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Whale by Joe Roman
epub |eng | | Author:Joe Roman

Preparing whale-bone, or baleen, in Yorkshire, 1813. In the 19th century there were whalebone corsets for summer, corsets for winter, corsets for every shape and size. The corset on the ...
( Category: Fish & Sharks July 7,2020 )
The Mammoth Book of Predators by Alex MacCormick
epub |eng | 1714-06-15 | Author:Alex MacCormick [MacCormick, Alex]

2 January 1875 The special train which left Plymouth . . . with the survivors from the Cospatrick . . . was met at Paddington Station, London, by Mr Petherbridge, ...
( Category: Marine Life July 7,2020 )
Tiger by Susie Green
epub |eng | | Author:Susie Green

A 19th-century Chinese tiger cap. San Shin the Korean mountain god with his tiger, 2nd half of the 20th century, cloth backed with paper. Fenggan Chanshi, one of the Buddha’s ...
( Category: Wildlife July 7,2020 )
Ape by John Sorenson
epub |eng | | Author:John Sorenson

Clint Eastwood’s orangutan co-star was allegedly beaten to death by his trainers, drawing attention to the abuse of animals in Hollywood. Project X (1987) was based on actual US Air ...
( Category: Apes & Monkeys July 7,2020 )
Blue Meridian by Peter Matthiessen
epub |eng | 1997-06-30 | Author:Peter Matthiessen [Matthiessen, Peter]

next morning the film crew’s nerves were tense, and growing tenser. Diégo-Suarez was thirty-six hours away, but in order to get there at dawn on July 8, it was necessary ...
( Category: Fish & Sharks July 7,2020 )
Sky Ranch by Bobbi Phelps
epub |eng | 2020-07-14 | Author:Bobbi Phelps

Chapter Twenty-Four A Guest from Pennsylvania “I can’t believe how big they are,” Susan exclaimed as she stood close to two ranch combines. “My gosh, the tops of the tires ...
( Category: Horses July 6,2020 )
Cactus Jack by Brad Smith
epub |eng | 2020-06-03 | Author:Brad Smith

Billie got back to the farm at three-thirty in the morning. She went to bed and fell asleep immediately, something she hadn’t been doing of late. Then again, she’d been ...
( Category: Horses July 6,2020 )
Honey Bee Hobbyist by Norman Gary
epub |eng | 2019-01-15 | Author:Norman Gary [Gary;, Norman PhD]

Large populations greatly enhance the performance of colonies. Beekeepers would say this image depicts a strong colony because of the obvious high population density. Food Stores At least 10 pounds ...
( Category: Insects & Spiders July 6,2020 )
Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed by Simon Barnes
epub |eng | 2011-07-14 | Author:Simon Barnes [Simon Barnes]

Seagulls The trouble with tuning into birdsong is that it’s hard to untune. And that can be frustrating. The birds covered in the first chunk of this book have mostly ...
( Category: Wildlife July 5,2020 )
Geology by Frank H. T. Rhodes
epub |eng | 1991-04-21 | Author:Frank H. T. Rhodes [Rhodes, Frank H. T.]

A typical coal mine operation THE SIZE, SHAPE, AND SORTING of sedimentary structures within rocks may provide clues to the depositional environment that existed during their formation. Rounded, frosted, well-sorted ...
( Category: Specific Locations July 5,2020 )
Mosquito: A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe by Andrew Spielman
epub |eng | 2001-08-14 | Author:Andrew Spielman [Spielman, Andrew]

Life cycle of Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito Soft and white when laid, the eggs of Aedes aegypti quickly become as dark and hard as a caraway seed. In ...
( Category: Entomology July 5,2020 )
Talking with Bears by G. A. Bradshaw
epub |eng | | Author:G. A. Bradshaw

Chapter Six The Bear Who Liked to Dive It was a beautiful day. He sat high above the lake on a grassy bench, eyes roaming lazily, variously touching sky, water, ...
( Category: Bears July 4,2020 )
Walking With the Great Apes: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Biruté Galdikas by Sy Montgomery
epub |eng | 2009-08-24 | Author:Sy Montgomery [Montgomery, Sy]

© 2009 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Featured on the January 1970 cover of National Geographic, Dian Fossey became a heroine to millions. MICHAEL P. TURCO Jane Goodall, today the best-known scientist in ...
( Category: Apes & Monkeys July 4,2020 )
The Pig Who Sang to the Moon by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
epub |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

Is Shakespeare’s portrayal of the cow wailing the loss of her beloved calf anthropomorphism? No one who has ever observed it doubts that a cow mourns the loss of her ...
( Category: Animal Rights July 4,2020 )
War Elephants by Konstantin Nossov
epub |eng | 2012-02-16 | Author:Konstantin Nossov

A terracotta figure of a war elephant with a tower. It is hard to assert with confidence whether it is an African or an Asian elephant. Judging by the ratio ...
( Category: Animals July 4,2020 )

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