Surviving Extinction: Climate Change and the History of the Birds of the Western Palearctic by Clive Finlayson
$110.00 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Poyser Monographs
The impacts of global warming are of concern to all of us. The potential responses of birds to climate change have come increasingly to the fore, and are of particular interest to the ornithological community. Are birds sensitive to climate change and how will they react to a world of global warming ...Show more
Taxonomy of Australian Mammals by Colin Stephen; Groves Jackson
$160.00 AUD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: Scholarly/Graduate
Taxonomy of Australian Mammalsutilizes the latest morphometric and genetic research to develop the most up-to-date and comprehensive revision of the taxonomy of Australian mammals undertaken to date. It proposes significant changes to the higher ranks of a number of groups and recognizes several genera ...Show more
The Armchair Birder: Discovering the Secret Lives of Familiar Birds by John Yow
$44.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
While birding literature is filled with tales of expert observers spotting rare species in exotic locales, John Yow reminds us that the most fascinating birds can be the ones perched right outside our windows. In thirty-five engaging and sometimes irreverent vignettes, Yow reveals the fascinating lives ...Show more
The Art of Migration - Birds, Insects, and the Changing Seasons in Chicagoland by Peggy Macnamara (Illustrator); John Bates (Text by); James H. Boone (Text by); John W. Fitzpatrick (Foreword by); David Willard (Text by)
$54.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Tiny ruby-throated hummingbirds weighing less than a nickel fly from the upper Midwest to Costa Rica every fall, crossing the six-hundred-mile Gulf of Mexico without a single stop. One of the many creatures that commute on the Mississippi Flyway as part of an annual migration, they pass along Chicago's ...Show more
The Bird Way A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think by Jennifer Ackerman
$35.00 AUD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, a radical investigation into the bird way of being, and the recent scientific research that is dramatically shifting our understanding of birds -- how they live and how they think. 'There is the mammal way and there is the bird way.' Thi ...Show more
The British in India: Three Centuries of Ambition and Experience by David Gilmour
$26.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, SPECTATOR, NEW STATESMAN, TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR The British in this book lived in India from shortly after the reign of Elizabeth I until well into the reign of Elizabeth II. Who were they? What drove these men and women to risk their lives on long voyages down the Atlantic and ...Show more
The Complete Guide to Finding the Mammals of Australia by David Andrew
$49.95 AUD
Category: Natural History
Australia has a rich and unique array of animals, including the largest diversity of marsupials on earth. The recent growth in ecotourism has increased the popularity of mammal-spotting, particularly whale and dolphin-watching, but also spotting of perennial tourist favorites such as koalas and kangaroo ...Show more
The Illustrated Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Barry Cox, R. J. G. Savage, Brian Gardiner, Colin Harrison
$29.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures is an illustrated whos who of prehistoric life with more than 600 species.
The Missing Lynx - The Past and Future of Britain's Lost Mammals by Ross Barnett
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Britain's lynx are missing, and they have been for more than a thousand years. Why have they gone? And might they come back?A mere 15,000 years ago, Britain was a very different place - home to lions, lynx, bears, wolves, bison and many more megafauna. But as the climate changed and human populations ex ...Show more
The Secret Life of Whales by Rena Ortega
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Whales are some of the largest animals to have ever lived on our planet, but what do we really know about them? This glorious guide takes readers deep beneath the ocean's surface to explore the unseen world of whales. They will learn how to recognize the different whale species, discover how they evolve ...Show more
The Wolf Within: A Genetic History of Man's Best Friend by Professor Bryan Sykes
$22.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
The evolution of dogs and the forces that drove its amazing transformation from a fierce wild carnivore, the wolf, to the astonishing range of comparatively docile domesticated dogs that we know today. Sykes paints a vivid picture of the dog as an ancient and essential ally. While undoubtedly it was the ...Show more
Urban Aviary: A Modern Glossary for the Cosmopolitan Bird Lover by Stephen Moss; Marc Martin (Illustrator)
$35.00 AUD
Category: Natural History
A unique guide to the unusual and often surprising birds that soar above our cities around the world.From frigatebirds wheeling over Rio de Janeiro to bowerbirds displaying in the suburbs of Canberra, penguins in Cape Town to pelicans in San Francisco, and huge flocks of starlings roosting around the Co ...Show more