The central grasslands support significant biodiversity and parts of the ecoregion are known for being in the top ten ecoregions for reptiles, birds, butterflies, and tree species.
Mountains Beyond MountainsmeetsTattoos On the Heartin this unforgettable, powerful, and stunningly-told memoir of a struggling veterinarian saving animals and humans on the streets of California - and how he discovered what bonds all living creatures.
A marvelously illustrated look at the most deadly predators on the planetTooth and Claw presents the world's top predators as you have never seen them before, from big cats and wild dogs to sharks, reptiles, and killer whales.
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Almost everything we know about the Universe has come from studying the messages carried by light from outer space.
One of today's leading astronomers takes readers inside the decades-long search for the first galaxies and the origin of starlightAstronomers are like time travelers, scanning the night sky for the outermost galaxies that first came into being when our universe was a mere fraction of its present age.
An artist's uniquely personal journey across AmericaIn the nineteenth century, ornithologist and painter John James Audubon set out to create a complete pictorial record of North American birdlife, traveling from Louisiana and the Florida Keys to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the cliffs of the Yellowstone River.
The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct lifeWe used to think of fossils as being composed of nothing but rock and minerals, all molecular traces of life having vanished long ago.
A comprehensive handbook to top southeastern nature sitesFor hikers, climbers, naturalists, botanists, zoologists, wildflower enthusiasts, waterfall watchers, and all who enjoy exploring the outdoors, this field guide offers detailed descriptions of more than fifty natural areas in the "e;gorge"e; region of the Blue Ridge province.
In einer Zeit, in der das Wohl unserer Haustiere immer mehr in den Fokus rückt, bietet Markus Vogels Buch "Ganzheitliche Therapien für vierbeinige Freunde" einen fundierten Einblick in die Welt der Alternativmedizin für Tiere.
Der erste Fall für Mops Holmes und Kommissar WatersonKnieslingen, ein beschauliches Dorf auf der Schwäbischen Alb, wird von einer Reihe von Verbrechen erschüttert.
Eigentlich dachte Kater Snowbell, sein Werk wäre getan: Frauchen Joline ist mit ihrem Freund Ben überglücklich und es herrscht Frieden in der Villa Katzenglück.
Axel Lindén hat gewagt, wovon viele Großstädter heute träumen: Alles hinter sich lassen und auf dem Land ein ganz einfaches, naturverbundenes Leben führen.
Dieses Buch bestätigt, was Hundehalter ohnehin schon immer wussten: Hunde, seit über 15 000 Jahren ständige Begleiter des Menschen, besitzen eine ungewöhnliche Intelligenz und lösen schwierigste Aufgaben.
From her horse farm in Nebraska, Cara Whitney--wife of Dan Whitney (aka "e;Larry the Cable Guy"e;)--shares down-to-earth stories about how ordinary people can share their faith in extraordinary ways.
As industry and technology proliferate in modern society, sustainability has jumped to the forefront of contemporary political and environmental discussions.
Recovering from a factory accident that nearly claimed his eyesight, a young John Muir ventured into the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Dieses eBook: "Allgemeine Naturgeschichte und Theorie des Himmels" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
The Story of a Small Dog Who Needed a Home and the Couple Who Needed HimWhen Michael and Cheryl Morse slowly drifted apart amid an empty nest, her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, his symptoms of PTSD, and the grief of losing their two beloved dogsput down on the same day three years priorit became apparent their lives were in need of a little joy.
Framed by the authors personal experience with backyard hens, Chickens: Their Natural and Unnatural Histories explores the history of the chicken from its descent from the dinosaurs to the space-age present.
2018 Shorty Award winner for best Creative & Media animal content***Named one of the Best Comedy Books of 2017 by Splitsider***';Over-the-top and hilarious.
Here is an engaging, informative, and no-nonsense look at the everyday situations and issuesand their legal consequencesthat affect dogs and their owners.
Why seismologists still can't predict earthquakesAn earthquake can strike without warning and wreak horrific destruction and death, whether it's the catastrophic 2010 quake that took a devastating toll on the island nation of Haiti or a future great earthquake on the San Andreas Fault in California, which scientists know is inevitable.
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.
