Mammals category: 741 books

Solitary, nocturnal creatures, skunks generally go about their business unnoticed. But then there’s that thing they do . . . and oh, boy, when they do it, no one can ignore them.                But there’s far more to skunks than their stench, and with this beautifully illustrated...

COME ON A GREAT ADVENTURE WITH CHIMAKA THE CHIMPANZEE! A true-to-life story about chimpanzees. Discover where they live, what they eat, and how they survive. This book is dedicated to Dr. Jane Goodall. Jan Latta is the author and photographer of True to Life Books. To create the...

When the first field study of the Florida panther took place in 1973, so little was known about the animal that many scientists believed it was already extinct. During more extensive research conducted from 1981 to 1986, panthers were proven to exist, but the handful of senile, anemic, and parasite-infested...

INSIDE: German Shepherd Dog Breed Information! The German Shepherd Puppy and Dog: Your Total German Shepherd Dog, A Pet Owner's Guide is a great way for anyone to learn all about the German Shepherd Dog breed from someone who has lived with the breed for almost forty years! READER REVIEWS: "I...

According to the Blackfoot creation myth, the spirits first rolled moist earth in their hands and threw the magic symbol to the ground to make men and women. “Next they made earthen images of buffalo, blowing on them to bring them to life.” And it is the profound interrelationship of earth, animal,...

Carnivores such as pumas, jaguars, and ocelots have roamed the neotropical forests of Central America for millennia. Enshrined in the myths of the ancient Maya, they still inspire awe in the region's current inhabitants, as well as in the ecotourists and researchers who come to experience Central America's...

How to take good care of your chinchilla, naturally? Do you love nature, animals and plants? Your existence seems sometimes too complex and sad? Life is also made of simple pleasures which can transform into pure happiness easily Our collection of practical booklets « Nature Passion » will...

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 mothers are at the mercy of speeding cars in this...

Mice and other animals have a great time in the woods.  Story for children by Geraldine Mockler.

It was one of the biggest scandals in New York University history. Professor John Buettner-Janusch, chair of the Anthropology Department, was convicted of manufacturing LSD and Quaaludes in his campus laboratory. He claimed the drugs were for an animal behavior experiment, but the jury found otherwise....

From “Three Billy Goats Gruff” to The Men Who Stare at Goats, this inimitable ruminant has long played a role in our literature and popular culture. And yet, our relationship with the “poor man’s cow” is oddly ambivalent. In the beautifully illustrated Goat, Joy Hinson explores the reason...

COME ON A GREAT ADVENTURE WITH OLLIE THE ORANGUTAN! A true-to-life story about endangered orangutans. Discover what they eat, where they live and how they survive. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jan Latta is the author and photographer of True to Life Books. To create the books she follows animals...

The first book to cover the history and current status of the mysterious big cat.

In the early 1920’s, renowned American geologist, naturalist and hunter, William Douglas Burden, led expeditions to the Arctic as well as to tropical islands. His most widely publicized expedition was to the Dutch East Indies to the Island of Komodo in 1926. He and his first wife, Catherine White...