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(Paperback)

How to bring nature closer to your home, and the key ways you can learn how to see more of it.

(Paperback)

A seasonal approach to bird behaviour - get closer to nature and discover the drama on your doorstep.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

From shark attack survivor to the sharks biggest advocate, Paul de Gelder tells us just why these majestic diverse animals need our help as much as we need them.

(Paperback, Paperback)

This gripping collection of true tales by award-winning journalist and filmmaker Brendan McAloon covers some of the most chilling shark attacks in recent history and their aftermath.

(Paperback, Paperback)

(Hardback)

A spellbinding scientific and cultural study of snakes, the fascination and fear they inspire, and the new science that is indelibly changing our perception of these stunning and frightening creatures.

(Paperback)

Slugs and snails are part of the great Phylum Mollusca, a group that contains creatures as varied as the fast-moving squid or the sedentary clams, cockles and mussels. The largest group, however, are the gastropods, animals originally with a single foot and a single coiled shell.

(Hardback)

An illustrated reference guide to identifying all types of spiders. The general features of each family are also described, with information on courtship, hunting and web-making behaviour. A key to spiders' webs is also included in the introduction.

(Hardback, 2nd Revised edition)

Spiders colonised the Earth long before Gondwanaland began to drift into separate continents. New Zealand spiders have links with spiders world-wide. This book is the guide to these remarkable creatures. It explores the anatomy, physiology, behaviour and ecology of both native and introduced spiders. It is aimed at scientist and layperson.

(Hardback)

Springwatch British Wildlife is the perfect year-round countryside introduction to the much-loved wildlife of the popular BBC2 television series.

(Hardback)

A cultural and social history of the rat, examining how one creature achieved total world domination and has inspired such love and loathing.

(Hardback)

Anup Shah and Fiona Rogers have spent much of the last decade in the company of the world-famous chimpanzees of Tanzania's Gombe National Park, getting to know their characters and learning about their lives. Through endearing stories and stunningly intimate photography, Tales from Gombe provides an unparalled insight into their world.

(Paperback)

This New Naturalist volume provides a much-anticipated overview of these fascinating birds the first book on the natural history of British and Irish terns since 1934.

(Paperback)

Captures the diversity of birds, and illuminates their conservation status around the world. This title features maps that show where birds are found, both by country and terrain, and reveal how a variety of behavioral adaptations - from flight and feeding to nest building and song - have enabled them to thrive in various habitats on Earth.

(Hardback)

This attractive, handy pocket book will appeal to all twitchers, birders, ornithologists and garden-tickers. There are many species of birdwatcher, and theyre all catered for by this unique book.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

"The author, a professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology, demonstrates that animals have rich emotional lives. He presents recent animal behavioral research and narrates extraordinary stories of animal joy, empathy, grief, embarrassment, anger, and love"--

(Paperback)

This species-led birdfinding guide gives full details of how and where to watch the most coveted bird species found in Europe and the Western Palearctic. Each species account gives information on distribution and regional variation, advice on timing, and fieldcraft techniques, followed by a detailed site listing.

(Paperback)

(Paperback, Flexibound)

A book that celebrates the wild elephants of Africa and the danger that they will disappear from the planet without our help.

(Paperback)

A fully updated new edition of David Attenboroughs bestselling classic.

(Hardback)

Discover the secret world of our feathered friends with this handy pocket guide. Beautifully illustrated throughout, The Little Guide to Birds offers a fresh perspective on identifying the finches from the waterfowl around you.