Wildlife category: 1081 books
by John and Barbara Gerlach
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Capturing the grandeur of landscapes or mood of a certain natural light is challenging but often the simple details of a texture or color evade photographers most of all. In Close Up Photography in Nature, best-selling authors and nature photography pros, John and Barbara Gerlach, share the tips...
The Nature of Southeast Alaska
A Guide to Plants, Animals, and Habitats
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
Everything you ever wanted to know about the flora and fauna of Southeast Alaska is contained in the third edition of this lively field guide to the natural world, from bears to banana slugs, mountains to murrelets. Highlighting the most fascinating and unusual aspects of Southeast Alaska natural history, the book is also a guide to the most frequently seen plants and animals.
by Sue Stein
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
The hobby farm adventures from *Amuck: Tales From a Hobby Farm *continue unabated in the pages of Beyond Amuck with the newest animal-related catastrophes faced by the author.
The neighborhood coyotes are up to their usual nefarious doings, slinking around and hoping for a quick bite to...
Search for the Golden Moon Bear
Science and Adventure in Pursuit of a New Species
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Sy Montgomery--acclaimed author of The Soul of an Octopus and bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig--has shared with readers her amazing encounters with intelligent octopi, great apes, man-eating tigers, and pink river dolphins, but here her muse is an animal whose name and appearance evoke another...
by Richard Peirce
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Elephants have long been targeted by humans: not only are they killed for their ivory, but their extraordinary strength, intelligence and charisma have seen some of them captured, chained and effectively jailed for life. Bully and Induna are two African elephants, both orphaned in organised culling...
by Jane Goodall
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
A great deal has happened since the publication of Jane Goodall: 40 Years at Gombe in 1999. Most recently, endeavors at the Gombe field site have included landmark research related to AIDS progression; establishing programs to improve sanitation, health care, and education in neighboring Tanzanian...
Man-Eaters
Horrifying True Stories of Savage, Flesh-Eating Predators…and their Human Prey!
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
In Man-Eaters, a horrifying study of the world's most dangerous predatory animals and their human trophies, author Michael Bright unleashed hundreds of gruesome true stories about savage, flesh-eating predators and their human prey to shock the unshockable. If you think we're at the top of the food chain, think again. And watch your back!
Discovering Jericho Beach, Vancouver's Endearing Retreat
Flora and Fauna Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2019
Embark on a refreshing pictorial journey to discover the diverse Vancouver nature's best that its much loved Jericho beach has to offer. Teeming with a variety of flora and fauna, Jericho beach set in the city's west side neighbourhood is a popular retreat for its enthusiastic locals and has its own...
The Magnificent Chicken
Portraits of the Fairest Fowl
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
With backyard chicken keeping and urban farming at an all-time high, the proudest of purebred poultry take center stage once again in this fully revised and expanded edition of the classic The Fairest Fowl, now retitled The Magnificent Chicken. Updated with even more chickens and an enlarged resource...
by Vincent Elkins
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
This book covers several topics including:
All About Racing Pigeons A Couple Of Things To Know About Racing Pigeons A Guide To Training Racing Pigeons An Overview Of Racing Pigeons All About Homing Pigeon Racing Feeding Racing Pigeons An Important Note To Racing Pigeons A Beginners Guide...
Canids of the World
Wolves, Wild Dogs, Foxes, Jackals, Coyotes, and Their Relatives
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
The most complete and user-friendly photographic field guide to the world’s canids
This stunningly illustrated and easy-to-use field guide covers every species of the world’s canids, from the Gray Wolf of North America to the dholes of Asia, from African jackals to the South American Bush...
Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds
Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Emus, Guinea Fowl, Ostriches, Partridges, Peafowl, Pheasants, Quails, Swans
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
More than 128 birds strut their stuff across the pages of this definitive primer for intrepid poultry farmers and feather fanciers alike. From the Manx Rumpy to the Redcap and the Ancona duck to his Aylesbury cousin, each breed is profiled with a brief history, detailed descriptions of identifying...
by Dr. Niko Tinbergen
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Dr. Niko Tinbergen was well known as a naturalist and a student of animal behaviour in England, on the Continent and in the United States. Ever since he was a young student in Holland he had been curious about nature, and in this book he sets out some of the facts that 25 years of curiosity gave him.
As...
by Ben K. Green
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
In thirteen stories full of rope burns and brush scratches, the author of the classic Horse Tradin’ tells of the days when he made a specialty of catching wild cows.
Ben K. Green calls himself a “stove-up old cowboy,” and readers of this book will learn soon enough where the broken bones...