Audiobooks by Steve Brusatte

The Story of Birds: The bestselling history of the dinosaurs that live among us

"THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Steve Brusatte has a rare gift for bringing the distant past vividly and fascinatingly to life' - Bill Bryson'Soaringly brilliant' - Alice Roberts 'One of the stars of modern palaeontology' - National Geographic A New Scientist and Times most anticipated book of 2026, from the bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs. Billions of birds share the planet with us. With their flamboyant plumage and joyous dawn serenades, many of them are impossible to miss. But how did they get here, how did they break the bounds of Earth and begin to fly, and how does their legacy shape our world? In delightfully energetic prose, expert palaeontologist Steve Brusatte takes us through their 150-million-year history, from their origins among small carnivorous dinosaurs to the 10,000-plus species that thrive today. Along the way, we meet fantastic birds from all around the world, some known only through fossils. There are elephant birds that stand as high as a basketball hoop and lay eggs as big as watermelons; demon ducks that weigh more than cows; aeroplane-sized seabirds that soar the world's thermals; and predatory penguins the size of gorillas. Lively, majestic and full of wonder, The Story of Birds will ensure you never see birds the same way again. 'Steve Brusatte tells the amazing story of birds with enthusiasm and brio' - Henry Gee 'An eye-opening tour into the amazing world of birds' - Venki Ramakrishnan *The Story of Birds was no. 10 on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction best seller list for the week ending May 2, 2026."

Steve Brusatte (Author), Patrick Lawlor (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Auge y caída de los dinosaurios: La nueva historia de un mundo perdido

"Los dinosaurios, como jamás te los habían contado. Tiranosaurios primitivos del tamaño de un ser humano, monstruos carnívoros de dimensiones descomunales, misteriosos reptiles emplumados... Los dinosaurios, las criaturas más formidables de la Tierra, se desvanecieron hace ya sesenta y seis millones de años, pero siguen siendo uno de los misterios más intrigantes de todos los tiempos. En Auge y caída de los dinosaurios, el paleontólogo Steve Brusatte repasa la evolución de estos extraordinarios seres mientras nos hace partícipes de sus apasionantes expediciones alrededor del mundo y sus recientes descubrimientos, que ponen en entredicho todo cuanto creíamos saber sobre la evolución de los dinosaurios. Desde los inicios del Triásico hasta su repentina y catastrófica extinción al final del Cretácico, este electrizante libro redefine la historia de un mundo perdido y desentierra los enigmáticos orígenes, la catastrófica extinción, la enorme diversidad y el apasionante legado de unas criaturas legendarias. Apadrinado por la Scientific American, este no es otro libro más sobre criaturas extinguidos, sino la prueba definitiva de que la saga continúa. Reseñas: «¿Cuál es el mejor libro que he leído el año pasado? Auge y Caída de los Dinosaurios.» Bill Clinton, Time «Brusatte... tiene el talento natural de entretener. Sus historias de dinosaurios y las personas que los aman dan vida a la paleontología. Sabe cómo entretener y educar para que la ciencia cobre vida y quedes absorto en las historias sobre cómo el conocimiento se expande y refina. Te recomiendo encarecidamente que leas Auge y Caída de los Dinosaurios. Será entretenido y educativo a la vez.» Newt Gingrich, FoxNews.com «Una obra maestra de la divulgación científica.» The Washington Post «La biografía definitiva sobre los dinosaurios. Sencillamente fascinante.» Scientific American «Steve Brusatte está liderando algunas de las investigaciones más emocionantes que existen actualmente sobre los dinosaurios y nos sabe transmitir esa emoción en su libro.» Carl Zimmer, The New York Times «Si alguna vez has amado a los dinosaurios debes comprar este libro. [...] Brusatte hace con los dinosaurios lo que E.O. Wilson hizo con las hormigas y Carl Sagan con las estrellas.» The Washington Times «Una esclarecedora narración científica, extremadamente visceral, que nos permite caminar junto a estas criaturas por sus albores en el Triásico, su reinado jurásico y su repentina caída.» Nature «Una lectura indispensable para los apasionados de estos antiguos reptiles y su mundo perdido.» Kirkus Reviews «Excelente. A la escritura de Brusatte no le falta brío, vigor ni energía. Los entusiastas de los dinosaurios están de enhorabuena.» Current Biology «Fascinante. Divulgación científica en todo su esplendor.» Booklist «Cautivador. Ciencia de primera clase. [...] Espléndido.» Publishers Weekly «Un estudio apasionante. Sin duda el mejor libro sobre los dinosaurios desde los años ochenta. Brusatte escribe con la autoridad que le confiere ser uno de los expertos más destacados de su campo.» Sunday Times «El entusiasmo que pone en narrar sus historias hace que devoremos el libro, que va provocando en el lector un asombro tras otro.» Ira Flatow, El Cultural"

Steve Brusatte (Author), Cristian Villamil (Narrator)

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The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

"'Steve Brusatte, the author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, brings mammals out from the shadow of their more showy predecessors . . . In this beautifully written . . . terrific book, he tells the extraordinary story of how mammals came to be and makes the case for them as creatures who are just as engaging as dinosaurs.' - The Sunday Times The passing of the age of the dinosaurs allowed mammals to become ascendant. But mammals have a much deeper history. They - or, more precisely, we - originated around the same time as the dinosaurs, over 200 million years ago; mammal roots lie even further back, some 325 million years. Over these immense stretches of geological time, mammals developed their trademark features: hair, keen senses of smell and hearing, big brains and sharp intelligence, fast growth and warm-blooded metabolism, a distinctive line-up of teeth, mammary glands that mothers use to nourish their babies with milk, qualities that have underlain their success story. Out of this long and rich evolutionary history came the mammals of today, including our own species and our closest cousins. But today's 6,000 mammal species are simply the few survivors of a once verdant family tree, which has been pruned both by time and mass extinctions. In The Rise and Reign of the Mammals, Brusatte weaves together the history and evolution of our mammal forebears, iconic mammals such as the mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers of which we have all heard, and fascinating species that few of us are aware of. In this fascinating and ground-breaking book, Steve Brusatte tells their - and our - story."

Steve Brusatte (Author), Patrick Lawlor (Narrator)

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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: The Sunday Times Bestseller, The Untold Story of a Lost World

"THE TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR A Sunday Times Bestseller 'Thrilling . . . the best book on the subject written for the general reader since the 1980s.' The Sunday Times 66 million years ago the dinosaurs were wiped from the face of the earth. Today, Dr. Steve Brusatte, one of the leading scientists of a new generation of dinosaur hunters, armed with cutting edge technology, is piecing together the complete story of how the dinosaurs ruled the earth for 150 million years. The world of the dinosaurs has fascinated on book and screen for decades – from early science fiction classics like The Lost World, to Godzilla terrorizing the streets of Tokyo, and the monsters of Jurassic Park. But what if we got it wrong? In The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, top dinosaur expert Brusatte, tells the real story of how dinosaurs rose to dominate the planet. Using the fossil clues that have been gathered using state of the art technology, Brusatte follows these magnificent creatures from their beginnings in the Early Triassic period, through the Jurassic period to their final days in the Cretaceous and the legacy that they left behind. Along the way, Brusatte introduces us to modern day dinosaur hunters and gives an insight into what it’s like to be a paleontologist. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is full of thrilling accounts of some of his personal discoveries, including primitive human-sized tyrannosaurs, monstrous carnivores even larger than T. rex, and feathered raptor dinosaurs preserved in lava from China. At a time when Homo sapiens has existed for less than 200,000 years and we are already talking about planetary extinction, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is a timely reminder of what humans can learn from the magnificent creatures who ruled the earth before us."

Steve Brusatte (Author), Patrick Lawlor (Narrator)

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