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

20. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer

4.68

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • ecology
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Nature Underfoot: Celebrating Crabgrass, Silverfish, Fruit Flies, and Dandelions by John Hainze

21. Nature Underfoot: Celebrating Crabgrass, Silverfish, Fruit Flies, and Dandelions

By: John Hainze

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Fruit flies, silverfish, dandelions, and crabgrass are the bane of many people and the target of nu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • ecology
  • nature
  • science

16 Top nonfiction books like Nature Underfoot: Celebrating Crabgrass, Silverfish, Fruit Flies, and Dandelions by John Hainze

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The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

Sy Montgomery

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Caroline Fraser

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story

Dimitra Papagianni , Michael A. Morse

4.23

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The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

Margaret Renkl

4.37

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Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

Ben Goldfarb

4.45

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Amy Tan

4.14

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