Animals category: 23627 books

A fourth book by the authors of the media sensation and instant New York Times bestseller The Sheepover, featuring an adventurous young alpaca who discovers new foods growing around the farm. Poppy the alpaca is excited to discover new plants, fruits, and vegetables growing around Moonrise...

The fifth book by the authors of the media sensation and instant New York Times bestseller The SheepOver, featuring a curious bunny and her baby farm animal friends solving an Easter mystery together. Fern the bunny wakes up one morning to a surprise: the squirrels have discovered a beautifully...

Man-eating maggots, poisonous birds and freshwater fish with teeth as big as a tiger’s are just a few of the dangerous and deadly creatures you’ll encounter in this book. From tiny terrors to raging beasts, this collection of the world’s deadliest animals contains amazing photographs, gruesome...

SOMETHING IS OUT THERE… For generations, residents from coast to coast have reported encounters with large, black, long-tailed cats. These black panthers have left a trail of dead livestock and confused witnesses in their wake. These are animals that are not supposed to exist; animals that...

Ohio was once covered by a thick forest and populated by a great variety of animals, but the first blows of settlers axes heralded cataclysmic changes. By 1900 only about 15 percent of the state remained tree-covered. The effects of settlement upon native animal species varied widely, and the fortunes...

At present, human beings worldwide are using an estimated 115.3 million animals in experiments ”a normalization of the unthinkable on an immense scale. In terms of harm, pain, suffering, and death, animal experiments constitute one of the major moral issues of our time. Given today's deeper understanding...

A researcher at the Swedish Museum of Natural History answers countless quirky questions in this treasury of trivia.   What color will a chameleon turn if it lies on a chessboard? Why are flounders flat? How do sea urchins make love? How did wolves become big and bad? *Why do animals migrate across...

Color can attract mates, intimidate enemies, and distract predators. But it can also conceal animals from detection. It is an adaptation to the visual features of the environment but also to the perceptual and cognitive capabilities of other organisms. Judy Diamond and Alan Bond reveal factors at work in the evolution of concealing coloration.

For the first time, this volume presents Vernon Bailey’s correspondences and field notes spanning the majority of his life and career, collected and annotated by David J. Schmidly. Born in 1864 and raised on a Minnesota farm, Vernon Bailey became the first person to conduct extensive biological...

Journeys with animals for personal transformation and enlightenment • Reveals how shapeshifting with the animal kingdom allows us to experience different forms of consciousness and expand our perception of the world • Examines the three phases of transforming consciousness: letting...

Eight thousand years ago, when the sea cut Britain off from the rest of the Continent, the island's fauna was very different: most of the animals familiar to us today were not present, whilst others, now extinct, were abundant. Over the course of millennia humans have manipulated Britain's fauna....

Encounters with wild animals are among the most significant relationships between humans and the natural world. Presenting a history of human interactions with wildlife in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan between 1870 and 1960, Wildlife, Land, and People examines the confrontations that led to diverse...

This book was written by the author to touch on the contentious and sensitive adversity aspects of issues relating to - burdens and tribulations, against - weaknesses and strengths - of hidden love in silence. It reflects upon the blamelessness of others from a truly beloved love that, no one...

Children's Short Stories, Book 4 is a collection of three short stories: Molly & Magnum, Sugar's Farm, and Drake's Pond. Molly & Magnum is a fun and exciting adventure about Molly, a Blue-And-Gold Macaw, and her best friend, Magnum, a Great Dane. Sugar's Farm is an exciting and heartwarming...