Zoology

Zoology is the branch of biology that deals with the animal kingdom

Last Chance to See
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
Other Minds
The Genius of Birds
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
M.Sc. Zoology
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
In the Shadow of Man
Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife
Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival
Invertebrates
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
The Unexpected Truth About Animals: A Menagerie of the Misunderstood
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeH Is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldWesley the Owl by Stacey O'BrienThe Capture by Kathryn LaskyThe Last Eagle by Daniel P. Mannix
Books about Birds of Prey
93 books — 16 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Jungle Books by Rudyard KiplingGorillas in the Mist by Dian FosseyOut of Africa by Isak DinesenHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Rainforests and Jungles of the World
384 books — 107 voters

The Soul of an Octopus by Sy MontgomeryPoseidon's Steed The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality by Helen ScalesThe Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor CorsonKraken by Wendy   WilliamsVoyage of the Turtle by Carl Safina
Biology Of Your Favorite Animal
253 books — 120 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonNo Word for Wilderness by Roger  ThompsonSave the Arctic by Bethany StahlThe Quest Begins by Erin HunterLittle Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
Books about Bears
163 books — 32 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
Modern Science Nonfiction
443 books — 299 voters
Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Naked Ape by Desmond Morris
The Human Animal
138 books — 96 voters

Yann Martel
The obsession with putting ourselves at the centre of everything is the bane not only of theologians but also of zoologists.
Yann Martel, Life of Pi

Chronicling the passage of whales has led me to an understanding that we, as a species, now sand at a crossroads. We can face the possibility of our own extinction and work to avert it, or we can flow the more traditional path of earths organisms and fall blindly over the edge. If there's one trait that characterised human beings, it's the will to survive. This, I believe, will motivate us to work with the natural world rather than opposite it, which is all we need to do to give the children of ...more
Alexandra Morton , Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us

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