Nature Instinct: Relearning Our Lost Intuition for the Inner Workings of the Natural World. Here's something Boy Scouts doesn't teach you about the wilderness. The Nature Instinct is a product of Tristan Gooley's life spent studying natural navigation. Now, there are some basic ways to navigate foreign tundra, such as knowing which side moss grows on a tree or rock. In this book, however, Gooley writes about the instincts that go beyond the obvious, which have kept him out of danger in the past. You'll learn what guides those instincts and how you can better hone your own. Gooly brings his own knowledge to the page as well as the brains of other trackers and wilderness dwellers to the book, from the Congo to the English countryside.