Nature Wildlife category: 1081 books

Davide Bomben ha solo tre anni quando suo padre lo porta in Senegal. È il primo di numerosi viaggi alla scoperta dell’Africa fino al giorno in cui, a dodici anni, Davide fa l’incontro che gli cambia la vita: un cucciolo di rinoceronte orfano. Quell’animale indifeso e possente infatti gli fa...

Bill Burkett has devoted many years to the sport of hunting ducks. And all the while he kept a careful diary of his experiences out on the water with his dog and gun. At the same time he managed to share memories of his life as a newspaper gypsy. Like joining Bill on a hunting trip, this is a book every outdoor enthusiast will want to read.

First published in 1962, this book by esteemed American physiologist and entomologist Vincent Dethier provides an array of helpful examples of how ingeniously controlled experiments are designed and used. Other processes of scientific inquiry are also explained, such as observation, correlation, cause...

Tying in with International Orangutan Day on August 19, a British charity is releasing a new book, Orangutan Rescue which tells the emotive story of their efforts to save theorangutanfrom extinction. International Animal Rescue has spent the past six years creating a sanctuary in a remote part of...

A companion volume to The Endangered Species Act at Thirty: Renewing the Conservation Promise, this book examines the key policy tools available for protecting biodiversity in the United States by revisiting some basic questions in conservation: What are we trying to protect and why? What are the...

The Essential Bird Watching Guide For Beginners This book covers several topics including: Chapter 1: Bird Watching Caribbean Cruise Chapter 2: Binoculars For Bird Watching Chapter 3: Bird Watching Scopes - Find Out More With Clearer Vision Chapter 4: Bird Watching For Children...

This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality amazing images produced by a series of today's top professional photographers. Enjoy and be inspired!

The Imperial Animal offers a compelling perspective on the controversy over humans and their biology. This now-classic study is about the social bonds that hold us together and the antisocial theories that drive us apart. The authors divulge how the evolutionary past of the species, reflected in genetic...

100 curiosità sull'Ursus maritimus meglio conosciuto come Orso Polare.  I mini-ebook di Passerino Editore sono guide agili, essenziali, ma complete, per orientarsi nella storia del mondo.

During a time when most wild animals are experiencing decline in the face of development and climate change, the intrepid mountain lion -- also known as a puma, a cougar, and by many other names – has experienced reinvigoration as well as expansion of territory. What makes this cat, the fourth carnivore...

Four works by Rudyard Kipling in one collection with an active table of contents. Works include: The Jungle Book (1894) - The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–94. The tales in the book (and also those in The Second Jungle Book which followed in 1895, and which includes...

Acclaimed naturalist/writer John Burroughs examines the small fur-bearing mammals such as squirrels, mice, weasels and foxes in this classic work. This version of the classic book contains new photos and illustrations that show these animals as they really appear in the wild and provide nice supplement to Burroughs's timeless descriptions.

Der Winterschlaf ist eines der größten Rätsel der Natur. Wie schaffen die Tiere das bloß? Die Hälfte des Jahres, ja die Hälfte ihres Lebens liegen sie kalt und leblos in einem Erdloch, ohne irgendwelche Schäden davonzutragen. Wenn wir Menschen nur drei Wochen mit einem Gipsverband flachliegen,...

This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality amazing images produced by a series of today's top professional photographers. Enjoy and be inspired!