Brunswick: Scribe Publications, 2016. Octavo, black and white illustrations, paperback. Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. Although small, bird brains..... More
Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 1951. Octavo, a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1980. Octavo, illustrations, signature, paperback. When originally released in 1980 this book transformed the study of maternal primate relationships by focusing on motherhood and infancy within a complex ecological and sociological context. This paperback edition has a new foreword by the author. More
Auckland: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1926. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's cloth, numbered subscriber's copy signed by the author, library stamp and library pocket, a very good copy, scarce. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1942. Octavo, photographs and text illustrations. More
New York: Abrams, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. In this book, Ingo Arndt explores marvels of nature with spectacular imagery, showcasing the complex and elegant structures that animals create both for shelter and for capturing prey. Arndt's photographs display wonders such as the colourful mating arenas of bowerbirds in West..... More
London: SAGE Publications, 2014. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. This book provides clear and intuitive explanations of the most important migration concepts as used in classrooms, among policymakers, and in popular and academic discourse. Arguing that there is a clear need for a better public understanding of migration, it seeks to..... More
London: Hachette, 2009. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Showcases some of our planet's most spectacular natural events and the global climatic phenomena which transform entire landscapes, drawing in millions of animals and determining their fate. This work shows how powerful natural forces can drive chain reactions involving everything..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. Small octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. Birds and insects are nature's premier architects, using a dizzying array of talents to build functional homes in which to live, reproduce, and care for their young. Recycling sticks, branches, grass, and mud to construct their shelters, they are..... More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. Small octavo, softcover. Apes and dolphins: primates and cetaceans. Could any animals appear to be more different? Yet both are large-brained intelligent mammals with complex communication and social interaction. In the first book to study apes and dolphins side by side, Maddalena Bearzi and..... More
Exeter: Pelagic Publishing, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. A comprehensive guide to the native and non-native species of amphibian and reptile found in the British Isles. Professor Trevor Beebee covers the biology, ecology, conservation and identification of the British herpetofauna, and provides keys for the identification of..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, line drawings. The cockroach is truly an evolutionary wonder. This definitive volume provides a complete overview of suborder Blattaria, highlighting the diversity of these amazing insects in their natural environments. Beginning with a foreword by E. O. Wilson..... More
New York: Black Dog and Leventhal, 2014. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations, maps. In this book Janine Benyus takes us inside the world of the animal kingdom and examines the behaviour of creatures great and small in their natural environments. With a definite focus on Africa this book is..... More
London: Elsevier Science Publishing, (2015. third edition), Octavo, laminated boards, photographs, illustrations, maps. Now in its third edition, this book provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the biology of all marine mammals. A succinct, yet indepth text devoted to the systematics, evolution, morphology, ecology, physiology, and behaviour of marine mammals. Earlier..... More
London: Paul Hamlyn, (1968. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, [2014]. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. Originally published in 1992. As the study of cooperative breeding systems expands, a number of key species form the examples that underpin our general understanding. The ostrich is increasingly becoming such a textbook species, on the basis of the..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. A lifetime spent studying birds has provided Tim Birkhead with a wealth of observation and an understanding of birds and their behaviour that is firmly grounded in science. What is it like to be a swift, flying at over..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, maps, tables. Christophe Boesch takes readers into the lives of chimpanzees from different African regions, highlighting the debate about culture. He looks at the different ways chimpanzees show feelings or complete tasks and how this could be compared..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. Examines the social, cognitive, and ecological processes that underlie patterns and strategies of group travel. A hardcover is also available. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. Drawing on accounts from India to Africa and California to Tennessee, and on research in neuroscience, psychology, and animal behaviour, G. A. Bradshaw explores the minds, emotions, and lives of elephants. Wars, starvation, mass culls, poaching, and habitat..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Drawing on accounts from India to Africa and California to Tennessee, and on research in neuroscience, psychology, and animal behaviour, G. A. Bradshaw explores the minds, emotions, and lives of elephants. Wars, starvation, mass culls, poaching, and habitat..... More
Sydney: UNSW Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. Evolutionary scientist Rob Brooks argues that the origins of twenty-first century problems such as obesity, consumerism and environmental devastation can be found where the ancient forces of evolution collide with modern culture and economics. Brooks explores a range of topics including falling..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, [2014]. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. Originally published in 1987. An overview of the extensive and frequently controversial literature on communally breeding birds developed since the early 1960s, when students of evolution began to examine sociality as a product of natural selection. Jerram Brown provides..... More
New York: Norton, 1975. Octavo, photographs, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
(1949. Octavo, black and white photographs, graphs, line drawings. Bookplate of Roy Cooper, some foxing throughout otherwise a very good copy in dustwrapper. More