Wildlife: general interest

Under the corn and soybean fields of southern Minnesota lies the memory of vast, age-old wetlands, drained away over the last 130 years in the name of agricultural progress.

An authoritative illustrated guide to the mighty reptiles that dominated the seas of the Mesozoic for 185 million yearsNew discoveries are revealing that many ancient oceangoing reptiles were energetic animals capable of inhabiting an array of watery habitats and climates, including polar winters.

A complete identification guide to all of the waders found in Europe, Asia and North America.

A simpler and more user-friendly visual approach to gull identificationThis unique photographic field guide to North America's gulls provides a comparative approach to identification that concentrates on the size, structure, and basic plumage features of gullsgone are the often-confusing array of plumage details found in traditional guides.

Birds of Prey of the West and its companion volume, Birds of Prey of the East, are the most comprehensive and authoritative field guides to North American birds of prey ever published.

Sunbirds is the first book since the 19th Century to cover in detail all the world's sunbirds and spiderhunters - the Nectarinidae.

Part autobiography, part philosophical rumination, this evocative conservation odyssey explores the deep affinities between humans and our original habitat: grasslands.

The Evolution of the Microscope covers some of the features of the history of the microscope and the rationale of the design features found in microscopes.

Engaging natural history information for a general audience on one of the most beloved groups of birds, including tips on attracting and watching hummingbirds.

A spectacular and lavish photographic guide to the birds of Japan, Korea, north-east China and the Russian Far East.

This book provides a clear and accessible account of kangaroos, showing how their reproductive patterns, social structure and other aspects of their biology make them well adapted to Australia’s harsh climate and demanding environment.

Explore the wide world of finches Finches For Dummies is your entry into the fascinating world of finches.

Follow the trails of hunters—the original storytellers—as they interpret signs, examine tracks, and chase and catch their prey (or fail to).

Amphibian species around the world are unusually vulnerable to a variety of threats, by no means all of which are properly understood.

The definitive site guide to a surprisingly bird-rich corner of England Kent, Essex and the Greater London area.

London's Natural History describes how the spread of man's activities has affected the plants and animals in them, destroying some and creating others.

This book presents a series of review chapters on the various aspects of primate kinship and behavior, as a fundamental reference for students and professionals interested in primate behavior, ecology and evolution.

'A truly excellent account' British WildlifeBeetles are arguably the most diverse organisms in the world, with nearly half a million beetle species described and catalogued in our museums, more than any other type of living thing.

The celebrated naturalist and author of the Corfu Trilogy, shares more humorous reflections on a life spent among humans and animals.

The follow-up to My Family and Other Animals and the inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu: A naturalist’s memoir of his family’s time on a Greek island.

Studies on the Development of Behavior and the Nervous Systems, Volume 4: Early Influences discusses the effect of various exogenous factors on the early development of behavior and the nervous system.

During the late 1960s and 1970s, massive herds of poisonous crown-of-thorns starfish suddenly began to infest coral reef communities around the world, leaving in their wake devastation comparable to a burnt-out rainforest.

Dirty, Sacred Rivers explores South Asia's increasingly urgent water crisis, taking readers on a journey through North India, Nepal and Bangladesh, from the Himalaya to the Bay of Bengal.

Eastern waterfowlers, who know the black duck best, regard this big dusky bird as the top game bird against which all other ducks are measured.

Ontdek in ons boek 'Expertadvies voor Optimale Dierenverzorging' een schat aan praktische adviezen en deskundige tips om de band met je huisdieren te versterken en hun welzijn te waarborgen, zelfs tijdens uitdagende levensveranderingen.

This title was originally published in 1959.

Australian Alps is a fascinating guide to Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks.

This is the fifth volume in the Birds of Africa series, covering the rich avifauna of the world's second largest continent.

Writer and artist Margie Crisp has traveled the length of Texas' Colorado River, which rises in Dawson County, south of Lubbock, and flows 860 miles southeast across the state to its mouth on the Gulf of Mexico at Matagorda Bay.

The book covers the identification, biology and relationships of all true shrikes, bush-shrikes, helmet-shrikes, the closely related shrike flycatchers, philentomas, batises and wattle-eyes.

The euphoria of discovery is the only motivation many scientists need for studying nature and its secrets.

The Barn Swallow is a familiar and popular bird throughout the world.

From the Great Smoky Mountains to Point Reyes National Seashore, America's national parks are home to some of nature's great wildlife spectacles.

Until the mid-20th century, the thylacine was the world's largest carnivorous marsupial, and its disappearance has left many questions and contradictions.

In range, Wild Geese covers the geese of North America, Europe and Asia, and thus the world species except for the Hawaiian Goose or Ne-Ne.

The Australian bustard is Australia's heaviest flying bird.

The extraordinary lives of lizards remain largely hidden from human eyes.

How honeybees make collective decisions-and what we can learn from this amazing democratic processHoneybees make decisions collectively-and democratically.

The idea of human cruelty to animals so consumes novelist Elizabeth Costello in her later years that she can no longer look another person in the eye: humans, especially meat-eating ones, seem to her to be conspirators in a crime of stupefying magnitude taking place on farms and in slaughterhouses, factories, and laboratories across the world.

In the past 20 years, pursuit of catfish, particularly the larger flathead and blue species, has become a technical endeavor.

The polar bear is one of the most recognisable animals on the planet.

Booderee National Park at Jervis Bay, 200km south of Sydney, attracts over 450,000 visitors each year.

The Eastern Barred Bandicoot is one of Australia's most threatened species.

feeding habits, association with other animals, and breeding.

An illustrated guide to how birds design and build their nestsBirds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature.

'The definitive go-to wildlife guide for all 16 million British gardens.