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Album of Horses by Marguerite Henry
epub |eng | | Author:Marguerite Henry

For centuries the Suffolk men have bred Suffolk horses for the fields of Suffolk. Today’s farmer may own a tractor, but more than likely he has a Suffolk Punch, too. ...
( Category: Horses March 13,2016 )
The Hunt for the Golden Mole by Richard Girling
epub |eng | | Author:Richard Girling [Girling, Richard]

Uninvited guest – the lioness brought a sudden end to breakfast Another day, we rumble across the plain to the conservancy’s airstrip. It is heavily grazed and, at ground level, ...
( Category: Conservation March 6,2016 )
Following the Last Wild Wolves by McAllister Ian; Paquet Paul C.; Darimont Chris
epub |eng | 2011-04-08 | Author:McAllister, Ian; Paquet, Paul C.; Darimont, Chris

Salmon Forests FALL THE RAIN pounded down on the roof of my boat; it sounded like a gorilla banging away up there. At the same time, the storm-force gusts hit ...
( Category: Wildlife March 6,2016 )
The Black Rhinos of Namibia by Rick Bass
epub |eng | | Author:Rick Bass [Bass, Rick]

In the morning, the nifty little refrigerator is broken, doubtless the result of Andreas’s mad cannon-ride run down off the red mountain, so Dennis and I are forced to eat ...
( Category: Wildlife March 5,2016 )
Animal Tracking Basics by Tiffany Morgan
epub |eng | 2013-03-21 | Author:Tiffany Morgan

When your twenty minutes of pick tracking are up, wrap up the exercise by writing a reflection paper. What did you notice toward the end of the ten minutes in ...
( Category: Wildlife March 3,2016 )
Death at SeaWorld by David Kirby
epub | | | Author:David Kirby

23 Tilly’s Willy One of John Jett’s biggest regrets in his life was that on that December day in 1995 when his best friend, Jeff, got fired from SeaWorld, he ...
( Category: Mammals March 1,2016 )
Of Orcas and Men by David Neiwert
epub |eng | 2015-06-15 | Author:David Neiwert [NEIWERT, DAVID]

CHAPTER Seven Salmon, Boats, and Oil THE SUMMER OF 2013 WAS A PECULIAR YEAR—A WORRISOME YEAR—for whale watchers in the San Juan Islands, and it all came down to salmon, ...
( Category: Marine Life February 29,2016 )
Elephants on the Edge by G. A. Bradshaw
epub |eng | 2014-02-23 | Author:G. A. Bradshaw

10 Speaking in Tongues As she approached his enclosure, her body stiffened and a cold sweat broke out. Massa would agitate and vocalize with his trunk swaying. It took every ...
( Category: Wildlife February 24,2016 )
A Lion Called Christian by Anthony Bourke
epub |eng | 2009-02-15 | Author:Anthony Bourke [Bourke, Anthony]

We had to prepare Christian for his journey to Kenya, as the long flight to Nairobi would be an ordeal. He was to fly with East African Airways, and regulations ...
( Category: Essays February 16,2016 )
Rainbow Dust by Peter Marren
epub |eng | | Author:Peter Marren

9. Fire and Brimstone Butterflies and the Imagination The earliest writers about our butterflies were concerned with a matter to which few today give any thought. They wanted to know ...
( Category: Butterflies February 15,2016 )
To Touch a Wild Dolphin by Rachel Smolker
epub |eng | 2011-05-17 | Author:Rachel Smolker [Smolker, Rachel]

Andrew and I were out surveying dolphin groups. We came across the male triplet Trips, Bite, and Cetus, with Yogi, a female, and the males Realnotch, Hi, and Patches. Booboo, ...
( Category: Marine Life February 13,2016 )
Listening to Whales by Alexandra Morton
epub |eng | 2012-01-03 | Author:Alexandra Morton [Morton, Alexandra]

Chapter 12 Robin and I needed three things in a home port: whales, mail service, and playmates for Jarret. He was now two, and it didn’t seem fair to raise ...
( Category: Mammals February 12,2016 )
Snail by Peter Williams
epub |eng | | Author:Peter Williams

Emblematic of the Victorian age were the ‘Aurelians’, collectors of butterflies, who held their subject material in such awe that they bestowed its golden splendour on themselves. Snail collectors didn’t ...
( Category: Wildlife February 8,2016 )
Hair by Kurt Stenn
epub |eng | 2015-02-06 | Author:Kurt Stenn

12 WOOL BANKROLLS AN EMPIRE Wool made the fortunes of many who handled it, including Cosimo de’ Medici, the famous Renaissance banker, and Christopher Columbus. Perhaps the most famous weaver ...
( Category: Mammals February 7,2016 )
Dolphin by Alan Rauch
epub |eng | | Author:Alan Rauch

An early publicity drawing from Marineland. Human systems of echolocation date back to the early twentieth century, but the term SONAR (SOund NAvigation and Ranging) was coined during the Second ...
( Category: Marine Life February 4,2016 )

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