The Elephant Whisperer: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Battle to Save His Herd by Lawrence Anthony with Graham Spence
$34.99 AUD
Category: Animals
When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of "rogue" elephants on his reserve at Thula Thula, his commonsense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival - notorious escape artists, they would all be killed if Lawrence wouldn't take them. He agr ...Show more
How Animals Grieve by Barbara J. King
$36.95 AUD
Category: Animals
From the time of our earliest childhood encounters with animals, we casually ascribe familiar emotions to them. But scientists have long cautioned against such anthropomorphizing, arguing that it limits our ability to truly comprehend the lives of other creatures. Recently, however, things have begun to ...Show more
WILD JUSTICE MORAL LIVES OF ANIMALS by Bekoff Marc Pierce Jessica
$102.00 AUD
Category: Animals
Scientists have long counseled against interpreting animal behavior in terms of human emotions, warning that such anthropomorphizing limits our ability to understand animals as they really are. Yet what are we to make of a female gorilla in a German zoo who spent days mourning the death of her baby? Or ...Show more
The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Our Disappearing Fisheries by Mark Kurlansky
$34.95 AUD
Category: Animals
Will most of the major fisheries of the world be exhausted by 2048, as has been claimed? Have the number of large fish in the ocean decreased by 90 per cent over the past 50 years, as has been asserted by a respected scientist? Are 60 per cent of the fish species studied by the United Nations Food and A ...Show more
RUNNING SKY by Tim Dee
$45.00 AUD
Category: Animals
This title records a lifetime of looking at birds. It follows the birds' year from one summer to the next. Dee maps his own observations and encounters over four decades, tracking birds well-known and bizarre, flying free, in the nest, in his hand as he rings them, or dead and stuffed on his mantelpiece ...Show more
Field Guide to Birds of Australia by Frank Knight & Graham Pizzey
$45.00 AUD
Category: Animals
First published in 1980, Graham Pizzey's Field Guide to Australian Birds combines a depth and breadth of knowledge with beautiful, fullâ colour illustrations and a clear writing style. The result is a definitive and internationally acclaimed guide to Australian birdlife. Now fully updated and revised ...Show more
A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines by Robert S. Kennedy; Pedro C. Gonzales; Edward C. Dickinson; Hector C. Miranda Jr.; Timothy H. Fisher
$97.23 AUD
Category: Animals | Series: Oxford Ornithology Ser.
Here is the first and only guide to cover all 572 species of birds known to occur within the 7,100 islands that comprise the Philippines. The Philippines are the home of nearly 172 species that are not found anywhere else in the world-many of which are endangered as the result of high levels of habitat ...Show more
A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia by Peter Menkhorst
$39.95 AUD
Category: Animals
This fully revised and updated edition of A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia is the only comprehensive guide to identifying all 382 species of mammals known in Australia. This book provides concise and accurate details of the appearance, diagnostic features, distribution, habitat, and key behavio ...Show more
Brian Wildsmith's Animal Gallery by Brian Wildsmith
$17.95 AUD
Category: Animals
This beautiful book will delight young animal lovers. Through evocative paintings, children are brought face to face with wildlife from around the world. Brian Wildsmith has captured the essence of each animal - from the playfulness of otters to a noisy gathering of parrots. His panoramic pictures also ...Show more
CHOSEN FOREVER by Susan Richards
$0.00 AUD
Category: Animals
When Susan Richards adopted an abused horse rescued by the local SPCA, she didn't know how Lay Me Down's loving nature would touch her heart--and change her life. For more than a decade she had aspired to be a published writer but it was only with the memoir she wrote to honor Lay Me Down that she achie ...Show more
Saving Chimpanzees: A Man on a Rescue Mission by Eugene Cussons
$32.95 AUD
Category: Animals
Genetically, the chimpanzee is humankind's closest relative in the animal kingdom. Yet in recent times humans have shown scant regard for the welfare of their intelligent cousin. Conflicts and endemic poverty across their range have decimated wild chimpanzee populations and they are today a seriously en ...Show more