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A beautifully told, deeply personal growing-up memoir from the BBC presenter about life, death, love and nature. Voted the UK's Favourite Nature Book The memoir that inspired Chris Packham's BBC...

Fascinating stories of the birds and birdsongs from the Tropics for every week of the year, with QR codes for every entry. From the incredible screech of the macaw, who...

Symbol of courage and liberty to peoples around the world, the eagle has inspired humankind since the Stone Age, when images of this magnificent bird of prey first appeared in...

Life is often a matter of gambles, pay-offs, and trade-offs, just like a game. This book takes us on a tour through the games and computer simulations that are helping...

A heartwarming tale of abandoned dogs and their saviours Among the cobblestone villages and towns of rural Bulgaria, a dedicated team of unsung heroes led by Emma and Anthony Smith...

The past, present and future of the world's most popular and beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat lover. 'Engaging and wide-ranging ... The Age of Cats...

'a spectacularly wonderful book' Robyn Williams, 2001. When the first specimen of a platypus arrived in England in 1799 it was greeted with astonishment and disbelief. What was this strange...

Fascinating stories of the birds and birdsongs from the Tropics for every week of the year, with QR codes for every entry. From the incredible screech of the macaw, who...

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...

What really differentiates us from our relatives in the animal world? And what can they teach us about ourselves? Taking these questions as his starting point, Norbert Sachser presents fascinating...

'Evokes the thrill of the chase' SPECTATOR 'This book is a revelation' THE HERALD 'Baird writes with gusto . . . her remarkable book can guide all of us back...

Beekeeping is a popular past time that more and more people are turning to for personal enjoyment, or even small commercial gain. Today you will find hives in backyards, gardens,...

An accomplished young scientist solves one of the greatest mysteries of evolution: What caused the dramatic explosion of life half a billion years ago?. The Cambrian Explosion is universally referred...

Awarded Best Produced Paperback Book of 2006 by the Federation of Indian Publishers, this pocket-sized photographic book makes accurate identification of more common birds in the field possible. The photographs,...

In 2001 Text Publishing released Tim Flannery and Peter Schouten's A Gap in Nature, a moving and beautiful account of the extinction of around 100 species since Columbus. It was...

Noted science writer Virginia Morell explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising and moving exploration into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated...

A fascinating introduction to this huge and diverse group of insects - the Coleoptera. Beetles make up 40 per cent of all insects. The number of known beetle species in...

The heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful story of an abandoned polar bear cub named Nora and the humans working tirelessly to save her and her species, whose uncertain future in the...

We are only beginning to understand the ways in which the animal mind is as complex as our own. A prairie dog's vocal language is now the most sophisticated ever...

Shortlisted for the 2023 Highland Book Prize 'Joyful and mindful, a powerful argument for being still and listening' Sunday Times A book about birds, birdsong and the countryside they inhabit,...

This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free, the promises and limits of ocean science and the big truth...

Why are some things cute, and others not? What happens to our brains when we see something cute? And how did cuteness go global, from Hello Kitty to Disney characters?Cuteness...

AS SEEN ON BBC ONE'S THE ONE SHOW 'Nature is a universal resource. For too long Black, Brown and people of colour have felt unwelcome and marginalised in spaces that...

As seen on PBS's American Spring LIVE, the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers presents a natural and cultural history of bees: the buzzing wee beasties that...

A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough's bestselling classic. BIRDS. 11,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home...

The past, present and future of the world's most popular and beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat lover. 'Engaging and wide-ranging ... The Age of Cats...

The stunning Sunday Times bestseller that will transform the way you perceive the world - from Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of I Contain Multitudes. **SUNDAY TIMES and NEW...

The legacy-defining Sunday Times bestseller by Sir David Attenborough - now in paperback. With a new afterword, Why You Are Here- A speech on the opening of the COP26 climate...

Fascinating and richly illustrated stories of insects in 366 daily entries, from dancing honeybees to the largest spider webs in the world. In this beautifully produced guide, entomologists Gail Ashton...

The award-winning bestseller that put Australian birds on the world map - nature and science writing at their best. Renowned for its unusual mammals, Australia is a land of birds...

Classic nature writing for bird lovers - a portrait of Britain's ordinary garden birds, and the woman who opened her doors to them. Enter the secret lives of Britain's ordinary...

For readers of Entangled Life and The Hidden Life of Trees, a fascinating journey into the world of plants and animals, and the ways they communicate with each other. For...

The definitive guide to truly understanding your cat from internationally renowned cat behaviour expert Dr Sarah Brown Cat lovers will know all too well that one of the characteristics they...

From the bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees comes an exploration of the invisible connections sustaining the entire natural world An exploration of the invisible connections sustaining the...

A mind-altering adventure through the world of fungi for readers of Robert Macfarlane and Other Minds The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller that will transform your understanding of our planet and...

What wolves can teach us about being human Love your family, care for your those around you, never give up and always find time to have fun - these are...

Two more tales of memory, nature, travel and collecting from the author of the Swedish bestseller The Fly Trap Stories just begin. We rarely know where and almost never why....

At night their shrieks and growls echo through the Tasmanian bush, and they are famous for their ferocious bite and scavenging habits. In fact the Tasmanian devil is quite shy...

A wonderful introduction to Australian mammals, this guide is packed with information about the behaviour, development, food and habitat of Australia's remarkable mammals. Each entry fully describes the species and...

Danny works at Belle Vue Zoo, where-alongside training the famous elephant Maharajah-he helps out with the day-to-day tasks of caring for the animals. But when animals start escaping, Danny is...

Using Shakespeare's play The Tempest and its characters Prospero and Caliban as structural metaphors representing the master-slave relationship between humans and chimpanzees, authors Dale Peterson and Jane Goodall collaborate in...

Fascinating and richly illustrated stories of insects in 366 daily entries, from dancing honeybees to the largest spider webs in the world. In this beautifully produced guide, entomologists Gail Ashton...

The grand story of the famous 'Birdman' John Gould and his talented wife Elizabeth, who revealed the astonishing world of Australian birds and wildlife in one of the most important...

Shortlisted for the 2023 Highland Book Prize'Joyful and mindful, a powerful argument for being still and listening' Sunday TimesA book about birds, birdsong and the countryside they inhabit, from the...

Featuring long-awaited selections from Robert M. Pirsig's unpublished writings, from before and after Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an original collection illuminating the central theme of Pirsig's thought:...