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__________________Our Earth is more beautiful and more diverse than we can possibly conceive of. The Book of Vanishing Species is a stunning homage to the planet's most mysterious, bizarre and wondrous creatures and plants. Their stories are captivating,...

Out on the road, no one speaks, everything talks. Hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, and allergic to bullshit, Jean is not your usual grandma. She's never been good at getting on with other humans, apart from her beloved granddaughter, Kimberly. Instead, she surrounds herself with animals,...

Over-attached to technology and cosseted in our homes, the Western world has never been so disconnected from nature. Rewild Your Life helps you to rediscover your instinctive connection to the great outdoors. With 52 indoor and outdoor projects, journalist and wild swimming enthusiast...

In a lonely valley, deep in the mountains, a ranger watches over the last surviving grizzly bear. With the natural world exhausted and in tatters, Ben has dedicated himself to protecting this single fragment of the wild. One night, he hears voices in the valley -...

A gripping thriller by Australia's master of adventure about rescue, revenge and redemption, and the things we do to protect the ones we love. Professor Denise 'Doc' Rado is South Africa's expert on pangolins, busting poachers and freeing the endangered anteaters in elaborate undercover stings....

Artist's Guide to World Wildlife continues a rich tradition of animals in art and provides basic information on art materials, fundamental mechanics of drawing, species and locale-specific details, and process instructions so that beginners will feel confident as they learn to produce highly...

Wildlife biologist Alex Carter is back, fighting for endangered species in the Canadian Arctic and battling for her life in this action-packed follow-up to A Solitude of Wolverines, "a true stunner of a thriller debut" (James Rollins) and "a great read" (Nevada Barr). Fresh...

Anaesthetising a fish, x-raying a frog and hospitalising a walrus are all in a day's work for the world's wildest veterinarian. Travelling from the rainforests of Sierra Leone to the jungles of Borneo, Romain Pizzi has caught, anaesthetised, diagnosed, operated on, medicated,...

An inspirational and practical how-to guide for people keen to attract fauna into their garden: for their own enjoyment and as a contribution to the health and sustainability of the environment.

"It's up to every single one of us to do our bit for wildlife, however small our gardens, and The Butterfly Brothers know just how that can be achieved." - Alan Titchmarsh Join the rewilding movement and fill your outdoor space with nature. If we all made a place for...

The remarkable story of the world's largest marsupial carnivore, including its rescue from near extinction through an innovative breeding program. This second edition has been fully updated.

A young woman and her extraordinary connection with a pod of dolphins. From the award-winning author of Theory of Bastards.

The natural heritage of the unique bioregion that encompasses Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea stretches back more than 80 million years to the break-up of the great southern continent of Gondwana. The South Australian Museum and Australian Geographic focus on enhancing...

Narrated by a 13,000-year-old extinct American mastodon, Mammoth is the (mostly) true story of how the skull of a Tyrannosaurus bataar, a pterodactyl, a prehistoric penguin, the severed hand of an Egyptian mummy and the narrator himself came to be on sale at a 2007 natural history...

Capture the wonders of nature in watercolour with this quick guide to wildlife painting, packed with techniques and inspiration. Bestselling author Hazel Soan demonstrates how to paint a variety of wildlife, from garden favourites to exotic wild beasts. With easy-to-follow...

Capture the Natural World with Vibrant Works of ArtNature illustrator Rosalie Haizlett has hiked through countless forests with her sketchbook and watercolors, documenting the plants, animals and landscapes that she encounters. She has also taught tens of thousands of students to paint and...

Wilder takes readers on a global rewilding journey, exploring innovative and eye-opening projects led by a diverse group of conservationists. Rewilding is a radical new approach to wildlife conservation that offers remarkable potential. If conservation preserves...

From the "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" Exhibition. The newest collection from the world's best wildlife photography exhibition. The juvenile Golden Snub-nosed monkey seen here is part of a band of about 70 or so such monkeys living high up in China's Qinling Mountains....

Conservationist Grant Fowlds lives to save and protect Africa's rhinos, elephants and other iconic wildlife, to preserve their habitats, to increase their range and bring back the animals where they have been decimated by decades of war, as in Angola, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the...

Tim Faulkner's battle to save Australia's threatened wildlife - a fully illustrated biography featuring stories and lessons from a remarkable life on the frontline of animal conservation.

A response to the devastating 2019-20 bushfires, Animals Make Us Human both celebrates Australia's unique wildlife and highlights its vulnerability. Through words and images, writers, photographers and researchers reflect on their connection with animals and nature. They share moments of...

The natural heritage of the unique bioregion that encompasses Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea stretches back more than 80 million years to the break-up of the great southern continent of Gondwana. The South Australian Museum and Australian Geographic focus on enhancing...

Victoria's South-West is an iconic region of Australia that includes the exceptional landscape features of the Grampians-Gariwerd, the Victorian Volcanic Plain with crater lakes and cones, the forests of the Great Dividing Range, and Melbourne and Port Phillip Bay. Victoria's South-West supports...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION Investigating the ethical and practical challenges of one of the greatest threats to biodiversity: invasive species. Across the world, invasive species pose a danger to ecosystems. The UN...

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title "At once an elegy and an exhortation."--ELIZABETH KOLBERT A revelatory exploration of climate change from the perspective of wild species and natural ecosystems - an homage to the miraculous, vibrant entity that is life on...

Take a journey through some of our planet's most spectacular wildlife events and learn how the world works, the origin of life and our place in nature.Why do you think animals exist? What purpose do they serve and why do we need them? "Reading this book may change your mind about almost everything....

"One of our best and most consistent thriller writers" Canberra Times A heart-racing thriller from the master of adventure. New novel Blood Trail out now.'A woman's quest to save wildlife turns lethalA very eager - and rather naive - Australian lawyer, Kerry Maxwell, flies into South Africa to...

Why would the police come back looking for a dead man? Disturbed Peace Young widow Tilly is making a new life for herself, keeping house for the rangers at the Binboona Wildlife Sanctuary in the isolated wilderness of the north-western Gulf Country. Caring for...

Hannah Bird has just arrived in Thailand. Disoriented and out of her depth, she meets Deven, a fierce and gutsy Australian expat who sweeps her into thrilling adventures rescuing elephants. As they head deeper and deeper into the fraught world of elephant tourism, their lives become tangled in ways...