The Internet of Animals: Discovering the Collective Intelligence of Life on Earth by Martin Wikelski
Category: Natural History
For readers of An Immense World, this thrilling book unveils a new scientific technology that tracks animal movements from space and 'could fundamentally reshape the way we understand the role of mobility on our changing planet'. -The New York Times Animal senses are finely tuned to their environments. ...Show more
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia 9th Edition by G Pizzey, F Knight, S Pizzey
Category: Field Guides | Reading Level: General Adult
Bird guide that records the various species and population distribution of birds in Australia, first published in 1980. This 7th edition includes over 750 revised distribution maps, over 2500 large individual bird portraits and revisions to 26 colour plates, including 5 species illustrated for the first ...Show more
The Australian Bird Guide: Revised Edition by Peter Menkhorst, Danny Rogers, Rohan Clarke
Category: Natural History | Series: CSIRO
A new in-depth field guide to Australian birds The Australian avifauna is large, diverse, and spectacular, reflecting the continent's impressive habitats and evolutionary history. Looking at more than 900 species, The Australian Bird Guide is the most comprehensive field guide on Australian birds avail ...Show more
Wildlife of the Box-Ironbark Country by Chris Tzaros
Category: Natural History
Gives a comprehensive overview of the ecology of the box-ironbark habitats and their wildlife. It covers mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs that occur in the region. This book is intended for conservation and wildlife workers, teachers, students, naturalists and those interested in learning about and ap ...Show more
Getting to Know the Birds in Your Neighbourhood: A Field Guide by Darryl Jones
Category: Natural History
Interested in birds but don’t know where to start? Overwhelmed by the bird guides? Want to know more about the birds you see around you? Then this is the book for you!Getting to Know the Birds in Your Neighbourhood is the first complete beginners’ field guide to the birds you are most likely to see in t ...Show more
The Backyard Beekeeper, 5th Edition - An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden by Kim Flottum
Category: Natural History
Enjoy the time-honored tradition of beekeeping in your own backyard or urban rooftop with this accessible resource for beekeepers of all skill levels, now in its 5th edition. More than a guide to beekeeping, The Backyard Beekeeper features expert advice for: Setting up and caring for your own coloni ...Show more
The Life of Birds by David Attenborough
Category: Natural History
A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough's bestselling classic. BIRDS. Over 9,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home in our gardens or flying for over a year at a time. Earthbound, we can only look and listen, enjoying their lightn ...Show more
Humpback Highway: Diving Into the Mysterious World of Whales by Vanessa Pirotta
Category: Natural History
I entered the water quietly and saw two humpback whales sleeping diagonally in the distance. Two school buses just hanging in space ... Acclaimed wildlife scientist Vanessa Pirotta has been mugged by whales, touched by a baby whale and covered in whale snot. In Humpback Highway, Pirotta’s enthusiasm an ...Show more
Birds - Deluxe Series: Deluxe Series by Simon Papps
Category: Natural History | Series: Deluxe Ser.
The second title in the new and lavish ‘Deluxe’ natural history series from Reed New Holland, this book is packed with sumptuous photography of more than one hundred of the world’s most amazing bird species. So many people watch birds, perhaps because they can be seen almost anywhere. Look out of any wi ...Show more
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
Category: Natural History
When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the p ...Show more
Cronin's Key Guide to Australian Trees by Leonard Cronin
Category: Natural History
An authoritative and indispensable guide to Australia's fascinating trees, fully updated and revised.
Bush Birds of Australia - ID Chart: Fold-out sheet covering 60 birds of forests and woodlands by Reed New Holland
Category: Natural History
Part of Reed New Holland’s exciting easy-to-use ID-chart series, this eye-catching fold-out sheet depicts a selection of the bird species most commonly seen in ‘wilder’ habitats such as woodland, forest and scrub, with a particular emphasis on those found not far from Australian towns and cities. It inc ...Show more