Wildlife category: 1081 books

Tiger Bone & Rhino Horns sheds light on the trade in animal parts for traditional Chinese medicine which is a leading cause of species endangermin Asia.

This field guide dedicated to wildlife of Yellowstone National Park is an information-packed, pocket-sized book that introduces park visitors to the animals, plants, insects and more that reside in Yellowstone National Park in a colorful and portable package. Published in cooperation with Yellowstone...

This classic book offers the reader advice and instructions on how to best appreciate nature, the countryside, and walking in the Great Outdoors. It aims to enlighten the reader as to what to look out for and how to identify various things ranging from trees to wildlife and beyond. “Going About...

Caw of the Wild is an in-depth exploration into the intriguing and complex behavior of one of North America's most intelligent, but often reviled, birds-the American Crow. As a passionate observer, author Barb Kirpluk shares her extraordinary and fascinating findings while tracking three urban...

Here in Australia we've got some of the worlds most UNIQUE... and most DANGEROUS creatures on the planet! You may not see KANGAROOS jumping down the street, but you're sure to see plenty of the WILD & WONDERFUL... and NOT just at the Zoo, there's a lot right OUTd'BACKyard! Whether...

This is the first survey of the islands' natural history, complete in one volume. Because Orkney is exceptional, it is vital reading for the serious naturalist, as well as for being a comprehensive and absorbing guide for every visitor. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com Orkney is a very...

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...

In this information-packed, month-to-month guide to the wildlife, plants, and natural events that define the seasonal cycles in Big Bend National Park, naturalists Lynne and Jim Weber offer a richly illustrated guide to the natural rhythms of this beautiful and remote region in far West Texas. If...

'As the rest of the world stood by and watched, Laurens risked everything to defend these extraordinary mammals from extinction. A truly powerful and inspiring story.' Susan Sarandon Laurens de Groot was a detective for the Dutch police, specializing in organized crime and environmental pollution....

Peter Ryhiner ― hero, adventurer, and romantic― was one of the world's most active wild animal collectors.  Born in Basel, Switzerland, on January 1, 1920, Peter knew by the time he was eight years old that he wanted to be a naturalist and explorer ― and thought about nothing else. ...

Seton Gordon really created himself as naturalist, photographer and writer, the first such in the country, his first book appearing when he was eighteen. In all he wrote 27 books, two specifically about the Cairngorms where he grew up and first explored and returned to many times throughout his long...

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...

Game Trails of Northern Rhodesia is a selection of all the Northern Rhodesia Journal game articles: the hunting, the maneaters, the science of wildlife, the characters who lived out in the blue, the people in their villages whom we freed from the slave trade, many of their chiefs complicit in the...

‘A profoundly satisfying read’ Financial Times In Field Notes from the Edge, the acclaimed writer of the Guardian's 'Country Diary', Paul Evans, takes us on a journey through the in-between spaces of Nature – such as strandlines, mudflats, cliff tops and caves – where one wilderness...