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The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller now illustrated with over 100 spectacular full-colour images, showcasing this wondrous and wildly various lifeform as never before'Astonishing ... it seems somehow to tip the natural world upside down'...

A final posthumous work from the beloved conservationist and naturalist Gerald Durrell, to celebrate the centenary of his birth, with a new foreword by HRH Princess Anne.'Gerald Durrell was magic' SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH * 'One of the finest and most...

See the animal kingdom in all its glory, from jellyfish to polar bears, with up-close details of their unique features from head to toe. Filled with magnificent photographs that were specially commissioned for this book and cannot be seen anywhere else...

'Sy Montgomery's The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk did for raptors' New Statesman'Charming and moving...with extraordinary scientific research' Guardian'An engaging work of natural science... There is...

"Animals in Translation" is the culmination of Temple Grandin's extraordinary life's work, drawing upon the latest research, her distinguished career as an animal scientist and her own experience of being autistic. With co-author Catherine Johnson,...

The keeping of zoo animals is a central tool in the conservation of some of the world's most fascinating, yet threatened, species. But how do zoos operate on a day-to-day basis? What are the key challenges they face in trying to feed, manage, and keep...

What is your dog really thinking? How do dogs see the world about them? How do they hear, learn and relate to their owners? Why do they suffer from stress and anxiety, and how can we help them cope?The Dog's Mind is the answer to all your questions on...

Stuarts' Field Guide to the Tracks & Signs of Southern, Central and East African Wildlife provides detailed coverage of tracks, droppings, bird pellets, nests and shelters, and feeding signs, not only for mammals, but also for birds, reptiles, insects...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909488700Author Jonathan DownesFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 11mm

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATIONA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES, WATERSTONES AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST READBeastly is the 40,000-year story of our changing kinship with the animal world - from the...

A Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year DISCOVER HOW LIFE REALLY WORKS - ON EARTH AND IN SPACE 'A wonderfully insightful sidelong look at Earthly biology' Richard Dawkins'Crawls with curious facts' Sunday Times_________________________We are unprepared...

Sunday Times Bestseller 'Passionate and well-researched' Tatler 'A must-read' Independent A social history of Labradors, and how they have become the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609807972Author Warner SheddFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 369gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

Eco-tourists, adventurers, and nature lovers will find African Wildlife to be the ideal pocket-sized, folding guide to refer to while driving or trekking through this region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique...

An exploration of the invisible connections sustaining the entire natural world from the bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307381132Author Bill SchuttFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 204mm *...

Latin names - frequently unpronounceable, all too often wrong and always a tiny puzzle to unravel - have been annoying the layman since they first became formalised as scientific terms in the eighteenth century. Why on earth has the entirely...

Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in "ancient DNA" research, walks readers through the astonishing and...

Investigating a whole host of species from around the globe, the first short and affordable introduction to this growing field of study "Byers ultimately makes the reader yearn to join him and watch animals for a living... an excellent example of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorAs a child, Tracey Ison's love for animals of all shapes and sizes was apparent to all who knew her. As a teenager she embarked on her dream career as a...

A scholarly edition of the Account Book of Peter Temple and Thomas Heritage, a Warwickshire Grazier and a London Skinner. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.Book...

Beavers are widely recognised as a keystone species which play a pivotal role in riparian ecology. Their tree felling and dam building behaviours coupled with a suite of other activities create a wealth of living opportunities that are exploited by a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780875420288Author Ted AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Llewellyn Publications,U.S.Publisher Llewellyn Publications,U.S.Weight(grams) 845g

In Sentient, Jackie Higgins assembles a menagerie of zoological creatures - from land, air, sea and all four corners of the globe - to understand what it means to be human.'Spellbinding . . . More than any other book, [Sentient] has made me think...

How animals behave is crucial to their survival and reproduction. The application of new molecular tools such as DNA fingerprinting and genomics is causing a revolution in the study of animal behaviour, while developments in computing and image analysis...

'Jackie Higgins's lyrical, literate style will charm you while her book stuns your imagination with strange, other-worldly truths' Richard DawkinsSentient assembles a menagerie of zoological creatures - from land, air, sea and all four corners of the...

For decades parasites were the pariahs of science. Only recently have biologists begun to appreciate that these diverse and complex organisms are the most highly evolved life forms on earth. In this work, Carl Zimmer takes the reader on a tour of the...

The essential photographic guide to Ireland's wildlife. Collins Complete Irish Wildlife describes almost all the mammals, birds, fish and butterflies of Ireland likely to be encountered by the keen amateur naturalist, as well as all the common...

Unfold a world of discovery. Small, Speckled Egg takes young readers from the small and familiar to new areas of knowledge where they really have to think big! It starts with an egg that hatches into one of the most impressive birds on the...

A timely and urgent investigation from John Vidal, Environment Editor of the Guardian for nearly thirty years, into how the destruction of nature is releasing disease into our societies 'Urgent, fascinating and essential' GEORGE MONBIOT 'A searing,...

Now a major motion picture, starring Jessica Chastain and Daniel Bruhl, based on a remarkable true story of bravery and sanctuary during World War II - out in Spring 2017.When Germany invades Poland, Luftwaffe bombers devastate Warsaw and the city's zoo...

This is the first ever manual to systemati-cally delve into the zoo as an architectur-al typology. The author Natascha Meuser examines five generations of zoological structures in order to show that the archi-tecture of zoos has always incorporated...

Voted the UK's Favourite Nature BookThe memoir that inspired Chris Packham's BBC documentary, Asperger's and MeEvery minute was magical, every single thing it did was fascinating and everything it didn't do was equally wondrous, and to be sat there, with...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It's an entire world, a colony full of life. In other words, you contain multitudes. They sculpt our organs, protect us from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909488724Author Richard FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 430Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 599gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 22mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916437685Author Beverley CourtneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Quilisma BooksPublisher Quilisma BooksWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

This second, completely revised edition of "Paleogene fossil birds" gives a comprehensive, updated overview of the avian fossil record from a geological period that lasted from the end-Cretaceous mass extinction event (66 million years ago) to the end of...

From Axolotl to Zebrafish, discover a host of barely imagined beings: real creatures that are often more astonishing than anything dreamt in the pages of a medieval bestiary. Ranging from the depths of the ocean to the most arid corners of the earth,...

Did you know that chickens have different alarm calls for different predators? This fascinating dictionary covers every aspect of animal behaviour and includes terms from the related fields of ecology, physiology and psychology. Clear, concise entries...

On 6 September 2007, an African Grey Parrot named Alex died prematurely at 31. His last words to his owner, Irene Pepperberg, were 'You be good. I love you.' Alex & Me is the remarkable true account of an extraordinary relationship between Irene and...