This title reveals how the special characteristics of all types of animals, from butterflies and bugs to snakes, bears, big cats and sharks, allow them to survive in the wild. Learn how the impressive rows of spiky teeth make crocodile jaws a lethal weapon...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:64
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9780754812647
Illustrating the relationship between animals and people, and the struggle to survive that many animals face day in day out, this book reveals how many types of animals are in danger of extinction as they are hunted for their skin...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:64
Compare the different survival strategies of insects, reptiles, sharks, birds, and mammals. Includes over 800 colour pictures by top wildlife photographers...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:264
A guide to over 200 species of amphibians, reptiles, and mammals living in these continents and islands. Also answers questions about animal's evolution...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:96
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9781903657430
A handy-sized photographic field guide that aims to help both beginners and experts alike to learn more about some of the conspicuous, picturesque and even bizarre galls and what causes them in the first place....more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:96
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9780007298990
A photographic field guide to 1,500 species of insects found in Britain and Ireland A photographic field guide to all the common and some unusual species of insects across Britain that the keen amateur naturalist is likely to spot. Over 1...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:384
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9780007209903
Full of helpful expert advice and numerous practical projects, this is a fascinating pocket-sized guide to identifying and encouraging wildlife into your garden...more details Format:Paperback / softback
This fascinating little guide teaches you how to identify 240 insects found in Britain and Europe. Each insect entry includes:
A photograph of the insect and details of distinguishing features which can help with identification
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9780007178520
Collins Gem Butterflies is a fascinating introduction to 240 of the most commonly found species of butterflies and moths in the British Isles.
Each entry includes:
Identifying illustrations of the butterfly or moth and details of distinguishing features which can help with identification.
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Many animals have a much more limited interaction with others of their own species than we do, but all must communicate at some point in their lives. If nothing else...more details Format:Hardback Pages:64
Focuses on the special adaptations that animals make to hunt food, and explores the similarities and differences between the various species. Examines the link between diet...more details Format:Paperback Pages:64
Over 2,000 of the most commonly observed and most distinctive insect species of Britain and western Europe, from all orders and most families...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:320
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9781844035533
Insects are endlessly fascinating creatures. The images in this book afford the reader a rare and intimate glimpse of their almost alien world and include information on all aspects of their lives from their lifecycle and habitats to the amazing ingenuity of their defence tricks...more details Format:Hardback Pages:288
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9780754814757
This stunningly illustrated natural history book investigates the special characteristics that allow animals to survive in the wild. It looks at how different animals - from insects to sharks - have adapted to different environments...more details Format:Hardback Pages:512
Compare the survival strategies of insects, reptiles, birds, mammals and sharks, and contrast animals types that lay thousands of eggs with species that deliver and rear only one or two young at a time....more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:64
Two new books on indigenous peoples and conservation have been added to naturalist Michael Chinery's exciting series Secrets of the Rainforest. Each colorful book shows us the wonderful array of plants and animals that live in the lush wildernesses of the world's tropical rainforests. Acting as the earth's lungs...more details Format:Paperback Pages:32
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9780778702160
Two new books on indigenous peoples and conservation have been added to naturalist Michael Chinery's exciting series Secrets of the Rainforest. Each colorful book shows us the wonderful array of plants and animals that live in the lush wildernesses of the world's tropical rainforests. Acting as the earth's lungs...more details Format:Library Binding Pages:32
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9780613280129
Two new books on indigenous peoples and conservation have been added to naturalist Michael Chinery's exciting series Secrets of the Rainforest. Each colorful book shows us the wonderful array of plants and animals that live in the lush wildernesses of the world's tropical rainforests. Acting as the earth's lungs...more details
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9780778702184
Two new books on indigenous peoples and conservation have been added to naturalist Michael Chinery's exciting series Secrets of the Rainforest. Each colorful book shows us the wonderful array of plants and animals that live in the lush wildernesses of the world's tropical rainforests. Acting as the earth's lungs...more details Format:Library Binding Pages:32
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9780613280235
Two new books on indigenous peoples and conservation have been added to naturalist Michael Chinery's exciting series Secrets of the Rainforest. Each colorful book shows us the wonderful array of plants and animals that live in the lush wildernesses of the world's tropical rainforests. Acting as the earth's lungs...more details Format:Prebound
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9780613280242
Two new books on indigenous peoples and conservation have been added to naturalist Michael Chinery's exciting series Secrets of the Rainforest. Each colorful book shows us the wonderful array of plants and animals that live in the lush wildernesses of the world's tropical rainforests. Acting as the earth's lungs...more details
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9780778702177
Two new books on indigenous peoples and conservation have been added to naturalist Michael Chinery's exciting series Secrets of the Rainforest. Each colorful book shows us the wonderful array of plants and animals that live in the lush wildernesses of the world's tropical rainforests. Acting as the earth's lungs...more details Format:Library Binding Pages:32
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9780778702313
Two new books on indigenous peoples and conservation have been added to naturalist Michael Chinery's exciting series Secrets of the Rainforest. Each colorful book shows us the wonderful array of plants and animals that live in the lush wildernesses of the world's tropical rainforests. Acting as the earth's lungs...more details Format:Paperback Pages:32
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9780778702214
Two new books on indigenous peoples and conservation have been added to naturalist Michael Chinery's exciting series Secrets of the Rainforest. Each colorful book shows us the wonderful array of plants and animals that live in the lush wildernesses of the world's tropical rainforests. Acting as the earth's lungs...more details Format:Library Binding Pages:32
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9780613329958
Two new books on indigenous peoples and conservation have been added to naturalist Michael Chinery's exciting series Secrets of the Rainforest. Each colorful book shows us the wonderful array of plants and animals that live in the lush wildernesses of the world's tropical rainforests. Acting as the earth's lungs...more details Format:Prebound
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Michael Chinery
ISBN:9780754815174
Find out how animals survive in the wild, learn about thier keen senses and powerful bodies and discover why so many are becoming endangered....more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:264
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Chinery Michael
ISBN:9781408122839
With their extraordinary diversity, adaptability and abundance, insects and other invertebrates are the gardener's greatest foe. Packed with stunning photography...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:288