that humans evolved to be ultra-distance runners that could run down even the swiftest prey, through a combination of endurance, intelligence, and the desire to win (cf. Persistence hunting). Books Bumblebee Economics (Harvard University Press, 1979) Insect Thermoregulation (John Wiley & Sons, 1981) In a Patch of Fireweed: A Biologist's Life in the Field (Harvard University Press, 1984) One Man's Owl (Princeton University Press, 1987) Ravens in Winter (Summit Books, 1989) The Hot-Blooded Insects: Strategies and Mechanisms of Thermoregulation (Harvard University Press, 1993) A Year in the Maine Woods (Addison-Wesley, 1994) The Thermal Warriors: Strategies of Insect Survival (Harvard University Press, 1996) The Trees in my Forest (Addison-Wesley, 1997)Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures With Wolf-Birds (HarperCollins, 1999)Racing the Antelope: What Animals Can Teach Us About Running and Life (HarperCollins, 2001)Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival (HarperCollins, 2003)The Geese of Beaver Bog (HarperCollins, 2004)The Snoring Bird: My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biology (HarperCollins, 2007) Summer World: A Season of Bounty (HarperCollins, 2009)The Nesting Season: Cuckoos, Cuckolds and the Invention of Monogamy (Harvard University Press, 2010)Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)The Homing Instinct: Meaning & Mystery in Animal Migration (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014)One Wild Bird at a Time: Portraits of Individual Lives (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016)The Naturalist's Notebook:Tracking Changes in the Natural World Around You (co-authored by Nathaniel T. Wheelwright; Storey Publishing, 2017)White Feathers: The Nesting Lives of Tree Swallows (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020)Racing the Clock: A Running Life With Nature (Ecco, 2021) Documentary films In 2011, a 60-minute film, titled An Uncommon Curiosity: at home & in nature with Bernd Heinrich'' was released. The film follows Bernd Heinrich over the course of a year as he reflects on his past and shares his ideas about nature, science, art, beauty, writing, and running. Heinrich was featured in a documentary film series called The Truth About Trees, a production of the James Agee Film Project, which was released in 2015. References External links Bernd Heinrich - Naturalist Ultrarunner An Interview with Bernd Heinrich (focused on running career) Bernd Heinrich's faculty page at the University of Vermont Bernd Heinrich's author page at HarperCollins Radio Open Source feature Naturalist's Notebook interview 1940 births Living people American male non-fiction writers American nature writers American ornithological writers Animal cognition writers German emigrants to the United States People from Połczyn-Zdrój People from the Province of Pomerania University of