Animals

Fins of Wisdom invites listeners to dive beneath the surface and discover the truth about these remarkable animals. Told through the voice of a passionate nature lover, this book blends personal encounters with scientific insight, cultural history, and timeless reflections.

The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse traces the hard path of the Light Horse from the bleakest of starts - being deprived of their horses and fighting at Gallipoli in the tragic Battle of the Nek - to triumph and glory in the desert....

What makes us happy? Bill Bailey plays crazy golf and hugs trees to find out....

The nation's greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British nature writing, The Peregrine....

In this volume of memoirs David tells stories of the people and animals he has met and the places that he has visited....

Voted the greatest English cricketer of the 20th century by the fans, Sir Ian Botham is the English game’s one true living legend....

In Your Dog Is Your Mirror, dog trainer Kevin Behan proposes a radical new model for understanding canine behavior: a dog’s behavior and emotion, indeed its very cognition, are driven by our emotion....

Birds. Over 9,000 species, the most widespread of all animals. David Attenborough has been watching and learning all his life. His classic book, now fully updated with the latest discoveries in ornithology, is a brilliant introduction to bird behaviours around the world....

This is the third and last of Sir David’s great natural history books based on his TV series and completes his survey of the animal world that began with Life on Earth and continues with Living Planet....

Environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb travels throughout the United States and around the world to investigate how roads have transformed our planet....

Capstick will stun you with these true accounts of the most notorious and often unexpected maneaters from around the world. After listening to them, you'll think again about that docile elephant in the zoo, or about deadly piranha escaping into Florida's waterways.

John Saint Ryan has traveled the world working with horses. His behavior with all students—whether equine or human—aligns with his principles, a rare and admirable practice. He shares his knowledge with agility, openness, humor, and grace, often in a poetic manner.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion presents a “heartwarming [and] engaging folk-hero biography” (Kirkus Reviews) of a woman who fulfilled her lifelong wish to see the Pacific Ocean by riding her horse across...

The cod has played a vital part in livelihoods, diets, and health in general — as well as roles in national economies and international wars. Drawing on his love of food and food culture, Mark Kurlansky leaps into history and folklore....

What is it like to be a dog? A bat? Or a dolphin? To find out, neuroscientist Gregory Berns and his team began with a radical step: they taught dogs to go into an MRI scanner...

In these 24 lectures, The Great Courses teams up with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, to take you behind the scenes of the animal world....

In the bestselling tradition ofthe The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the propulsive, inspiring Cinderella story of Stymie, an unwanted Thoroughbred, and Hirsch Jacobs, the once dirt-poor trainer who bought the colt on the cheap and molded him into the most popular horse of his time and the richest...

In the early 19th century passenger pigeons accounted for 25 to 40 percent of North America’s birds, traveling in flocks so massive as to block out the sun for hours....

In this illuminating book, brain scientist and horsewoman Janet Jones describes human and equine brains working together. Using plain language, she explores the differences and similarities between equine and human ways of negotiating the world....

This memoir is soaked in the sunshine of Corfu, where Gerald Durrell lived as a boy, surrounded by his eccentric family....

Collected together for the very first time, this is the complete series one and two of Life Stories, written and presented by Sir David Attenborough....

A 600-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a 17-year-old's dream adventure, but after he is mauled by a grizzly bear, it's all about staying alive....

A final posthumous work from the beloved conservationist and naturalist Gerald Durrell, to celebrate the centenary of his birth, with a new foreword written by HRH Princess Anne.

After more than twenty years in print, an updated edition of the evocative and transformational classic about the powerful bond between women and horses.

'Laugh-out-loud funny and surprisingly emotional ... will bring joy' - The Scotsman 'Jamie Lafferty embarks on an epic quest - in which the journey is at least as entertaining as the end result' - Stephen Moss, author of Ten Birds That Changed the World 'Highly entertaining and gloriously...

The spinosaurs – the controversial group that includes the largest land predator of all time, the awe-inspiring Spinosaurus – are brought to life in this cutting-edge review. The giant sail-backed carnivorous dinosaur Spinosaurus is one of the most famous of all dinosaurs; a staple of documentaries, books and video games, and the species that bested the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex in Jurassic Park III. The spinosaurs were some of the strangest predatory dinosaurs, combining a long low skull with powerfully clawed hands. Some species had huge sails over their backs, as well as fin-like tails.

In his latest book, award-winning author and renowned wolf researcher Rick McIntyre explores the intricate world of wolf behavior in Yellowstone National Park and highlights the individual character traits that allow wolf packs to thrive. Unveiling power struggles, pack politics, the roles of family protection, inter-pack conflicts, and more, Rick skillfully follows the intricacy of packs and the unique attributes each wolf has.

生き物たちは、驚くほど人間に似ている。ネズミは冷たい雨に濡れた仲間を助けるためにわざわざ出かけるし、アリは女王のためには自爆だっていとわない。カケスは雛を育てるために集団で保育園を運営しているし、ゾウは亡くなった家族のために葬儀を行う。

If you're fascinated by the world of ants and want to build thriving colonies, HowExpert Guide to Ant Farming is the ultimate resource for starting ant colonies, understanding ant behavior, and designing the perfect habitats and formicariums. Whether you’re a beginner, a dedicated hobbyist, an educator, or an entrepreneur, this step-by-step guide will equip you with essential knowledge, techniques, and strategies to successfully build, maintain, and expand your ant farm.

Each June, Tory Bilski meets up with fellow women travelers in Reykjavik where they head to northern Iceland, near the Greenland Sea. They escape their ordinary lives to live an extraordinary one at a horse farm perched at the edge of the world. If only for a short while.

Fins of Wisdom: Life Lessons from the Ancient Sharks invites listeners to dive beneath the surface and discover the truth about these remarkable animals. Told through the voice of a passionate nature lover, this book blends personal encounters with scientific insight, cultural history, and timeless reflections. From swimming beside gentle whale sharks to witnessing the precision of great whites, each chapter reveals not only the beauty of sharks but also the wisdom they hold for us.

Sea turtles are the ancient mariners of our planet. Long before human sailors braved the open seas, these gentle reptiles were already navigating the vast blue expanse with a precision that continues to astound scientists today. For more than 100 million years, sea turtles have survived continental shifts, ice ages, and mass extinctions. They are living fossils whose epic migrations link the distant past with our uncertain present, journeys written in sand, salt, and instinct.

Bees are small, yet their impact on the world is enormous. They may weigh less than a paperclip and live only a matter of weeks, but they hold the power to shape ecosystems, economies, and even the food on our plates. Without them, fields would fall silent, harvests would collapse, and the dazzling diversity of life we so often take for granted would fade into memory. This book is a journey into the remarkable world of bees, exploring their hidden importance and why our future is so closely tied to theirs.

Dive beneath the surface and discover the truth about one of the ocean’s most misunderstood creatures. In The Hidden World of Sharks, author Calven Hurstin takes listeners on a captivating journey into the lives of nature’s most ancient predators. Far from the villains portrayed in movies, sharks are intelligent, adaptable, and essential to the balance of marine life. With stunning detail and accessible science, this book reveals ten powerful truths that will change how you see the sea forever.

Schon seit Jahren beschäftige ich mich mit Orcas – Tieren, die mich ebenso faszinieren wie sie mich nachdenklich machen. Ihr schwarzweißes Muster, ihre Eleganz im Wasser und ihre Intelligenz sind weltweit bewundert. Doch je tiefer ich in die Geschichten um sie eintauche, desto deutlicher wird mir: Es gibt eine andere Seite, die oft verschwiegen wird. Hinter der glanzvollen Fassade von Shows, hinter den Bildern von friedlichen Begegnungen verbirgt sich eine Realität, die Menschen das Leben gekostet hat. Orcas tragen nicht ohne Grund den furchteinflößenden Beinamen „Killerwale“.