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Australian Magpie: Biology and Behaviour of an Unusual Songbird by Gisela Kaplan
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Australian Natural History Ser.
The warbling and carolling of the Australian magpie are familiar to many although few of us recognize that it ranks among the foremost songbirds of the world. Its impressive vocal abilities, its propensity to play and clown, and its willingness to interact with people, make the magpie one of our most we ...Show more
Cockatoos by Matt Cameron
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Australian Natural History Series
Using illustrations, this book looks at the ecology and conservation of these birds, including their evolution, distribution, movements, feeding and reproduction. It examines the illegal trade in cockatoos, the role of aviculturists, and the attempts to ensure the recovery of many species through approp ...Show more
Dingo by Brad Purcell
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Australian Natural History S.
Many present-day Australians see the dingo as a threat and a pest to human production systems. An alternative viewpoint, which is more in tune with Indigenous culture, allows others to see the dingo as a means to improve human civilisation. This book helps readers to recognise this dichotomy.
Echidna - Extraordinary Egg-Laying by AUGEE et al
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Australian Natural History S.
FLYING FOXES FRUIT AND BLOSSOM BATS OF AUSTRALIA by HALL LES
Category: Animals | Series: Australian Natural History Series
Flying Foxes is an illustrated guide dedicated to Australia's thriteen species of Megachiroptera. These 'mega' bats do not comply with standard bat stereotypes: while they are nocturnal, they live in forests rather than caves, they navigate by sight rather than echolocation, and their long snouts and la ...Show more
Gliders of Australia: A Natural History by David Lindenmayer
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Australian Natural History Series
The gliders, while rarely seen by most Australians, are an important group of marsupials whose long-term survival prospects are being threatened by land-clearing and the logging of old-growth forests. This work deals with all six species of Australian gliders.
Koala - A Historical Biography by Ann Moyal
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: Australian Natural History Ser.
Examines the koala's long seclusion from discovery (1803), its slow penetration of the European classificatory system, its distinctive history, and its emergence through observation, artistic and scientific depiction. This book covers koala destruction through settlement and hunting in the 19th century ...Show more
Possums of Australia: The Brushtails, Ringtails and Greater Glider by Anne Kerle
Category: Nature | Series: Australian Natural History Series
Possums are the most common arboreal mammal in Australia. - Understandably, many people find the doe-eyed and bushy-tailed critters to be very appealing: many feed them from their suburban balconies while others volunteer to care for injured or orphaned animals. In many parts of Australia, the wellbeing ...Show more
Sea Snakes by Harold Heatwole
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Australian Natural History Series
Sixty per cent of the world's sea snakes are in our territorial waters - here's where they are, what they eat and who eats them, how they dive, breathe, reproduce, and function in their varying habitats.
Tawny Frogmouth by Gisela T. Kaplan
Category: Animals and Nature | Series: Australian Natural History S.
The strange tawny frogmouth is often thought to be a species of owl, but it is related to nightjars. A true master of disguise, the tawny frogmouth can sit a few metres from you and still not be spotted. They catch their prey with their beaks rather than with their talons. This book is an overview of on ...Show more
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