Life Sciences - Zoology - General
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Zoo Ethics: The Challenges of Compassionate Conservation
$45.00 Add to cartZoo Ethics examines the workings of modern zoos and considers the core ethical challenges faced by people who choose to hold and display animals in zoos, aquariums, or sanctuaries. Jenny Gray asserts
- Author: Gray, Jenny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1501714422
- Language: English
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Ruth Heller’s How to Hide a Butterfly & Other Insects
$5.99 Add to cartGo on a fascinating nature hunt to find the butterflies, bees, inchworms, and other intriguing insects hiding in the brilliantly-painted pages of this book.
- Series: Reading Railroad Books
- Author: Heller, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 29 1992
- ISBN10: 044840477X
- Language: English
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Nos Fuimos Todos de Safari: Una Aventura de Números Por Tanzania
$9.99 Add to cart★ “The text’s easy, natural rhythm makes reading aloud a pleasure… [a] brilliant, horizon-expanding outing” — Kirkus Reviews, starred review Learn to count in Swahili while discovering Afri… [more below]
- Author: Krebs, Laurie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 05 2005
- ISBN10: 1905236085
- Language: Spanish
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The Myth of Monogamy: Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People
$20.99 Add to cartApplying new research to sex in the animal world, esteemed scientists David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton dispel the notion that monogamy comes naturally. In fact, as The Myth of Monogamy reveals, b
- Author: Barash, David P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 05 2000
- ISBN10: 0805071369
- Language: English
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Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics, and Risks of De-Extinction
$26.95 Add to cartNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New Yorker and Science News
What happens when you try to recreate a woolly mammoth–fascinating science, or conservation catastrophe? Jurassic Park meet… [more below]
- Series: David Suzuki Institute
- Author: Wray, Britt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 03 2017
- ISBN10: 1771641649
- Language: English
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I Am Not an Octopus: Animals in the Ocean
$9.99 Read moreThe ocean is salty and can be warm or cold. It covers 70 percent of the Earth and is my home. I love to hunt and eat fish but am not an octopus. I am a graceful swimmer and can jump out of the water b… [more below]
- Series: What Animal Am I?
- Author: Bolte, Mari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666343471
- Language: English
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A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinctions
$22.95 Read moreFollowing the trails of Hawai’i’s snails to explore the simultaneously biological and cultural significance of extinction.
In this time of extinctions, the humble snail rarely gets a mention. And yet- Author: Van Dooren, Thom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0262547341
- Language: English
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Battle of the Brains: The Science Behind Animal Minds
$18.99 Read moreA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
This hilarious companion to Battle of the Butts examines the way animals use their brainpower for survival in the wild and encourages
CYBILS Finalist!- Author: Rish, Jocelyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: November 08, 2022
- ISBN10: 0762479949
- Language: English
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How to Hide an Octopus and Other Sea Creatures
$5.99 Add to cartGo on a fascinating nature hunt to find the camouflaged octopus, crabs, brilliantly-painted tropical fish, and other wonderful sea creatures hidden in the pages of this book.
- Series: Reading Railroad Books
- Author: Heller, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 29 1992
- ISBN10: 0448404788
- Language: English
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The Encyclopedia of Animals: A Complete Visual Guide
$49.93 Read moreThe Encyclopedia of Animals is a lavishly illustrated, authoritative, and comprehensive exploration of the rich and intriguing world of animals. Written by an international team of specialists, specta… [more below]
- Author: McKay, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: November 03 2004
- ISBN10: 0520244060
- Language: English
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Jellyfish
$10.99 Add to cart- Series: Amazing Animals
- Author: Bodden, Valerie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1682771210
- Language: English
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National Geographic Readers: Amazon Animals (L3): 100 Fun Facts about Snakes, Sloths, Spiders, and More
$5.99 Add to cart“Squirrel monkeys, glass frogs, basilisk lizards, and capybaras have something in common: they all live in the Amazon rainforest! Meet these and other incredible animals in this new reader that is per… [more below]
- Series: National Geographic Readers
- Author: Davidson, Rose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 142637271X
- Language: English
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Invasive Species: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartToday there is no place on Earth that does not harbour invasive exotic species. Invasive plants and animals can be found on every continent, including Antarctica, and within all waterbodies, including… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Lockwood, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 22 2023
- ISBN10: 0198818289
- Language: English
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Guess Whos in the Desert
$17.95 Read moreThe desert is full of surprises! You never know what you might find nestled in a tall saguaro or climbing steep canyon walls. All you have to do is look! This fun, interactive guessing game invites cu… [more below]
- Author: Profiri, Charline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1933855797
- Language: English
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Tree Hole Homes: Daytime Dens and Nighttime Nooks
$18.99 Add to cartIn this nature-themed picture book, nonfiction expert Melissa Stewart and illustrator Amy Hevron offer an inviting peek into tree holes and the amazing animals that inhabit them.
Imagine this: one day- Author: Stewart, Melissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0593373308
- Language: English
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Next Time You See the Moon
$13.99 Add to cartThis fascinating book will stay with children every time they gaze up at the night sky. Through vivid pictures and engaging explanations, children will learn about many of the Moon’s mysteries: what m… [more below]
- Series: Next Time You See
- Author: Morgan, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1938946332
- Language: English
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Kinship with All Life
$15.99 Read moreIs there a universal language of love, a “kinship with all life” that can open new horizons of experience?
Example after example in this unique classic — from “Strongheart” the actor-dog to “Freddie” … [more below]
- Author: Boone, J. Allen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 28 1976
- ISBN10: 0060609125
- Language: English
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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
$17.99 Add to cartHailed as a classic, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? explores the oddities and complexities of animal cognition–in crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, chimpanzees, and bo
- Author: de Waal, Frans
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 0393353664
- Language: English
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Becoming a Good Creature
$17.99 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller
School is not the only place to find a teacher. In this beautiful picture book, learn the many surprising lessons animals have to teach us about friendship, compassion, and
- Author: Montgomery, Sy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 29 2020
- ISBN10: 0358252105
- Language: English
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The Time Nature Keeps: A Visual Guide to the Cycles and Time Spans of the Natural World
$24.95 Read moreTake a visual journey of discovery through the animal and plant kingdoms–and uncover the extraordinary rhythms of nature! Here are the answers to all kinds of curious questions, including:
- How long
- Author: Pilcher, Helen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 18, 2023
- ISBN10: 1615199527
- Language: English
