Animals

From Flipper to SeaWorld, dolphins have long captured our hearts. We love these friendly, intelligent mammals, and they seem to return our feelings--they enjoy interacting with swimmers and have been known to encircle people under attack by sharks...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492147862Author Juliet M Getty Ph DFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts an astonishing array of plants and animals-over half a million species! Ecotourists, birders, and biologists come from around the world, drawn by the likelihood of seeing more than three or...

A richly illustrated introduction to the world's living and extinct sea mammalsFrom the gregarious sea otter and playful dolphins to the sociable narwhal and iconic polar bear, sea mammals are a large, diverse, and increasingly precious group. In this...

Who doesn't love baby animals? AMAZING FACTS ABOUT BABY ANIMALS is an adorable celebration of all kinds of fuzzy, fluffy, scaly, and feathery animal babies and their parents. Full of interesting, weird, and funny facts about animals...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873580950Author Phil RichardsonFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Whittet Books LtdPublisher Whittet Books Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Hugo Award (Related Book) 2022.Book InformationISBN 9781629638836Author Andrew NetteFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955939525Author Will NichollsFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Wagtail PressPublisher Wagtail Press

Ever since men first hunted for honeycomb in rocks and daubed pictures of it on cave walls, the honeybee has been seen as one of the wonders of nature: social, industrious, beautiful, terrifying. No other creature has inspired in humans an identification...

An ode to friendship delivered by the capybara and their many animal friends! Whether they're sharing their favorite snacks, laughing along with your best jokes, or cheering you on through thick and thin, capybaras know what it means to be a good...

Majestic, noble, brave lions, with their tawny coats and luminous eyes, have inspired countless stories, traditions and beliefs. Whether we are seduced by their beauty or drawn to danger, we want to be near them. No other animal has had such an enduring...

This remarkable primate with the curious name is challenging established views on human evolution. The bonobo, least known of the great apes, is a female-centered, egalitarian species that has been dubbed the 'make-love-not-war' primate by specialists...

A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of the Philippines is an introductory photographic guide to 289 butterfly species commonly seen in the Philippines. High quality photographs from the Philippines' top nature photographers are accompanied by...

One of the world's leading experts on horse evolution traces the origins, evolution, and diversification of the equines. Long domesticated, related to rhinoceroses, and descended from a creature the size of a hare, horses are a fascinating study in...

With Common Sense Natural Beekeeping, learn to keep bees sustainably with limited chemical or human intervention. Today's bees face unprecedented challenges. Chemical treatments for pests like the ubiquitous and deadly varroa mite have become standard...

'A joyful, poetic hymn to spring... Dee is one of our greatest living nature writers' ObserverOne December, in midsummer South Africa, Tim Dee was watching swallows. They were at home there, but the same birds would soon begin journeying north to Europe,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486279985Author Jan SovakPage Count 48Imprint Dover Children'sPublisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 175gDimensions(mm) 278mm * 208mm * 4mm

An essential companion for anyone visiting or hiking in the Alpine regions of France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The Alps remain one of Europe's foremost tourist destinations - not just for its world-famous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385341479Author Lucy H. SpelmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Delta (imprint of Dell Publishing)Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

A GUARDIAN NATURE BOOK OF THE YEAR Seeking the beautiful, the breathtaking and the bizarre, award-winning writer Charlie Elder goes in search of Britain's rarest and most endangered animals. Travelling the length and breadth of the UK, and meeting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618127351Author Jane GoodallFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 735g

What is a crab? What significance do crabs play in the world? In Crab, Cynthia Chris discovers that these charming creatures are social by nature, creative problem-solvers, and invaluable members of the environments in which they live. Their formidable...

'I once travelled back from Africa on a ship with an Irish captain who did not like animals. This was unfortunate, because most of my luggage consisted of about two hundred odd cages of assorted wildlife . . .'Gerald Durrell's accounts of the animals he...

'Brilliant, fantastic and significant' - Dr George McGavin Ants are seemingly everywhere, and this familiarity has led to some contemptuous and less than helpful stereotypes. In this compelling insight into the natural and cultural history of ants,...

This long-awaited third edition of A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa has been updated, revised and expanded. New information based on scientific research relating to behaviour, identification, reproduction and snake venoms has been...

Shortlisted for THE WAINWRIGHT BOOK PRIZE 2017Can Britain make room for wildlife? Stephen Moss believes it can. The newspaper headlines tell us that Britain's wildlife is in trouble. It's not just rare creatures that are vanishing, hares and hedgehogs,...

Here's a quick and quirky identification guide to animal dung or droppings. Each animal group (carnivores, primates, antelope, rats and mice, reptiles, birds) is briefly introduced; but the main focus of this book is the photographs, mostly life-size...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550172546Author Pieter FolkensPage Count 8Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour PublishingWeight(grams) 49g

This new edition is suitable for anybody with an interest in urban wildlife and conservation and is written by the renowned TV presenter Chris Packham. It is an educational and striking guide to the full range of wildlife that can be found in all manner...

A captivating A-Z treasury about birds and birdingBirdpedia is an engaging illustrated compendium of bird facts and birding lore. Featuring nearly 200 entries-on topics ranging from plumage and migration to birds in art, literature, and folklore-this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989324144Author K D GalbraithFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Walnut Creek PublishingPublisher Walnut Creek PublishingWeight(grams)...

'The Banksy of the photography world. Jim's stunning work has been going viral across the internet but his identity has remained a secret.' - BBC Countryfile Who is Villager Jim? Nobody knows ...Villager Jim's Peak District brings together the stunning...

A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of the Middle East is a compact, incisive photographic identification guide to 280 bird species found in the Middle East, including Egypt, and the countries of the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula. The book shows the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143119463Author Paul GreenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887554615Author John SaekiFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 284g

'Shearwater is sheer delight, a luminous portrait of a magical seabird which spans the watery globe' Daily Mail.'Charming and impassioned ... a rich tribute to an extraordinary bird.' Horatio Clare, author of A Single Swallow and Heavy Light.A very...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950934553Author Megan KreinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Cedar Lane PressPublisher Cedar Lane Press

This book is an entertaining, informative and enchanting introduction to its subject - just as those medieval banes of the farmyard, the Fox and the Vixen, were enchanting in escapades from fables and funny tales, from beastly epic poems and bestiaries,...

Otters are highly charismatic and popular animals of very considerable concern to conservationists worldwide. Written by the pre-eminent authority in the field, this book builds on the reputation of the author's landmark monograph of the European otter,...

Aphids are tempting subjects for investigation because they are often abundant, easily found, and unlikely to run away, and because of intriguing facts about their biology such as polyphenism, parthenogenesis, gall formation, and the production of a...