The cleverness of crickets, crows, cockatoos: a fascinating study of the relationship between genes and behaviour. (The book is published in the US as some eagle-eyed readers will perceive).
A subtle and wide-ranging exploration of the complex boundaries we have with animals and birds, from pre-history to the present; the author's earlier book, 'Corvus: A Life with Birds' was ou... read more
The sparrow-sized sandpiper flies uninterrupted from Canada to Venezuela, equivalent to running 126 marathons back-to-back, without food, water, or rest. It stays hydrated by sipping moistur... read more
De Waal is a (if not the) leading primatologist and ethologist whose research into cooperation, conflict,etc leads him to fascinating parallels between primate and human behaviour in aspects... read more
760 species of Lepidoptera, painted between 1780 and 1800 by an amateur entomologist and wine merchant called William Jones, who worked from the collections of Joseph Banks, the Linnaean Soc... read more
A glorious combination of photography and cutting-edge technology - yet even while we can map migratory routes with geolocators, there is much still unknown. Large format.