Animal Science

Richard Louv's landmark book, Last Child in the Woods, inspired an international movement to connect children and nature. Now Louv redefines the future of human-animal coexistence. Our Wild Calling explores these powerful and mysterious bonds and how they can transform our mental, physical, and spiritual lives, serve as an antidote to the growing epidemic of human loneliness, and help us tap into the empathy required to preserve life on Earth.

Tout ce que vous devez savoir dans un seul livre audio - être préparé au mieux pour commencer avec plaisir et sérénité votre aventure d’apiculteur. Vous êtes fascinés de l’intelligence des abeilles et de leur organisation complexe dans la colonie ? Vous aimeriez vous investir pour sauver les abeilles et protéger l’écosystème ? Vous voulez apprendre à vous occuper de vos abeilles en respectant la nature et produire un miel délicieux ?

Brought to you by Penguin. From celebrated author Jay Griffiths comes a unique and heartfelt insight into the healing nature of our relationship with animals Pet-owners and animal-lovers instinctively know that animals heal. This book offers the evidence, drawing widely on scientific discoveries...

Someone's looking for Tobias. Someone who says she's his long-lost cousin. Tobias isn't sure the person is telling the truth, but she's really nice, and knows a lot about him. And what she tells Tobias definitely gets his attention. It seems a lawyer has discovered Tobias' father's last will and testament. So, Tobias needs to attend the reading. His cousin even offers to go along. But something just doesn't feel quite right. That's when Tobias and the other Animorphs decide to do a little checking on this "cousin". And what they discover will change the rest of Tobias' life.

Prepare to Have Your Mind Blown: The Ultimate Collection of 750 Fascinating Facts for Curious Minds. Did you know wombats poop in cubes? That the Moon smells like gunpowder? That ancient Romans used urine as mouthwash? Or about the green children who mysteriously appeared in 13th-century England? Most fact books are disappointing — written for toddlers or just dry lists without context. You read a fact and forget it. Fascinating Facts About Everything is different. It is a deep-dive into the weirdest, wildest true stories from the universe.

A fascinating exploration of how ecosystems are sculpted and sustained by animals eating, pooping, and dying—and how these fundamental functions could help save us from climate catastrophe. If forests are the lungs of the planet, then animals migrating across oceans, streams, and...

Le tantale est un métal rare, précieux et très recherché. Que nous apprendrait-il s’il pouvait nous révéler son histoire ? Découvrez son voyage et ses aventures depuis la République démocratique du Congo, où il est extrait, en passant par l’Asie où il est transformé pour arriver jusqu’à nos téléphones cellulaires. Et après ? Qu’est ce qu’il devient ? Tantale nous raconte tout.

In Of Orcas and Men, a marvelously compelling mix of cultural history, environmental reporting, and scientific research, David Neiwert explores an extraordinary species and its occasionally fraught relationship with human beings. Beginning with their role in myth and contemporary culture, Neiwert shows how killer whales came to capture our imaginations and brings to life the often-catastrophic environmental consequences of that appeal.

Why do mandrills have blue faces? What makes a parrot's feathers so bright? Learn these answers and more about some of nature’s most colorful creatures in Science Behind the Colors.

he Animorphs' latest adventure takes them where no man has ever gone before... into Marco's left nostril. Who else could be responsible for this mess but a crew of miniature egomaniacs? The Helmacrons have returned to demand the morphing cube because they need more power to escape Earth's atmosphere. In the middle of their threats, Rachel tries to destroy their ship, and some of the little warriors bail... right into Marco's body.

The sun is shining in the Hundred Isles, and yet the path forward seems crowded with shadows. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have traveled across the world, seeking a set of powerful talismans in order to keep them from enemy hands. Throughout their journey the young heroes have been hounded by pursuers who always seem to know just where to find them. Now they know why…

Als die zwölfjährige Akasia Wood kurz nach dem Umzug ihrer Familie entdeckt, dass sie sich in den Baumwipfeln des nahen Parks so schnell und geschickt bewegt wie ein Grauhörnchen, ist sie überrascht. Und fast fassungslos, als plötzlich Pflanzen und Tiere auf sie hören! Denn Akasia ist eine Wächterin. Früher jagten die Wächter des Waldes das Nachtholz, bösartige Gewächse, die es auf die friedlichen Bewohner des Waldes abgesehen hatten. Seit das Nachtholz besiegt ist, sind die Wächter kaum mehr als Aufpasser für übermütige Tiere.

If you have spent any part of your life with a dog, you may have found certain questions popping, unbidden, into your mind: Is my dog living a fulfilled life? Is my dog a good dog? Does my dog love me? Addressing these questions compels you to confront not just your dog's life but yours as well—to think about what fulfillment, and meaning, in life really is. In The Word of Dog, philosopher Mark Rowlands explores these questions and suggests that in dogs we can see hints—faint, shrouded, but discernible—of what a better way of living might look like.

Le hamster qui court dans sa roue est-il heureux ? Les zoos sont-ils des prisons ou des paradis ? Le cheval est-il un bon thérapeute ? C'est à ces questions et plus encore que David Bertrand répond. En se fondant sur les travaux de nombreux scientifiques, il décortique nos idées reçues, explique quels mécanismes psychologiques en sont à l'origine et les contre en revenant sur les comportements animaux. L'auteur part de la biologie avec le chimpanzé et le mythe de l'humain raté pour décrypter nos préjugés.

When Tobias and his friends were given the power to morph, they were also given an important warning: Never stay in a morph for more than two hours. But Tobias broke the time limit, and now he's trapped in the body of a hawk - forever. When he discovers an important Yeerk secret, Tobias knows he has to do everything in his power to destroy it. But to do so, he'll have to contend with a part of himself that's wrestling for control. A part that isn't human.

A mouse with a human ear on its back. Cats that glow in the dark. Giant super salmon. These animals are just the stuff of gross-out stories and horror movies. They are real animals that have been altered by scientists. And some of these animals are alive today.

Tobias's worst nightmare has come back to haunt him-Taylor. Taylor is the evil Yeerk that captured and tortured Tobias, trying to get him to reveal the secrets of the Animorphs. Now she's captured him again-but this time, she wants his help. Taylor says she's part of a Yeerk rebel movement to overthrow Visser Three. They plan to dig a tunnel and blow up the Yeerk pool, killing a bunch of Controllers and Visser Three. But they can't do it without the "Andalite Bandits."The Animorphs have their doubts.

Bald eagles, bees, and bats all fly. But a bee is an insect. A bat is a mammal. And a bald eagle is a bird! Why are these animals sorted into different groups? Let’s investigate animal classification!

Did you know that only around a quarter of the Sahara Desert is covered in sand? And did you know that cash machines in Vatican City have an option to read their instructions in Latin? Did you know tug-of-war and rope climbing used to be official Olympic sports? There is no denying that the world is super interesting, and these Super Interesting Facts for Smart Kids prove precisely that!

A natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basements Even when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain is wild beyond imagination. In Never Home Alone, biologist Rob Dunn introduces us to the...