The lizards are alarmed.The snakes are scared.The antelopes are apoplectic.Why? The meerkats have turned mean.Sure, they look cute with their little noses in the air. And some of them are. But have you ever paused to wonder what’s really going on in those cosy communities? There’s a darker side to the cuddly meerkat, and the shocking truth is revealed here for the first time in When Meerkats Turn Bad.

Common Birds of North America is an excellent resource for identifying the birds you see around your home yard or when you're travelling. One page per bird provides a good and simple overview to identify the birds.This is a perfect book to have on your smartphone or tablet to look oup a bird you're curious about. Or get the paperback to have around for quick reference.Your book will probably get all dog eared from use.It makes a great gift for Chris...

“It might be the best book on animals I’ve ever read. It's also the only one that's made me laugh out loud.” —Helen Macdonald, The New York Times Book ReviewBeginning with Yuka, a 39,000-year-old mummified woolly mammoth recently found in the Siberian permafrost, each of the sixteen essays in Animals Strike Curious Poses investigates a different famous animal named and immortalized by humans. Modeled loosely after a medieval bestiary, these witty,...

Make better videos with your camera or camcorderAn easy way guideAlex SallyThis best-selling beginners guide to making video is a 'must read' for anyone with an interest in filming with their dslr, camcorder or compact camera. If just one of the tips in this guide improves your videos, it will prove to be the best accessory you buy. With money saving tips and advice on buying and choosing a dslr or camera, this short guide is full of useful information the novice vi...

David Sibley, Don and Lillian Stokes, and many more share their inside tips—and witty observations—on the birding life.The biggest names in birding dispense advice to birders of every level—on topics ranging from feeding birds and cleaning binoculars to pishing and pelagic birding—in these lighthearted essays accompanied by illustrations. Whether satirizing bird snobs or relating the traditions and taboos of the birding culture, this collection of wisdom is as choc...

Are you among the millions of people whose only opportunity to observe wildlife comes after it has been run over and pressed into a patty by big rigs, then desiccated by the elements until even flies don't recognize it? This is the field guide for you! FLATTENED FAUNA fills an important gap in our natural history knowledge and fosters a heightened respect for the ecology of the paved environment.Reviews“Knutson. . . might just be to roadkill what Brett Favre is to football flinging.”—Milwa...

Bird-loving Americans share a common problem: squirrels! These fast, greedy, incredibly crafty, fluffy-tailed rodents pillage birdfeeders before owners' very eyes. For 25 years, Outwitting Squirrels has been leading the charge to help bird lovers defend their feeders. This classic defense manual for the besieged birder has been fully updated to deal with the more tech-savvy twenty-first-century squirrel. It provides 101 cunning strategies, both serious and hilarious, for outsmarti...

Perfect for the Scrooge in your life—a profane, hilarious takedown of all things cute and cuddly, by the author of the blog sensation of (almost) the same nameAttention, all you clumsy pandas, lovable puffins, huggable bunnies, and penguins that elicit ooohs and aaahs: The jig is up! We have lived under your furry fists for too long.There is a cute and present danger lurking out there–in the wild, in the zoos, and sometimes even in our very own homes. Spurr...

This is the story of a seventy-five year long obsession with dogs that documents funny moments from the beginning, when a one-year-old gets his first dog, and continues through the establishment and growth of Canada's largest canine security company.There are some pretty tense moments when facing down bad guys with tough patrol dogs, with narc dogs exposing the stashes of drug dealers, and when responding to a bomb threat with explosives detection dogs; but there are some funny str...

John James Audubon came to America as a dapper eighteen-year-old eager to make his fortune. He had a talent for drawing and an interest in birds, and he would spend the next thirty-five years traveling to the remotest regions of his new country–often alone and on foot–to render his avian subjects on paper. The works of art he created gave the world its idea of America. They gave America its idea of itself.Here Richard Rhodes vividly depicts Audubon’s life and career: his epic wande...

What are extinct animals? Don't just define the word, show pictures of what they are. This makes learning a lot more fun and effective. By knowing exactly what these animals are, you are also increasing your child's awareness on their existence and maybe planting ideas on how to care for them too. Secure a copy of this book today!

China possesses many of the most interesting and beautiful bird species in the world. In total, the country is home to more than 1300 bird species which comprise more than 13% of all bird species. This book serves as an introduction to the rich bird life of China for the vast majority of the Chinese population which resides in the eastern half of the country and all those who are interested in birds, wildlife or the natural world in general.This book serves as an introduction to th...