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Science - Biology

Step into a world where every wingbeat, blossom, scale, and fossil carries a clue to life’s greatest mysteries. From Darwin’s globe-spanning observations to the hidden instincts of insects, the drama of evolution, adaptation, anatomy, and survival unfolds across forests, oceans, and deep time. This bookshelf invites you into biology as an epic investigation—part expedition, part laboratory, and all wonder.

1513 Audiobooks

The Present Condition of Organic Nature Lecture I. (of VI.), "Lectures to Working Men", at the Museum of Practical Geology, 1863, on Darwin's Work: "Origin of Species"

by Thomas Henry Huxley

Half Hours With Modern Scientists: Lectures and Essays

by Thomas Henry Huxley, George F. (George Frederick) Barker, E. D. (Edward Drinker) Cope, James Hutchison Stirling, John Tyndall

A Bilateral Division of the Parietal Bone in a Chimpanzee; with a Special Reference to the Oblique Sutures in the Parietal

by Aleš Hrdlička

Some possible bearings of genetics on pathology

by Thomas Hunt Morgan

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

by Charles Darwin

Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin

by W. P. (William Platt) Ball

The History of Creation, Vol. 2 (of 2) Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes

by Ernst Haeckel

Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution: His Life and Work

by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard

The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2

by Charles Darwin

The Life-Story of Insects

by George H. (George Herbert) Carpenter

Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02

by Thomas Henry Huxley

Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society

by Walter Bagehot

The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 08 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed

by William Curtis

Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf For the Use of Teachers, or Mothers Studying with Their Children

by Jane Newell Moore

The Natural History of Chocolate Being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-Tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Excellent Properties, and Medicinal Vertues of its Fruit

by D. Quélus

North American Yellow Bats, 'Dasypterus,' and a List of the Named Kinds of the Genus Lasiurus Gray

by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall, J. Knox Jones

Schutz- und Trutzbündnisse in der Natur

by Wilhelm Bölsche

The Ohio naturalist, Vol. 1, No. 3, January, 1901

by Ohio State University. Biological Club

The Kansas University Science Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 2, February, 1902

by Various Authors

The O. S. U. Naturalist, Vol. 1, No. 2, December, 1900

by Ohio State University. Biological Club

At the Deathbed of Darwinism: A Series of Papers

by Eberhard Dennert

The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)

by the Elder Pliny

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" Volume 10, Slice 6

by Various Authors

A History of Science — Volume 1

by Henry Smith Williams, Edward Huntington Williams

Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.

by Various Authors

Harvey's Views on the Use of the Circulation of the Blood

by John Green Curtis

Buffon's Natural History. Volume 10 (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c

by comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon

Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea

by Robert G. (Robert Gravem) Webb, George William Byers, J. Knox Jones

Occurrence of the Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains

by Henry S. (Henry Sheldon) Fitch, T. Paul Maslin

American Addresses, with a Lecture on the Study of Biology

by Thomas Henry Huxley

Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Belgian Congo Bulletin of the AMNH , Vol. XXXIV, Art. XVI, pp. 509-513, Oct. 20th, 1915

by James Paul Chapin

Time and Life: Mr. Darwin's "Origin of Species"

by Thomas Henry Huxley

Aus dem Leben der Insekten

by Arabella B. (Arabella Burton) Buckley

Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin

by Samuel Butler

A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)

by David Starr Jordan

Life and Matter: A Criticism of Professor Haeckel's "Riddle of the Universe"

by Sir Oliver Lodge

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon

by Sir James Emerson Tennent

Insectivorous Plants

by Charles Darwin

The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms With Observations on Their Habits

by Charles Darwin

Cassell's Natural History, Vol. 1 (of 6)

Common Science

by Carleton Washburne

Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays

by Thomas Henry Huxley

Fossil plants, Vol. 1 : [A text-book] for students of botany and geology

by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward

A Historical Account of Useful Inventions and Scientific Discoveries Being a manual of instruction and entertainment.

by George Grant

Aphorisms and Reflections from the works of T. H. Huxley

by Thomas Henry Huxley

Discourses: Biological & Geological Essays

by Thomas Henry Huxley

Luck, or Cunning, as the Main Means of Organic Modification

by Samuel Butler

The Origin of Species From 'The Westminster Review', April 1860

by Thomas Henry Huxley

Noteworthy families (modern science) : An index to kinships in near degrees between persons whose achievements are honourable, and have been publicly recorded

by Francis Galton, Edgar Schuster

Aspects of nature, in different lands and different climates (Vol. 2 of 2) with scientific elucidations

by Alexander von Humboldt

The romance of the microscope : an interesting description of its uses in all branches of science, industry, agriculture, and in the detection of crime, with a short account of its origin, history, and development

by C. A. (Charles Aubrey) Ealand

The Lobster Fishery of Maine Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265, 1899

by John N. (John Nathan) Cobb

Colouration in Animals and Plants

by Alfred Tylor

The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 02 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed

by William Curtis

Daedalus : or, Science and the future

by J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson) Haldane

The Conditions of Existence as Affecting the Perpetuation of Living Beings Lecture V. (of VI.), "Lectures to Working Men", at the Museum of Practical Geology, 1863, on Darwin's Work: "Origin of Species"

by Thomas Henry Huxley

Geological Contemporaneity and Persistent Types of Life

by Thomas Henry Huxley

De Wereld vóór de schepping van den mensch

by Camille Flammarion

The Natural History of the Tea-Tree, with Observations on the Medical Qualities of Tea, and on the Effects of Tea-Drinking

by John Coakley Lettsom

Graphic illustrations of abortion and the diseases of menstruation Consisting of Twelve Plates from Drawings Engraved on Stone, and Coloured by Mr. J. Perry, and Two Copper-plates from the Philosophical Transactions, Coloured by the Same Artist. the Whole Representing Forty-five Specimens of Aborted Ova and Adventitious Productions of the Uterus, With Preliminary Observations, Explanations of the Figures and Remarks, Anatomical and Physiological.

by A. B. (Augustus Bozzi) Granville

Humanity to Honey-Bees or, Practical Directions for the Management of Honey-Bees Upon an Improved and Humane Plan, by Which the Lives of Bees May Be Preserved, and Abundance of Honey of a Superior Quality May Be Obtained

by Thomas Nutt

Reis door Noord Amerika : Gedaan door den Heer Pieter Kalm

by Pehr Kalm

The botanist's repository for new and rare plants; vol. 05 [of 10]

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Die krankheiterregenden Bakterien Entstehung, Heilung und Bekämpfung der bakteriellen Infektionskrankheiten des Menschen

by Max Löhlein

L'intelligence des fleurs

by Maurice Maeterlinck

Pleistocene Soricidae from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

by James S. (James Smith) Findley

Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays

by Alfred Russel Wallace

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition)

by Charles Darwin

The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock

by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron

Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle Under the Command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.

by Charles Darwin

Pharmacographia A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India

by Friedrich A. (Friedrich August) Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury

Special report on diseases of cattle

by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry, V. T. (Vickers T.) Atkinson, Dr. (William) Dickson, A. (Adolph) Eichhorn, Richard W. (Richard West) Hickman, James Law, (Dr.) (William Herbert) Lowe, C. Dwight (Charles Dwight) Marsh, John R. (John Robbins) Mohler, A. J. (Alexander James) Murray, Leonard Pearson, Brayton Howard Ransom, M. R. (Milton R.) Trumbower, Dr. (Benjamin Tilghman) Woodward