Many Things Under a Rock The Mysteries of Octopuses by David Scheel
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
"Fascinating... the deepest of octopus books.' Peter Godfrey-Smith 'Mind-blowing and soul-expanding' Sy Montgomery Of all the creatures of the deep blue, none captivates us quite like the octopus. This highly intelligent master of disguise is one of our planet's most intriguing and enigmatic creatures ...Show more
Jellyfish Age Backwards Nature's Secrets to Longevity by Nicklas Brendborg
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
This eye-opening book offers a revelatory scientific deep dive into how plants and animals have already unlocked the secrets to immortality-and the lessons they hold for us all. Recent advances in medicine and technology have expanded our understanding of aging across the animal kingdom, and our own tim ...Show more
Otherlands: A World in the Making by Thomas Halliday
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: near fine
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERShortlisted for the Wainright Prize'The best book on the history of life on Earth I have ever read' Tom Holland'Epically cinematic... A book of almost unimaginable riches' Sunday TimesThis is the past as we've never seen it before.Otherlands is an epic, exhilarating jour ...Show more
The Complete Language of Trees: A Definitive and Illustrated History by S. Theresa Dietz
$39.99 AUD
Category: Natural History | Series: Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia Ser.
The Complete Language of Trees is a comprehensive encyclopedia providing the meanings, powers, facts, and folklore for over 400 types of trees. The Complete Language of Trees is a comprehensive and neatly organized dictionary of over 400 types of trees that recognizes each species' name, characteristics ...Show more
Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals by Jack Ashby
$24.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Winner of the Whitley Award for Best Natural History Book 2022A compelling, funny, first-hand account of Australia's wonderfully unique mammals and how our perceptions impact their future.Think of a platypus: they lay eggs (that hatch into so-called platypups), they produce milk without nipples and veno ...Show more
Underground Lovers: Encounters with fungi by Alison Pouliot
$29.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
'Mists waft gently around me and slowly drizzle water through the fronds of tree ferns. Lichens wrap around twisted blackwood limbs like ornate scarves. In the gloom of the forest floor, fallen branches are sheathed with fungal stripes of yellow and purple. But beneath the colourful surface, the fallen ...Show more
Mushrooms: A Natural and Cultural History by Nicholas P Money
$34.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
A witty, beautifully illustrated overview of the weird world of mycology. Mushrooms are loved, despised, feared and misunderstood. They have been a familiar part of nature throughout human history and occupy a special place in our consciousness. Now in paperback, Mushrooms introduces the mythology and s ...Show more
Trees: An Illustrated Celebration by Kelsey Oseid
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Discover the wonder of trees-one of the most essential life forms on the planet-in this beautifully illustrated, entertaining, and educational guide from the acclaimed author of What We See in the Stars. Trees are fascinating- They live longer than anything else on Earth and can't die of old age. More t ...Show more
Curlews on Vulture Street: Cities, Birds, People and Me by Darryl Jones
$32.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
In Curlews on Vulture Street, acclaimed urban ecologist Darryl Jones reveals the not-so-secret lives of the most common birds that share our towns and cities.Despite the noise, heat, dust and fumes, the ceaseless movement, light and toxins, many birds successfully live their lives among us. And not just ...Show more
The History of the World in 100 Plants by Simon Barnes
$55.00 AUD
Category: Natural History
From the author of The History of the World in 100 Animals, a BBC Radio Four Book of the Week, comes an inspirational new book that looks at the 100 plants that have had the greatest impact on humanity, stunningly illustrated throughout. As humans, we hold the planet in the palms of our hands. But we s ...Show more
Ice Rivers by Jemma Wadham
$26.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
The story of one woman's passion for glaciersAs one of the world's leading glaciologists, Professor Jemma Wadham has devoted her career to the glaciers that cover one-tenth of the Earth's land surface. Today, however, these 'ice rivers' are in peril. High up in the Alps, Andes and Himalaya, once-indomit ...Show more
The Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries from a Hidden World by Aliya Whiteley
$22.99 AUD
Category: Natural History
Fungi are not like us - they are entirely, magically something else... Erupting, spreading, decaying, changing.Aliya Whiteley has always been in love with fungi - from a childhood taking blurry photographs of strange fungal eruptions on Exmoor to a career as a writer inspired by their surreal and alien ...Show more