Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Animals

Labradoodles will teach you how to make life with your delightful, funny, and smart dog both comfortable and enjoyable. Includes information on housing, health care, behavior, training, grooming, and more. This must-have manual offers important advice and tips for keeping your newest family membe...

"Over the past hundred years, gulls have been brought ashore by modernity. They now live not only on the coasts but in our slipstream following trawlers, barges, and garbage trucks. They are more our contemporaries than most birds, living their wild lives among us in towns and cities. In many way...

Butterflies are beloved across the globe, adorning gardens, parks and zoos. Their feats are staggering -- monarchs migrate thousands of kilometres each year. They are smarter than we think -- some species have learned to fool ants into taking care of them. Their beauty has led many to obsession -...

Picture yourself in the Cretaceous period. It's a sunny afternoon in the Hell Creek ecosystem of North America 66 million years ago. A Triceratops horridus ambles along the edge of the forest, enjoying this endless summer of the dinosaurs. But in a matter of hours, everything here will be wiped a...

In Levison Wood's The Last Giants, he explores the rapid decline of one of the world's favourite animals. Filled with stories from his own time spent travelling with elephants in Africa, the book is a passionate wake-up call for this endangered species we take for granted. The Last Giants was wri...

This is the riveting and illuminating story of Australian writer Anthony Ham's extraordinary journey into the world of lions. Haunted by the idea that they might disappear from the planet in our lifetime, he ventured deep into the African wilderness, speaking to local tribespeople and activists a...

The Murray cod is Australia's largest and most iconic freshwater fish. Tales of the species have long been part of Australian folklore and this book describes its history, biology, cultural significance and conservation. The Life and Times of the Murray Cod reveals the many roles the species has ...