Название: RSPB Spotlight Badgers
Автор: James Lowen
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 116 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Badgers are elusive wanderers of the night and few mammals are as mysterious. Their nocturnal lifestyle meansnot many of us have ever glimpsed their monochrome form as they sniff and bustle their way through woodland or across pasture – yet most of us live far closer to a Badger group than we might think. In Spotlight: Badgers James Lowen explores all aspects of their lives including their communal living, feeding habits, as well as the major threats to and conservation support for Badgers. These iconic omnivores are widely represented in folklore and have permeated our popular culture. Generations of children have been entranced by Badger in Kenneth Grahame's book Wind in the Willows, however these determined yet mostly peaceful animals have also been loathed and persecuted for centuries.

Название: RSPB Spotlight Kingfishers
Автор: David Chandler
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Год: 2017
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 105 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Usually observed as a flash of blue and orange from a riverbank, most people are aware of Kingfishers, but few of us are familiar with the intricacies of their day-to-day lives. With their long, dagger-like bills, bright blue plumage and characteristic fast, low flight over water, Common Kingfishers are instantly recognisable. The 90 or so species that belong to this colourful family have a cosmopolitan distribution and, in Spotlight Kingfishers, David Chandler celebrates their remarkable existence, studying their unique adaptations and their courtship, breeding and feeding habits. He also investigates historical threats to Kingfishers, considers their future, and offers practical advice on how to find and see these glorious birds.

Название: Swordfish: A Biography of the Ocean Gladiator
Автор: Richard Ellis
Издательство: University of Chicago Press
Год: 2013
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 11 Мб
Язык: английский / English

A perfect fish in the evolutionary sense, the broadbill swordfish derives its name from its distinctive bill—much longer and wider than the bill of any other billfish—which is flattened into the sword we all recognize. And though the majesty and allure of this warrior fish has commanded much attention—from adventurous sportfishers eager to land one to ravenous diners eager to taste one—no one has yet been bold enough to truly take on the swordfish as a biographer. Who better to do so than Richard Ellis, a master of marine natural history? Swordfish: A Biography of the Ocean Gladiator is his masterly ode to this mighty fighter. The swordfish, whose scientific name means “gladiator,” can take on anyone and anything, including ships, boats, sharks, submarines, divers, and whales, and in this book Ellis regales us with tales of its vitality and strength.

Название: The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
Автор: Steve Brusatte
Издательство: Mariner Books
ISBN: 0062951513
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 528
Размер: 24,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

Though humans claim to rule the Earth, we are the inheritors of a dynasty that has reigned over the planet for nearly 66 million years, through fiery cataclysm and ice ages: the mammals. Our lineage includes saber-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths, armadillos the size of a car, cave bears three times the weight of a grizzly, clever scurriers that outlasted Tyrannosaurus rex, and even other types of humans, like Neanderthals.

Название: Life at the Zoo: Behind the Scenes with the Animal Doctors
Автор: Phillip T. Robinson
Издательство: Columbia University Press
Год: 2004
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 13 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Seasoned veterinarian Phillip T. Robinson shares his remarkable stories of working at the world-famous San Diego Zoo. In vivid detail he describes encounters with foulmouthed parrots, gum-chewing chimps, and stinky flamingoes, and the sometimes dangerous consequences of both human and animal interactions. He relates insider stories such as escaping the affections of a leopard who wanted to be a lap cat, training a gorilla to hold her newborn baby gently (instead of scrubbing the floor with it), operating on a semi-anesthetized elephant, and figuring out how to feed koalas in captivity, as well as why the zoo's polar bears were turning green. Robinson's wildly entertaining tales illuminate the hazards and rewards of a world in which the "natural" and "unnatural" can collide, insightfully tracing the evolution of zoos from banal menageries to important conservation institutions.

Название: RSPB Guide to Birdsong
Автор: Adrian Thomas
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 28 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Birdsong is the natural soundtrack to our lives and can evoke a powerful sense of time, place and season. Often profoundly beautiful, it is also the most effective way to discover many birds, and birds' songs and calls reveal much about their lives and behaviour. However, identifying which bird is making which sound can seem challenging. With this groundbreaking and easy-to-use guide, Adrian Thomas helps you learn and identify bird sounds step by step and at your own pace. Whether you are an experienced birdwatcher or just enjoy hearing the birds in your garden, this new guide will open your ears like never before to the amazing songs and calls around you. Includes a sound guide to more than 100 songs and calls of 65 garden, woodland and farmland birds. A reference section describes in detail the sounds of a further 185 birds of Britain and north-west Europe. Beautiful colour photographs, annotated sonograms and 'test yourself' sections are also included.

Название: Удивительные растения Приморского края
Автор: Коляда А.С., Ключников Д.А., Белов А.Н.
Издательство: Дальневосточный федеральный университет
Год: 2021
ISBN: 978-5-7444-4987-2
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 137
Размер: 10,9 Мб
Язык: русский

Монография посвящена сосудистым растениям Приморского края. Рассматриваются особенности их строения, химического состава, распространения, а также типы взаимоотношений растений между собой и другими живыми организмами.

Название: RSPB Spotlight Hedgehogs
Автор: James Lowen
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 115 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Much loved ... but about to be lost? The Hedgehog regularly tops polls of the UK's favourite animal, yet numbers in our countryside have halved this century. Generations of children have been captivated by Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, though our complex and contradictory relationship with the Hedgehog is also characterised by persecution and death. This unmistakable, spiny mammal is a 'gardener's best friend', but one that we rarely see alive and in our midst. In Spotlight: Hedgehogs, James Lowen reveals what a Hedgehog is and how it lives, unveiling the secrets of its lifestyle, such as foraging and hibernating, rolling into a ball and building a nest. He also investigates the relationship between Hedgehogs and people – from film and fun to conservation and crisps – and offers practical advice on how to find, watch and help these charming animals in the wild.

Название: RSPB Spotlight Frogs and Toads
Автор: Jules Howard
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 100 Мб
Язык: английский / English

They were bestowed with magical properties in folklore, they were sought after as ingredients of witches' broth, and they are comic characters that have invaded popular culture, from Kermit the Frog to Toad of Toad Hall. Frogs and toads are charismatic members of Britain's wildlife. But what do you really know about them? Scratch beneath the surface, and you will discover some of nature's weirdest creatures, amphibians whose ecology we are only now coming to understand. Spotlight Frogs and Toads is a compelling account of Britain's four native amphibian species: the Common Frog, the Pool Frog, the Common Toad and the rare and secretive Natterjack Toad. New research suggests that, in the next ten years, three out of four UK species are likely to be listed as threatened. Revealing a host of secrets, including how they migrate, what they eat, and how they got to the UK in the first place, Jules Howard inspires us all to look down, rather than up, in spring.

Название: Природа шаровой молнии
Автор: Сингер С.
Издательство: Мир
Год: 1973
Cтраниц: 240
Формат: pdf
Размер: 13 мб
Язык: русский

Книга дает довольно полный обзор существующих наблюдений и теорий одного из удивительных явлений природы — шаровой молнии, до сих пор не получившего общепринятого объяснения. Автор знакомит читателя со свидетельствами многочисленных очевидцев, обсуждает вопрос о реальности явления шаровой молнии, суммирует ее характерные особенности, вытекающие из наблюдений, кратко и популярно разбирает все имеющиеся теории шаровой молнии. Книга снабжена обширной библиографией, представляющей самостоятельную ценность