Animals

Get to know black bears, brown bears, and polar bears like never before-through Stan Tekiela's wildlife photography, personal anecdotes, and years of research. They are icons of our wild places. They are powerful and intimidating, yet they signify...

This spectacular updated edition of Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa is the only guide to cover all 671 butterfly species that occur in South Africa. Fully revised and expanded, it includes notes on size, identification, habitat, flight...

Myth and media typically cast animals we consider predators or carnivores as unthinking killers-dangerous, unpredictable, and devoid of emotion. But is this portrait valid? By exploring their inner lives, this pioneering book refutes the many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451697728Author Sy MontgomeryFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Washington Square PressPublisher Washington Square PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591931973Author Stan TekielaFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Advance Publishing In.,USPublisher Advance Publishing In.,USWeight(grams) 340g

Bees existed long before human beings, but our future is perhaps more reliant upon them than any other species. They pollinate 80 per cent of the world's crops and plants, but how much do we really know about them? Small, clever and mysterious, the...

A state-of-the-art photographic identification guide to Europe's whales, dolphins, porpoises and sealsThis cutting-edge photographic identification guide to Europe's sea mammals-the only such guide of its kind-covers the 39 species of whales, dolphins...

Wolves are some of the world's most charismatic and controversial animals, capturing the imaginations of their friends and foes alike. Highly intelligent and adaptable, they hunt and play together in close-knit packs, sometimes roaming over hundreds of...

This powerful collection features the 100 winning images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017 competition. They represent the skill and talent of photographers from around the planet and the many different ways of portraying the beauty, drama...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914345234Author Bevis WattsFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Tangent BooksPublisher Tangent BooksWeight(grams) 500gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 160mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838990916Author Priddy BooksPage Count 14Imprint Priddy BooksPublisher Priddy BooksWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 234mm * 19mm

From the snub-nosed monkeys of China to the mountain gorillas of central Africa, our closest nonhuman relatives are in critical danger worldwide. A recent report, for example, warns that nearly 20 percent of the world's primates may go extinct within the...

This collectible box set combines the second book in Maia Toll's Wild Wisdom series, The Illustrated Bestiary, with a freestanding deck of 36 large, gilt-edged oracle cards and a cloth carrying bag for keeping animal wisdom close at hand. Together, the...

An ambitious and beautifully illustrated account of the evolution and biology of insects. Insects are the busy, teeming arthropods on whose activities much of life on earth depends, and whose global populations are currently under the gravest of...

Until a few thousand years ago, creatures-"megafauna"-that could have been from a sci-fi thriller roamed the earth. With a handful of exceptions, all are now gone. Ross MacPhee explores the question of what caused the disappearance of these prehistoric...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993409981Author David S. WillsFormat PaperbackImprint Beatdom BooksPublisher Beatdom Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984839933Author Jaime JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint J. Jackson PublishingPublisher J. Jackson PublishingWeight(grams) 259g

The relationship between humans and mountain lions has always been uneasy. A century ago, mountain lions were vilified as a threat to livestock and hunted to the verge of extinction. In recent years, this keystone predator has made a remarkable comeback...

The Definitive Guide to Insects as a Sustainable Food Source In The Insect Cookbook, two entomologists and a chef make the case for insects as a sustainable source of protein for humans and a necessary part of our future diet. They provide consumers and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612436845Author Karen ChuFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses PressWeight(grams) 270g

Based on the hugely popular website ZooBorns.com, ZooBorns combines photos of the newest and cutest exotic animal babies around the world into the perfect gift for animal lovers big and small. Authors and ZooBorns.com original site founders Andrew...

Ian Newton, author of Farming and Birds and Bird Migration returns to the New Naturalist series with a long awaited look at the uplands and its birds. The uplands of Britain are unique landscapes created by grazing animals, primarily livestock...

A sharp and provocative new essay collection from the award-winning author of Purity, Freedom and The Corrections In The End of the End of the Earth, which gathers essays and speeches written mostly in the past five...

Feathers are an evolutionary marvel: aerodynamic, insulating, beguiling. They date back more than 100 million years. Yet their story has never been fully told. In Feathers , biologist Thor Hanson details a sweeping natural history, as feathers have been...

RSPB ID Spotlight Butterflies is a reliable fold-out chart that presents illustrations of all 57 of the UK's resident butterflies by renowned artist Richard Lewington. Whether you are admiring a butterfly flying high up in the tree canopy or basking...

Unlike their gaudy day-flying relations moths are thought to reside in the shadows, denizens of the night, circling around street lights or caught momentarily in the glare of car headlights on a country lane. There are, however, many more species of...

In this beautiful retelling of a folktale from Greenland, an unlikely friendship develops between a lonely old woman and a baby polar bear. With stunning artwork from Chris Corner, this book explores the moving relationship between human and animal as...

In this deeply personal book, the last one she wrote before her death in 2018, Deborah Bird Rose explores the shimmer of life - the iridescent pulse of beauty and power, the processes of transition and transformation - that flows across and between...

Feed your fascination with sharks! This complete resource enlightens readers on the biology, ecology, and behavior of sharks with approachable explanations and more than 250 stunning color illustrations.Studies of shark biology have flourished over the...

Drawing and Painting Insects is a beautiful and inspiring guide. Whatever your experience, whether new to the subject or a seasoned entomologist, this book will help you capture the beauty of insects by helping you understand their structure and...

A leading figure in the emerging field of extinction studies, Thom van Dooren puts philosophy into conversation with the natural sciences and his ethnographic encounters to vivify the cultural and ethical significance of modern-day extinctions. Unlike...

Britain is home to some forty species of dragonfly, and public interest in their plight is high right now thanks to their primeval beauty, aerobatic grace and a growing realisation of their importance for water eco-systems. In 'The Dragonfly Diaries',...

Incredible, Outrageous, Unbelievable Facts About Birds! You love birds. They're beautiful. They're graceful. They're a wonder to observe. Yet even seasoned bird watchers don't know everything about our feathered friends. Acclaimed naturalist, author and...

Brolga (aka Chris Barns) is the 6ft 7in strong but sensitive Aussie star of the extraordinary BBC series Kangaroo Dundee. Brolga lives in a simple tin shed in the outback where he raises orphaned baby kangaroos. It is a sad fact of life that kangaroo...

National Geographic Primary Readers pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with engaging text by skilled authors to help your child learn to read. Developed by education experts, this series of books for beginner readers is spread across four...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsRunner-up for BB/BTO Bird Book of the Year 2018.Book InformationISBN 9780995567306Author Oldrich MikulicaFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Wild Nature PressPublisher...

Horses were first domesticated about 6,000 years ago on the vast Eurasian steppe extending from Mongolia to the Carpathian Mountains. Yet only in the last two decades have scientists begun to explore the specific mental capacities of these animals...

More Australian Birding Tales takes up where the author's best-selling first book, An Australian Birding Year, ended. In this new book Bruce Richardson describes his further birding adventures, which take his total 'life list' from 672 to 759, well...

Did you know that Penguins have wings and feathers but they can't fly? Instead they have evolved into the most efficient swimmers and divers of all birds. Even on land penguins are surprisingly agile and can travel vast distances on foot or by...

Filled with beautiful illustrations, "A Speyside Odyssey" details the fascinating life story of the Atlantic Salmon as it undertakes one of the most remarkable, and most deadly, journeys in nature. The story begins with conception in a...