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London: Reaktion Books, 2017. Octavo, paperback, photographs and illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. Hippos are well-loved, cumbersome, rotund mammals famous for lounging around semi-submerged in muddy pools. Gregarious herbivores, they emerge after dusk from the water into the cool night air to graze on grass and plants before returning to the..... More
St Paul: Voyageur Press, 1998. Oblong format, colour photographs, softcover. In this book Ben Wilson gives an overview of dolphins from the perspective of a biologist whose life has been immersed in theirs. He leads you through a description of the characteristics common to all dolphins, then divides them into..... More
Washington, DC: National Geographic Books, 2003. Octavo, softcover. Armchair travelers can journey with author and naturalist Robert Winkler as he experiences amazing wildlife encounters--all within reach of his own backyard. An avid nature writer with field experience spanning more than 25 years, Winkler writes about his beloved New England, where..... More
Melbourne FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2001. Quarto, black and white photographs, colour photographs. WAS $280. Designed for the veterinary clinician, an introduction to the diagnosis and treatment of disease in captive amphibians. More
London: Poyser, 1999. Octavo, dustwrapper, text illustrations, maps. WAS $90. The history of the British mammal fauna over the past 15,000 years. This account explores the fate of the large extinct species, and how, why and when the introduced species appeared. It is a fascinating tale not only of the..... More
London: Reaktion Books, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. Tough, resourceful and omnivorous, wild boar are the ancestors of domestic pigs. From earliest times, wild boar have presented humans with both opportunity and threat: they are a valuable food source, but also a formidable..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Octavo, text illustrations, maps, softcover. WAS $150. Conservation of mammals in the coniferous forests of western North America has shifted in recent years from species based strategies to community and ecosystem based strategies, resulting in an increase in the available information on mammalian communities and..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations. Australian Natural History Series. Based on the first major study of the species, the author explores the bustard's ecology and behaviour, its drastic decline since European settlement, and the conservation issues affecting it and its environment. Colour photographs of juvenile..... More