Mammals category: 741 books

Learn all about dolphins with this beautifully illustrated book! Professional photos will delight your child as he or she finds out about dolphins and dolphin babies, including: * What dolphins eat * How dolphins play and trick their trainers * How dolphins talk * What puts dolphins in danger *...

For everyone fascinated with the possibilities of human-animal communications, scientist Carol Howard provides an intimate, moving account of one woman's attempt to unravel the mysteries of the dolphin--one of the sea's most fascinating and enigmatic creatures.

First published in 1886, ‘The History of Hereford cattle’ is an antique treatise on the famous breed of Beef Cattle. This well-illustrated and comprehensive work is regarded as a highly significant book of its kind, and provides detailed insights into the practice and origins of keeping and selling...

Revered as a symbol of fertility, sexuality, purity and childhood, beloved as a childrens pet and widely represented in the myths, art and collectibles of almost every culture, the rabbit is one of the most popular animals known to humans. Ironically, it has also been one of the most misunderstood and...

Glutton, demon of destruction, symbol of slaughter, mightiest of wilderness villains… The wolverine comes marked with a reputation based on myth and fancy. Yet this enigmatic animal is more complex than the legends that surround it. With a shrinking wilderness and global warming, the future of the wolverine...

In the late 1980s, a female baby elephant was born into a herd that lived on the plains of southern Africa. Her mother has carried her for two years, and normally she would have nursed her for five more. But the close-knit family of wild elephants was to face a predator for which it was no match--humans....

Congo-Zaire contains Africa's largest remaining tracts of intact rain forest, making it one of the most important regions for biodiversity conservation. Its Ituri Forest is home to plants and animals native to nowhere else on earth, including the elusive and little-known okapi.In this popularly written...

COME ON A GREAT ADVENTURE WITH CHIPPER THE CHEETAH! A true-to-life story about the fastest animal on land. Discover where they live, how they hunt, what they eat, and how they survive. Jan Latta is the author and photographer of True to Life Books. To create the books she follows...

COME ON A GREAT ADVENTURE WITH PING-PING THE PANDA! A true-to-life story about the giant pandas of China. Discover where they live, what they eat, and how they survive. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jan Latta is the author and photographer of True to Life Books. To create the books she follows...

Yellowstone Bison: Conserving an American Icon in Modern Society examines the history of bison conservation and management in the United States, compiles the latest scientific information about Yellowstone bison, and discusses both the opportunities for and challenges to plains bison conservation within...

In Bring Back the Buffalo!, Ernest Callenbach argues that the return of the bison is the key to a sustainable future for the Great Plains. Vast stretches of the region have seen a steady decline in population and are ill-suited for traditional agriculture or cattle ranching. Yet those same areas provide...

The authors of Secrets of the Sahara battle the elephant poachers of Zambia in this “exciting . . . part adventure story, part wildlife tale” (The Boston Globe). Intelligent, majestic, and loyal, with lifespans matching our own, elephants are among the greatest of the wonders gracing the...

Esteemed for its speed and athleticism, admired for its grace and beauty, coveted for its hunting prowess, the cheetah has nonetheless been harrassed and hounded to the point of extinction. Author Luke Hunter, a specialist on African carnivores, looks into the history, evolution, behaviour and day-to-day...

The true story of a loveable rescue donkey who becomes a hero, perfect for animal lovers everywhere. Tracy Garton had run the Radcliffe Donkey Sanctuary for twenty years, creating a safe haven for more than sixty sick, unwanted and mistreated donkeys. But after a devastatingly difficult winter,...