Survival!

Surviving: How Animals Adapt to Their Environments by Alessandro Minelli and Maria Pia Mannucci features more than 90 beautiful photographs of animals with an accompanying note about the survival mechanism portrayed.  This magnificent coffee table book is arranged under the broad categories of hunger, love, attacks, extremes, and change with a general introduction for each [...]

New Bird Books!

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America For both serious and beginning birders, these are long standards in the field of bird watching.  The Peterson Identification System, range maps, excellent color illustrations and brief notes combine to help one identify what one [...]

Sexy Orchids, Headless Males, and Love

The natural world is full of interesting relationships and quirky behaviors as illustrated in two books by Marty Crump, Sexy Orchids Make Lousy Lovers and Headless Males Make Great Lovers.  In short essays, Crump shares with us many interesting and informative lessons from nature.  For instance, did you know that several species of birds spread [...]

Mysteries of the Natural World

In Why the Cheetah Cheats and Other Mysteries of the Natural World, Lewis Smith reveals amazing discoveries from recent research on animals and plants.  Learn why the cheetah cheats, wonder at the chameleon whose life span is just five months, and imagine the life of the tiny pentailed treeshrew that spends most of its life [...]

Gourmet meals for your pets

We all love our pets, and just as humans need a proper nutritional diet so do our four legged friends.  Preparing and cooking natural food for your dog can be easy and fun (and you can even eat it too!)  Check out the following books for recipes:    Chow hound : wholesome home cooking for your [...]

The Giant Pacific Octopus

Fascinated by sea creatures? Then, this book is for you!  Super Suckers: The Giant Pacific Octopus and other Cephalopods of the Pacific Coast by James A. Cosgrove and Neil McDaniel is loaded with facts about and pictures of these bizarre looking animals.  Learn about their anatomy and physiology, their habits and behaviors, and wonder at their remarkable [...]

Living with Lions

How would it feel to live as part of a pride of lions? In Part of the Pride, Kevin Richardson shares his story about his life with lions in Africa. Richardson is a self-taught animal behaviorist who raised crickets and kept a toad as a child, had so many animals he was known as the [...]

Woodworking for Wildlife

For the nature lover who wishes to attract or protect local wildlife, Woodworking for Wildlife: Homes for Birds and Animals is a beautiful and practical resource. The book is chock full of gorgeous and informative color photographs as well as detailed plans and diagrams. Carrol L Henderson and a team of experts provide extensive advice [...]

Physics According to Fido

Forget about teaching your dog to sit, fetch, or roll over.  How about teaching your canine to understand physics instead?  Emmy, the mutt who belongs to Chad Orzel, a professor of physics, says, “Forget Schrodinger’s Cat.  Quantum physics is all about dogs.”  Orzel’s book, “How to Teach Physics to Your Dog,” is told from the [...]

The Smartest Animals on the Planet: Extraordinary Tales of the Natural World’s Cleverest Creatures – Boysen, Sally

Boysen compares a number of different animals in several categories to show that intelligence is not limited just to human beings.  Can animals recognize themselves in a mirror?  Can they use tools?  Read about the numerical abilities of several species as well as the story of “Clever Hans” the horse that seemed to be able to [...]