What Birdo is that? A Field Guide to Bird-people by Libby Robin
$40.00 AUD
Category: Natural History
Birds and the humans who love them The idea that a bird is good news and needs all our support is probably the only thing amateur birdos, professional zoologists and 'birdscapers'-people who redesign their gardens to support birdlife-have in common. But together they form a conservation community that ...Show more
Around the Ocean in 80 Fish and other Sea Life by Helen Scales
$55.00 AUD
Category: Natural History
This is an inspiring tour of the world's oceans and 80 of its most notable inhabitants. Beautifully illustrated, the book includes fascinating stories of the fish, shellfish and other sea life that have somehow impacted human life - whether in our medicine, culture or folklore - in often surprising and ...Show more
Close Encounters with Marine Life by Nigel Marsh
$35.00 AUD
Category: Natural History
Wildlife photography onland is nearly always donewith a telephoto lens, withthe photographer rarelygetting close to thesubject. Underwaterphotography on the otherhand is the completeopposite, with thephotographer required toget very close to thesubject to capture greatimages. Fortunately, mostmarine ani ...Show more
Avian Architecture: How Birds Design, Engineer, and Build by Peter Goodfellow
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
The essential illustrated guide to how birds design and build their nests--now fully revised and expanded Birds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature. Avian Architecture describes how birds design, engineer, and build their nests, d ...Show more
Green Guide: Birds of Australia by Peter Rowland
$19.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Australian Green Guides
There are over 700 species of birds in Australia, and this book provides an introduction to the major groups, with an emphasis on those that the amateur naturalist and nature-lover is most likely to see.
The Pocket Book of Bird Anatomy by Marianne Taylor
$29.95 AUD
Category: Natural History
What is a bird? To answer that, we must understand how birds are different from all other living things and how they fit into the diversity of life on Earth.This excellent RSPB guide to bird anatomy looks at the avian body, system by system, how it evolved, and how it functions. Chapters explore traits ...Show more
Creatura: Strange behaviours and special adaptations by Bec Crew
$29.95 AUD
Category: Natural History
Becky Crew is a Sydney-based science communicator with a love for weird and wonderful animals. From strange behaviours and special adaptations to newly discovered species and the researchers who find them, her topics celebrate how alien yet relatable so many of the creatures that live amongst us can be. ...Show more
Birds of Australia - Reed Concise Guide by Stepnell Ken
$16.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Pocket sized but covers more than 300 species. Contains 300 photographs illustrating key features. Written accounts on habitat, range and calls. Plastic cover ideal for use in field.
Planta Sapiens: Unmasking Plant Intelligence by Paco Calvo, Natalie Lawrence
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
What is it like to be a plant?It's not a question we might think to contemplate, even though many of us live surrounded by plants. Science has long explored the wonderful ways in which plants communicate, behave and shape their environments: from chemical warfare to turning their predators to cannibalis ...Show more
The Well Gardened Mind: Rediscovering Nature in the Modern World by Sue Stuart-Smith
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
'The wisest book I've read for many years ... Much more than a gardening book, much more than a guide to mental health ... Hugely recommended' - STEPHEN FRY. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER How can getting outdoors help us to look after our mental health? In a powerful combination of contemporary neuroscie ...Show more
What a Mushroom Lives For: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make by Michael J. Hathaway
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
How the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China--and providing new ways to understand human and more-than-human worlds What a Mushroom Lives For pushes today's mushroom renaissance in compelling new directions. For centuries, Western science has promoted a human- and animal- ...Show more
Australian Falcons: Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation by Stephen Debus
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Falcons are stunning and iconic birds. Australia has six falcon species, with two endemic to the continent and two others endemic to the Australasian region. They are important indicators of the health of our ecosystems, due to their position at the top of the food chain. But several species are declini ...Show more