Animals

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....

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

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....

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.

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

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....

Discover the brain behind the horse—and transform the way you connect, communicate, and train. Horse Brain Science is the definitive reference on equine neuroscience, offering both depth and clarity for anyone who works with horses.

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....

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.

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

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....

Engaging and deeply personal, The Lives of Bees reveals how we can become better custodians of honey bees and make use of their resources in ways that enrich their lives, as well as our own....

An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons—and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural world A squirrel in the garden. A rat in the wall. A...

In 2012 retired South African general Johan Jooste was parachuted into the seemingly unwinnable war against rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park....

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

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

An addictively free-ranging survey of the massive impact that the domesticated ungulates of the genus Ovis have had on human history....

For the first time ever unabridged and read by the author, this audiobook is a testimony of true humanity-filled with adventure, life lessons and hope for our world. From the time she was a girl, Jane Goodall dreamed of a life spent working with animals. Finally she had her wish. When she was...

Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes....

A uniquely insightful, uplifting, emotional, and informative book that shows us how dogs make our lives better by making us better people from the Dogist. Elias Weiss Friedman became known as The Dogist when he took thousands of photos of dogs and posted them online along with their unique dog...

An early-morning workout becomes an enchanting adventure when a record-holding swimmer reunites a baby whale and its mother....

This book explores what every dog owner knows – that a dog is never just a dog. They are our companions, best friends, members of the family and for some the most important part of our lives.

On The Beginner's Guide to Animal Communication, author and teacher Carol Gurney brings nearly 20 years of experience in interpreting the language of animals....

A lifetime of adventures with bats around the world reveals why these special and imperiled creatures should be protected rather than feared....

A remarkable account of scientific discovery, Honeybee Democracy brings together, for the first time, decades of Seeley's pioneering research to tell the amazing story of house hunting and democratic debate among the honeybees....

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.

つい最近まで、動物には複雑な思考はないとされ、研究もほとんどされてこなかった。ところが近年、動物の認知やコミュニケーションに関する研究が進むと、驚くべきことが分かってきた。例えば、小鳥のシジュウカラは仲間にウソをついてエサを得るそうだ。

Discover the brain behind the horse—and transform the way you connect, communicate, and train. Horse Brain Science is the definitive reference on equine neuroscience, offering both depth and clarity for anyone who works with horses. Board-certified neuropsychologist and equine neuroscientist Dr. Stephen Peters opens a window into the horse’s mind—revealing how the brain learns, adapts, and thrives—and shows how this knowledge transforms training, care, and connection.

Dive into the captivating world beneath the waves with Tell Me More: About the Oceans. This comprehensive guide explores the vast and mysterious oceans, detailing their geography, the fascinating creatures that inhabit them, and the critical role they play in Earth's ecosystem. From the vibrant coral reefs to the deepest trenches, discover the beauty and complexity of marine life.

Tell Me More: About Dinosaurs takes listeners on a thrilling journey through the ancient world of dinosaurs. This comprehensive guide delves into the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods, exploring the diverse types of dinosaurs that roamed the Earth. From the towering herbivores to the fierce carnivores, this book offers a detailed look at their behaviors, habitats, and the theories behind their extinction.

Whether we watch quick little songbirds at our backyard feeders, keep a flock of chickens, teach parrots to talk, or stand looking up at the sky, mesmerized by the aerial acrobatics of blackbirds gathering as the leaves turn in the fall, humans have an almost universal admiration of and interest in birds. We love the birdsong of spring, the fledglings in summer, the deep V of geese in autumn, the bright spot of red cardinals against white snow. Wild or domestic, birds are clearly one of God's best gifts.

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.

En este libro el autor nos invita a conocer las arañas, a profundizar en sus modos de vida, a averiguar sus hábitos cazadores y el porqué de sus venenos, a entender cómo la diversificación evolutiva las ha llevado a crear múltiples tipos de trampas de seda para capturar presas, a descubrir sus complejos cortejos de reproducción, los cuidados de su prole y su importancia en los ecosistemas como control de poblaciones de insectos.

Since the 1970s, the science of primatology has been dominated by women—a unique reversal, as men usually outnumber women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. Today, one of those women is primatologist Keriann McGoogan, who has traveled to the far corners of the earth in search of wild primates. In Sisters of the Jungle, McGoogan combines stories about her own studies of howler monkeys (the loudest living primate) and lemurs (the most endangered group of animals on the planet) with those of the women who paved the way.

Did you know there's a beetle strong enough to lift over 1,000 times its body weight? Or a bug that shoots boiling hot chemicals at its enemies? What about a fly so fast it could outpace a racehorse? Welcome to the wildest insect fact collection ever assembled! In this jam-packed book, you'll uncover 10,000 fascinating, weird, and record-breaking facts about the world's most mind-blowing bugs.