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
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.
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
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 Medicinal Plants -: A Complete Guide to Identification and Usage by Lassak E V ; McCarthy T
$49.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Australian Medicinal Plants is an essential guide and invaluable resource for all those interested in herbal medicine, Aboriginal culture and Australian flora. Plants have been used for medicinal purposes since earliest recorded history and Australia's varied flora provided Aboriginal people with medici ...Show more
Move Like Water A Story of the Sea and Its Creatures by Hannah Stowe
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
A heartfelt hymn to the sea and an unforgettable introduction to one of the most gifted nature writers of the new generationThe seas cover over two thirds of our planet and yet most of us live our lives on land, creatures of a different element, at once fascinated and terrified by the beauty and power o ...Show more
When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness by David M. Peña-Guzmán
$44.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
A spellbinding look at the philosophical and moral implications of animal dreaming Are humans the only dreamers on Earth? What goes on in the minds of animals when they sleep? When Animals Dream brings together behavioural and neuroscientific research on animal sleep with philosophical theories of dream ...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
The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature (25th Anniversary Edition) by David Suzuki
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: David Suzuki Institute Ser.
'The Sacred Balance has a beautiful spirit.' — E.O. WilsonWith a new foreword from Robin Wall Kimmerer, New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass — and an afterword from Bill McKibben — this special 25th anniversary edition of a beloved bestseller invites readers to see ourselves as part ...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