Rocks and Minerals: An Illustrated Field Guide by Mill press Cider
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Illustrated Field Guides
The essential illustrated rocks and minerals guide. Learn how to identify rocks and minerals and appreciate the beauty of the natural world with Rocks & Minerals: An Illustrated Field Guide. Expert geologist Dr. Evelyn Mervine takes you through 50 profiles of these natural materials, including th ...Show more
Photographic Field Guide to Australian Frogs by Mark G. Sanders
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Australia is home to more than 240 species of frogs, many of which cannot be found anywhere else in the world.The Photographic Field Guide to Australian Frogsprovides readers with the tools to confidently identify 242 species and five recognized subspecies. It includes detailed information on the distri ...Show more
On Animals by Susan Orlean
$22.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Magnificent." --The New York Times * "Beguiling, observant, and howlingly funny." --San Francisco Chronicle * "Spectacular." --Star Tribune (Minneapolis) * "Full of astonishments." --The Boston Globe Susan Orlean--the beloved New Yorker staff writer hailed as "a national tre ...Show more
Green Guide Seashells and Other Marine Molluscs of Australia by Nigel Marsh
$19.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
This new title in New Holland's award-winning Green Guides series investigates the ever-popular subject of Australia's seashells and other marine molluscs, including squid, cuttlefish, octopus and ridiculously colourful nudibranchs. The structure of this book is similar to that of other titles in the se ...Show more
Green Guide: Dangerous Creatures by Robinson Marty
$19.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Michelin Green Guides
The Australian Green Guides have been created for wildlife enthusiasts of all ages. The most commonly asked questions are answered with particular emphasis on fascinating behavioural insights into both common and unusual creatures. The pages are alive with entertaining and informative text accompanied b ...Show more
The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs by Gregory S. Paul
$44.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Princeton Field Guides
The most up-to-date and authoritative illustrated guide to the marvelous flying reptiles that dominated the skies of the Mesozoic for 160 million years Once seen by some as evolutionary dead-enders, pterosaurs were vigorous winged reptiles capable of thriving in an array of habitats and climates, in ...Show more
Prehistoric Marine Life in Australia's Inland Sea by Danielle Clode
$24.95 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Museum Victoria Natures Ser.
Step back to a time when Australia's red centre was flooded by a vast shallow ocean, the Eromanga Sea. While dinosaurs stalked the scattered islands that made up the Australian continent, giant marine reptiles ruled the waves. Plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs swam in an inland sea filled with schools of amm ...Show more
Shells - A Natural and Cultural History by Fabio Moretzsohn
$44.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
A stunningly illustrated scientific and cultural history of shells. Shells have captivated humans from the dawn of time: the earliest known artwork was made on a shell. As well as containers for food, shells have been used as tools, jewellery and decorations for dwellings, and to bring good luck or to w ...Show more
The Two-Headed Whale: Life, Loss, and the Tangled Legacy of Whaling in the Antarctic by Sandy Winterbottom
$36.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: David Suzuki Institute Ser.
"Urgent and moving."--Publishers Weekly ★An elegant blend of "polemic, industrial history, nautical writing, elegy and ecology" (The Scotsman), The Two-Headed Whale charts the tragic history of the post-war whaling industry alongside the author's thrilling memoir of sailing the Antarctic.In 2016, Sandy ...Show more
The Frog Book: Nature's Alarm by Sue Lawson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
What animal can drink and breathe through its skin, jump up to 30 times its length and taste with its eye? Frogs are important to the health of the environment. Find out how they are nature’s alarm.
The Memory of Trees: The future of eucalypts and our home among them by Viki Cramer
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Most Australians see their world through eucalypts. From towering forests to straggly woodlands, in city parks, by the coast and in the bush, these are the trees that inhabit our familiar landscapes and national psyche. Yet the resilience of our eucalypt ecosystems is being tested by logging and land c ...Show more
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams; With Gail Hudson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Global Icons Series
A legendary conservationist. A lifetime spent fighting for nature. An indispensable message of hope.The world-renowned naturalist and conservationist Jane Goodall has spent more than a half-century warning of our impact on our planet. From her famous encounters with chimpanzees in the forests of Gombe a ...Show more