Platypus: World's Strangest Animal by Elizabeth Parer-Cook
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
The platypus is a remarkable semi-aquatic mammal found only in Australia. Along with the echidna, it lays eggs like a bird, walks like a reptile and has existed for millions of years. One of the world's strangest looking animals, it is so unusual that when it was first examined by European naturalists t ...Show more
The Lives of Beetles A Natural History of Coleoptera by Arthur V. Evans
$60.00 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: The\Lives of the Natural World Ser.
A richly illustrated introduction to the incredible world of beetles With some 400,000 species, beetles are among the largest and most successful groups of organisms on earth, making up one-fifth of all plant and animal species. No other animals exhibit such a dazzling range of size, form, and color. M ...Show more
The Empire of the Eagle - An Illustrated Natural History by Mike Unwin; David Tipling
$79.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
A lavishly illustrated celebration of each of the world's sixty-eight currently recognized eagle species in all their magnificence and beguiling diversity Eagles hold a unique allure among birds for their combination of power, grace, and predatory prowess. Captivating the human imagination, these raptor ...Show more
RSPB Spotlight Osprey by Tim Mackrill
$19.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
A hunting Osprey is one of the great sights of the natural world, and its fishing prowess is admired and revered around the globe. However, its penchant for taking fish from trout ponds resulted in a drastic decline in the UK with the species wiped out by human persecution and habitat loss.Thanks to con ...Show more
The Inside Out of Flies by Erica McAlister
$35.00 AUD
Category: Natural History
About The Secret Life of Flies, also by the author: "It's no small feat for an experienced researcher to write in a way that is accessible to a non-scientific audience, and McAlister accomplishes this.... A short, rich book by turns informative and humorous." --The New York Times "After reading her bo ...Show more
Questions raised by Quolls by Harry Saddler
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
When Harry Saddler first encountered a quoll while camping as a boy, he was struck by the beauty of the timid creature who had emerged from the bush, sniffing for dinner. As Harry frantically snapped a photo, the agile-spotted quoll stole his fruitcake and disappeared into the undergrowth. That blurry ...Show more
Ant Architecture: The Wonder, Beauty, and Science of Underground Nests by Walter R. Tschinkel
$50.00 AUD
$54.99 (9% off)
Category: Natural History
An unprecedented look at the complex and beautiful world of underground ant architecture Walter Tschinkel has spent much of his career investigating the hidden subterranean realm of ant nests. This wonderfully illustrated book takes you inside an unseen world where thousands of ants build intricate home ...Show more
RSPB Spotlight Crows by Mike Unwin
$25.00 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Rspb Ser.
From Ravens to Jackdaws and Choughs to Jays, crows are among some of Britain's most familiar, abundant and opinion-dividing birds. The UK's eight crow species all belong to the Corvidae family, and they have been deeply intertwined in our lives and culture since prehistoric times. Crows have long attrac ...Show more
The Lives of Fungi: A Natural History of Our Planet's Decomposers by Britt Bunyard
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: The\Lives of the Natural World Ser.
A fascinating and richly illustrated exploration of the natural history of fungiWe know fungi are important, for us as well as the environment. But how they live, and what they can do, remains mysterious and surprising. Filled with stunning photographs, The Lives of Fungi presents an inside look into th ...Show more
The Trials of Life - A Natural History of Animal Behaviour by David Attenborough
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good
The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough’s classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave. ‘This is, quite simply, the best thing I’ve ever done.’ Sir David Attenborough on the ...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
Turtle by Louise M. Pryke
$29.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Animal Ser.
As ancient creatures that once shared the Earth with dinosaurs, turtles have played a crucial role in maintaining healthy terrestrial and marine ecosystems for more than one hundred million years. While it may not set records for speed on land, the turtle is exceptional at distance swimming and deep div ...Show more