- The rise and fall of the dinosaurs, a new history of a lost world, Stephen Brusatte
- As the condor soars, conserving and restoring Oregon's birds, edited by Susan M. Haig, Daniel D. Roby, and Tashi A. Haig ; illustrated by Ram Papish ; foreword by John A. Wiens ; contributing authors, John D. Alexander [and 33 others]
- The modern bestiary, a curated collection of wondrous wildlife, Joanna Bagniewska ; with illustrations by Jennifer N.R. Smith
- The wolf almanac, a celebration of wolves and their world, Robert H. Busch ; foreword by Rick Bass
- Being a beast, adventures across the species divide, Charles Foster
- Esther the wonder pig, changing the world one heart at a time, Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter ; with Caprice Crane
- Once upon a time we ate animals, the future of food, Roanne van Voorst ; translation by Scott Emblen-Jarrett
- Beetles of western North America, Arthur V. Evans
- Why peacocks?, an unlikely search for meaning in the world's most magnificent bird, Sean Flynn
- What it's like to be a dog, and other adventures in animal neuroscience, Gregory Berns
- Peterson reference guide to owls of North America and the Caribbean, Scott Weidensaul
- Octopus!, the most mysterious creature in the sea, Katherine Harmon Courage
- Koala, a natural history and an uncertain future, Danielle Clode
- How to speak whale, a voyage into the future of animal communication, Tom Mustill
- Ice walker, a polar bear's journey through the fragile Arctic, James Raffan
- Featherhood, a memoir of two fathers and a magpie, Charlie Gilmour
- Kraken, the curious, exciting, and slightly disturbing science of squid, by Wendy Williams
- Animals in translation, using the mysteries of autism to decode animal behavior, Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson
- A steelheader's way, Lani Waller ; photos by Ken Morrish ; with a chapter on steelhead biology by Bob Hooton
- Ants, a visual guide, Heather Campbell and Benjamin Blanchard
- Backyard birding and butterfly gardening, Randi Minetor ; photographs by Nic Minetor
- What a fish knows, the inner lives of our underwater cousins, Jonathan Balcombe
- The loneliest Polar bear, Kale Williams
- Dinosaurus, the complete guide to dinosaurs, Steve Parker
- What birds eat, how to preserve the natural diet and behavior of North American birds, Kim Long
- American Serengeti, the last big animals of the Great Plains, Dan Flores
- The last cold place, a field season studying penguins in Antarctica, Naira de Garcia
- Giraffe reflections, text by Dale Peterson ; photographs by Karl Ammann
- Shearwater, a bird, an ocean, and a long way home, Roger Morgan-Grenville
- Lost animals, extinct, endangered, and rediscovered species, John Whitfield
- The end of animal farming, how scientists, entrepreneurs, and activists are building an animal-free food system, Jacy Reese
- Kinship with all life, by J. Allen Boone
- The truth about animals, stoned sloths, lovelorn hippos, and other tales from the wild side of wildlife, Lucy Cooke
- The social lives of animals, Ashley Ward
- The world of birds, Jonathan Elphick ; [David Tipling, photographer]
- Buzz, sting, bite, why we need insects, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson ; translated by Lucy Moffatt ; illustrations by Tuva Sverdrup-Thygeson
- Pests, how humans create animal villains, Bethany Brookshire
- The Pacific flyway, waterbird migration from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego, Geoffrey Hammerson, Robert Butler, and Audrey Benedict
- Silent Earth, averting the insect apocalypse, Dave Goulson
- A season on the wind, inside the world of spring migration, Kenn Kaufman
- Snakes of the world, a guide to every family, Mark O'Shea
- Supernavigators, exploring the wonders of how animals find their way, David Barrie ; illustrations by Neil Gower
- Thing, inside the struggle for animal personhood, Samuel Machado and Cynthia Sousa Machado, with Steven M. Wise
- Life on the rocks, a portrait of the American mountain goat, Bruce L. Smith
- Queenspotting, meet the remarkable queen bee and discover the drama at the heart of the hive ; includes 48 queenspotting challenges, Hilary Kearney
- Great soul of Siberia, passion, obsession, and one man's quest for the world's most elusive tiger, Sooyong Park ; foreword by John Vaillant
- The hidden lives of owls, the science and spirit of nature's most elusive birds, Leigh Calvez ; illustrations by Tony Angell
- Look big, and other tips for surviving animal encounters of all kinds, Rachel Levin ; illustrations by Jeff Östberg
- Beasts of burden, animal and disability liberation, Sunaura Taylor
- Tenacious beasts, wildlife recoveries that change how we think about animals, Christopher J. Preston