Worm by Kevin Butt
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Animal Ser.
A richly illustrated celebration of the mysterious world of worms in science and culture. This book celebrates the mysterious world of worms from gardens to toothaches and beyond. Kevin Butt introduces all manner of worms, including many that bear only superficial resemblance to our limbless, sinuou ...Show more
Geology Rocks!: Types of Soil by Izzi Howell
$19.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Geology Rocks! Ser.
Explore the building blocks of our planet with fun jokes, cartoons and hands-on activities.Find out more about different types of soil and how soil is formed. Explore different soil horizons (layers) and discover what they are made of. Learn how living things help to break down soil and how soil helps p ...Show more
Step into Science: Rocks and Soil by Peter Riley
$19.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Step into Science Ser.
Step up your science knowledge with Step Into Science and discover the science of rocks and soil! Step Into Science: Rocks and Soil looks at Earth and the rocks that make it up, from its fiery core and volcanoes to limestone cliffs and fossils. With the help of a cast of funny blobby characters, you'll ...Show more
Photographic Guide to Seashore by Keith Davey
$22.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Photographic Guides Ser.
A companion for those who wish to visit Australia's ocean shores at low tide to identify the creatures found there. It provides identification of 250 common species found between the low-tide and high-tide mark on rocky shores, as well as a sample of some sand and muddy shore inhabitants.
Green Guide: Sharks and Rays of Australia by Kelvin Aitken
$19.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Australian Green Guides
Australia is the shark and ray "capital" of the world, with far more different species than any other country. Of the 950 known species of sharks and rays throughout the world, Australia is host to approximately 300, many of which are found only in the waters of Australia. This book has been written wit ...Show more
Wildlife in the Balance: Why Animals are Humanity's Best Hope by Simon Mustoe
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
You are among the last in a long line of animals that were the likeliest to survive half a billion years of evolution. But you couldn't be here today without all other wildlife.In the past fifty years we've killed three-quarters of the creatures we need to keep ecosystems healthy. Now we have a choice t ...Show more
Australian Geographic's The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in Australia 3/e by Sue Taylor
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in Australia contains the author' s personal selection of 100 of the best birdwatching sites in all states, territories and islands of Australia. The sites are chosen for the large number of species or the large number of special birds to be found in each one. In some cas ...Show more
Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction by Thom van Dooren
$43.95 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law
A leading figure in the emerging field of extinction studies, Thom van Dooren puts philosophy into conversation with the natural sciences and his own ethnographic encounters to vivify the cultural and ethical significance of modern-day extinctions. Unlike other meditations on the subject, Flight Ways i ...Show more
Astonishing Animals by Tim Flannery
$50.00 AUD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good
In 2001 Text Publishing released Tim Flannery and Peter Schouten's A Gap in Nature, a moving and beautiful account of the extinction of around 100 species since Columbus. It was also published in the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Korea and Taiwan, and enthralled readers around the world. Peter S ...Show more
Koala by Australian Koala Foundation
$19.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
The koala is the first animal many of us name when asked about Australian wildlife and a symbol of Australia_s national identity akin to the bald-headed eagle_s status in the US. Koala is a contemporary celebration of the koala featuring 60 illustrated interpretations of this adored creature. A small an ...Show more
A Life In Nature by Peter Scott
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
'The Patron Saint of Conservation' Sir David Attenborough Happy the Man is a portrait of Peter Scott collected from his own conversations, articles and broadcasts including thoughts on expeditions to Lapland, Conservation and Africa, his travels in Europe and much more. Illustrated by Peter's own beau ...Show more
Bitch A Revolutionary Guide to Sex Evolution and the Female Animal by Lucy Cooke
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
What does it mean to be female? Mother, carer, the weaker sex? Think again.Whether it's the female lemurs of Madagascar, dominating the males of their species both physically and politically, the female albatross couples, hooking up together to raise their chicks in Hawaii, or the murderous meerkat moth ...Show more