the Senses (1990) The Moon by Whale Light, and Other Adventures Among Bats and Crocodilains, Penguins and Whales (1991) A Natural History of Love (1994) The Rarest of the Rare (1995) A Slender Thread (1997) Deep Play (1999) Cultivating Delight (2002) An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain (2004) The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (2007) Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day (2009) One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing (2011) The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us (2014) Children's books Monk Seal Hideaway (1995) Bats: Shadows in the Night (1997) Animal Sense (poetry), illustrated by Peter Sis. (2003) References Further reading Becher, Anne, and Joseph Richey, American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present (2 vol, 2nd ed. 2008) vol 1 online p. 4. External links Diane Ackerman Op-Eds The New York Times American women poets American science writers Living people 1948 births Writers from Illinois American naturalists American gardeners People from Waukegan, Illinois Pennsylvania State University alumni Cornell University alumni University of Pittsburgh faculty Cornell University faculty Columbia University faculty Women science writers American women farmers American women non-fiction writers Science communicators American women academics 21st-century American women