Wildlife: general interest

Pete the green sea turtle begins his morning floating in the endless, blue ocean.

This little book provides delightful, down-to-earth insights into what it's like to actually live with one of the grandest, most beautiful animals on our planet, the peacock.

Twelve months of visits to a mountain lake tells more than twelve tales.

What begins as a relaxing, back to nature backpacking trip into Oregon's rugged Eagle Cap wilderness soon evolves into a three month adventure of a lifetime for three people and a big white dog.

In their formative years, whitetails develop an intimate relationship with their environment.

Caw of the Wild is an in-depth exploration into the intriguing and complex behavior of one of North America's most intelligent, but often reviled, birds-the American Crow.

Welcome to Canada-home of the big bucks.

There's more than one kind of Texas native-we share our magnificent state with numerous other species some with four legs or more and some with no legs at all.

'A rare and magical book.

'Armed with this intrepid survey, we can see a brave new world down there on the beach .

Among the world's most popular birds, hawks can be some of the most difficult birds to identify.

An "e;entertaining"e; history and illustrated guide to seventy-six kinds of sparrows: "e;You will not find more complete or better written accounts of these birds.

A complete guide to the natural history, ecology, and conservation of North America's twenty-three woodpecker species.

';An extraordinary exploration and meditation .

From the photographer who brought Thoreau's Walden and Cape Cod to life comes a new work combining classic literature with brand-new photography.

Roger Tory Peterson's unique perspective on birding comes to life in these highly personal narratives.

At the center of Deep Blue Home-a penetrating exploration of the ocean as single vast current and of the creatures dependent on it-is Whitty's description of the three-dimensional ocean river, far more powerful than the Nile or the Amazon, encircling the globe.

The Yaak Valley of northwestern Montana is one of the last great wild places in the United States, a land of black bears and grizzlies, wolves and coyotes, bald and golden eagles, wolverine, lynx, marten, fisher, elk, and even a handful of humans.

True life essays that show how a son's connection with birds helped him reconnect with his mother, from the ornithologist and author of Kingbird Highway.

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Journey to the wave-battered coast of the Pacific Northwest tomeet some of the engineers and scientistsworking to harness the punishing force of our oceans, one of the natures powerful and renewable energy sources.

A multimedia experience that lets you look at-and listen to-birds in a whole new way!

From RattleSinker inventor Grey Myerson, "e;an extraordinary story of one man's obsession, a tale of passion, brutality, tragedy, and redemption.

In 1935, an Australian government agency imported 101 specimens of the Central and South American Cane Toad in an attempt to manage insects that were decimating sugar-cane harvests.

Now forty years old, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) remains a landmark act in conservation and one of the world's most comprehensive laws designed to prevent species extinctions and support recovery efforts for imperiled species.

There are more than 33,000 species of living fishes, accounting for more than half of the extant vertebrate diversity on Earth.

Foundations of Wildlife Diseases is a comprehensive overview of the basic principles that govern the study of wildlife diseases.

The Northern California coast--from Monterey County to the Oregon border--is home to some of the richest avian habitats on the North American continent.

The Fish in the Forest is an elegantly written, beautifully illustrated exploration of the complex web of relationships between the salmon of the Pacific Northwest and the surrounding ecosystem.

This is the first scholarly book on the antelope that dominates the savanna ecosystems of eastern and southern Africa.

This engaging personal account of one of America's most contested wildlife conservation campaigns has as its central character the black-footed ferret.

They change color depending on their mood.

With over 40,000 described species, spiders have adapted to nearly every terrestrial environment across the globe.

The most comprehensive book on giraffes to appear in the last fifty years, this volume presents a magnificent portrait of a group of animals who, in spite of their legendary elegance and astonishing gentleness, may not entirely survive this century.

The Turtles of Mexico is the first comprehensive guide to the biology, ecology, evolution, and distribution of more than fifty freshwater and terrestrial turtle taxa found in Mexico.

Intellectually rich, intensely personal, and beautifully written, Tracks and Shadows is both an absorbing autobiography of a celebrated field biologist and a celebration of beauty in nature.

Some 300 species of amphibians inhabit North America.

This stunning field guide provides a comprehensive resource for identifying and appreciating nearly 500 species of spiders.

This beautifully illustrated and user-friendly book presents the most up-to-date information available about the natural histories of birds of the Sierra Nevada, the origins of their names, the habitats they prefer, how they communicate and interact with one another, their relative abundance, and where they occur within the region.

Natural history, the deliberate observation of the environment, is arguably the oldest science.

Declining bird populations, especially those that breed in North American grasslands, have stimulated extensive research on factors that affect nest failure and reduced reproductive success.

The UC Natural Reserve System, established in 1965 to support field research, teaching, and public service in natural environments, has become a prototype of conservation and land stewardship looked to by natural resource managers throughout the world.

Each year shorebirds from North and South America migrate thousands of miles to spend the summer in the Arctic.

All animals must eat.

In this volume, new human disease pandemics, arising from animals stimulated by ongoing environmental change, demonstrate the value of ornithological research into avian diseases.

Are conservation and protecting animals the same thing?

Written for anyone interested in green development-including policy makers, architects, developers, builders, and homeowners-this practical guide focuses on the central question of how to conserve biodiversity in neighborhoods and to minimize development impacts on surrounding habitats.

Return to the Sea portrays the life and evolutionary times of marine mammalsfrom giant whales and sea cows that originated 55 million years ago to the deep-diving elephant seals and clam-eating walruses of modern times.

Winner: Western Heritage Book AwardSpur Award FinalistStubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book AwardAmericas Great Plains once possessed one of the grandest wildlife spectacles of the world, equaled only by such places as the Serengeti, the Masai Mara, or the veld of South Africa.