Three summers in Catalina waters I had tried persistently to capture my first broadbill swordfish; and so great were the chances against me that I tried really without hope.
Hilfsbereite Raubkatzen, rachsüchtige Oktopoden, psychopathische Wasserinsekten und schamhafte Rentiere: Ja, auch Tiere haben einen individuellen Charakter.
Pearl Zane Grey was best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that were a basis for the Western genre in literature and the arts, but he also wrote two hunting books, six children's books, three baseball books, and eight fishing books.
In these heydays of popular zoology, when eager young naturalists are coming to the front in crowds, and fine new scientific museums are starting up on every hand, there is small need to apologize for the appearance of a work designed expressly for the naturalist and museum-builder.
A thrilling tale of encounters with nature's masters of biochemistryFrom the coasts of Indonesia to the rainforests of Peru, venomous animals are everywhere-and often lurking out of sight.
When Bill Leikam (aka the Fox Guy) first discovered the presence of gray foxes along San Francisco Bay, he decided to take up a daily vigil in a place he would come to call Fox Hollow.
Raise a gaggle of geese, the unsung heroes of the small farm While chickens preen in the spotlight, geese are the historic unsung heroes of small farms and homesteads.
Science is now providing some remarkable insights into animal behaviour, with crocodiles, for example, emerging as devoted parents, and elephants - like whales - able to communicate with each other across long distances by ultrasound, which is inaudible to our ears.
The book Encyclopaedia of Fruit Flies covers different pest species of economic importance of world and presented alphabetically with latest taxonomic status.
The experts secrets for success, in their own wordsThe Masters Fly Box brings together comprehensive interviews with fifteen premier practitioners of the sport about how to catch trout across North America.
Dans l'état actuel des connaissances, définir scientifiquement ces vertébrés que l'on nomme couramment mammifères est une véritable gageure que nous ne nous proposons pas de tenir.