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About Tim Flannery

Timothy Fridtjof Flannery (born 28 January 1956) is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer, author, science communicator, activist, and public scientist. He is especially known for his 1994 book The Future Eaters, on the natural history of Australia, which was adapted for television in 2006, and his 2006 book The Weather Makers, about the effects of climate change in Australia.

As a researcher, Flannery had roles at several universities and museums in Australia, specialising in fossil marsupials and mammal evolution. He made notable contributions to the palaeontology of Australia and New Guinea during the 1980s, including reviewing the evolution and fossil records of Phalangeridae and Macropodidae. While mammal curator at the Australian Museum, he undertook a survey of the mammals of Melanesia, where he identified 17 previously undescribed species. He has published widely on the systematics, zoogeography, and biochronology of the mammals of Australia and New Guinea.

He has since written many more books on natural history and environmental topics, including Throwim Way Leg and Chasing Kangaroos, and has appeared on television and in the media. He was awarded Australian of the Year in 2007 for his work and advocacy on environmental issues.

Tim Flannery writes about Climatic changes, History, Human ecology, Natural history, Global warming, and Australia. Their best-known work is Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis.

On FindMyTBR we track 12 books by Tim Flannery, 10 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including After the Future: Australia's New Extinction Crisis - Quarterly Essay Book 48 (Unabridged), Among the Islands: Adventures in the Pacific (Unabridged), and Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis (Unabridged). Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.