Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Animals

This book is the most up-to-date guide to Australian birds available. Written in everyday language, with crisp, brilliant digital images taken in the wild, this authoritative guide includes: - The first entry and photograph of the previously believed extinct Night Parrot - The recently recognised...

Using interviews with 13 top JRT breeders, author and experienced Jack Russell owner Kaylin Stinski has created an in-depth look at what it REALLY takes to successfully live with, raise, and train a Jack Russell Terrier.

Explores the rich diversity of Australia's reptiles. This book represents an accessible identification guide to reptiles, including: crocodiles, sea turtles, freshwater turtles, geckos, flat-footed lizards, skinks, dragons, goannas, blind snakes, pythons, file snakes, colubrid snakes, terrestrial...

'Man's best friend.' Whether they're bounding along beside us in the paddock or accompanying us into town, dogs are faithful friends. But for those who live in the country, they take on a special significance. When human companionship is scarce, dogs are loyal friends. When drought, fire or flood...

The book paints a picture of Australia's Cranes, Herons and Storks. It is neither a field guide nor a handbook but a personal account, based on 16 years of study, photography and more than a few adventures.

Bec Crew is a Sydney-based science communicator with a love for weird and wonderful animals. From strange behaviours and special adaptations to newly discovered species and the researchers who find them, her topics celebrate how alien yet relatable so many of the creatures that live amongst us ca...