Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals by Jack Ashby
24.99 AUD
Category: Animals
Winner of the Whitley Award for Best Natural History Book 2022A compelling, funny, first-hand account of Australia's wonderfully unique mammals and how our perceptions impact their future.Think of a platypus: they lay eggs (that hatch into so-called platypups), they produce milk without nipples and veno ...Show more
Australia's Birds in Watercolour by David Freedman; Richard Steele; Robin Hill (Foreword by)
99.00 AUD
Category: Animals
Australia's Birds in Watercolour is a beautifully illustrated book that celebrates Australia's wonderful and diverse bird life through the unique vision of David Freedman, a masterful watercolour artist. With 304 pages and 250 illustrations, it features Richard Steele's informative, very personal and en ...Show more
The Dog Encyclopedia: The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
55.00 AUD
Category: Animals
Explore the history and variety of our most faithful companions in this visual guide to over 400 different dog breeds. From Afghan Hounds to Yorkshire Terriers, from gun dogs to designer breeds - and from Beethoven to Toto - for centuries, dogs have been adored for their unswerving loyalty, and this new ...Show more
Everything You Need to Know About Snakes: And Other Scaly Reptiles by DK
22.99 AUD
Category: Animals
All the basics of these amazing creatures are covered in this beautiful and informative photographic book on snakes and other reptiles. Anatomy, along with habitat and behaviour, and lots of fascinating facts about reptiles that every child will just love reading about. See how they survive in forests, ...Show more
Endless Forms - Why We Should Love Wasps by Seirian Sumner
22.99 AUD
Category: Animals
'A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps' DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTH There may be no insect with a worse reputation than the wasp, and none guarding so many undiscovered wonders. Where bees and ants have long been the darlings of the insec ...Show more
Fowl Play: A History of the Chicken from Dinosaur to Dinner Plate by Sally Coulthard
22.99 AUD
Category: Animals
The humble chicken has conquered the world. This unlikely descendant of Tyrannosaurus Rex is now so ubiquitous there are more than 20 billion chickens pecking, strutting and scratching around the planet at any one time. And yet, of all animals, the chicken perhaps best represents the contradictory way w ...Show more
In Praise of Famous Horses: An A-Z of the Most Celebrated in History and Culture, Myth and Sport by Sean Magee
22.99 AUD
Category: Animals
In Praise of Famous Horses is an A-Z companion to perhaps the most loved of all domesticated animals. From D.H. Lawrence's horse Aaron, whose hide was posthumously made into a duffel-bag, to Zippy Chippy, fabled American loser, all the horses featured in this book have their very own claim to fame. Some ...Show more
An Atlas of Endangered Species by Megan McCubbin
45.00 AUD
Category: Animals
'A call to arms for everyone' Steve BackshallThe diversity of life on earth is astounding, with each species perfectly adapted to its environment. Sharks can navigate the ocean using electromagnetic fields; sloths use algae as camouflage; albatross can fly for hours without beating their wings; and orca ...Show more
Icebergs to Iguanas: Photographic Journeys Around the World by Jason Edwards
125.00 AUD
Category: Animals
Icebergs to Iguanas takes people on a journey filled with beauty, adventure, hardship and danger; laughter and wonder. It also delves into the depths of Jason's journals, countless artefacts gathered from his travels, and a never-ending stream of tales from his decades of adventure documenting the natur ...Show more
Silk and Venom: The incredible lives of spiders by James O'Hanlon
32.99 AUD
Category: Animals
There are more than 50 000 species of spiders. They surround us in our daily lives and, contrary to popular belief, the vast majority are completely harmless to humans.In Silk & Venom, James O’Hanlon takes us from his backyard to all corners of the globe (and even outer space!) to explore these fasc ...Show more
The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom From a Remarkable Herd of Elephants by Graham Spence, Lawrence Anthony
19.99 AUD
Category: Animals
When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of 'rogue' elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival - dangerous and unpredictable, they would be killed if Anthony wouldn't take ...Show more
The Sloth Lemur's Song - Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present by Alison Richard
22.99 AUD
Category: Animals
A moving account of Madagascar told by a researcher who has spent over fifty years investigating the mysteries of this remarkable island. Madagascar is a place of change. A biodiversity hotspot and the fourth largest island on the planet, it has been home to a spectacular parade of animals, from giant ...Show more