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The Killer Whale Who Changed the World by Mark Leiren-Young
epub |eng | 2016-04-25 | Author:Mark Leiren-Young

CHAPTER TEN THE ULTIMATE EXHIBIT “The Museum having expended altogether a sum not much less than $17,000 in the whaling business, this is probably the last attempt that will be ...
( Category: Mammals April 26,2017 )
Wild Cats of the World by Luke Hunter
epub |eng | 2015-03-22 | Author:Luke Hunter

The Eurasian Lynx is the only lynx species that specialises on ungulate prey across most of its range. This adult female in the Jura Mountains, Switzerland has killed a male ...
( Category: Cats, Lions & Tigers March 23,2017 )
Coyote America by Dan Flores
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2016-04-30 | Author:Dan Flores

If anyone in the scientific community doubted Major E. A. Goldman’s sincerity about the coyote being the “archpredator” of 1930s America, the Animal Damage Control Act of 1931 disabused him ...
( Category: Mammals June 15,2016 )
Dolphin Mysteries by Kathleen M. Dudzinski & Toni Frohoff
epub |eng | 2008-05-12 | Author:Kathleen M. Dudzinski & Toni Frohoff

At times dolphins may leap just for fun … and sometimes leaps become part of a game of keep-away or tag. Spinner dolphins are named for their spinning leaps. Not ...
( Category: Marine Life May 13,2016 )
Bighorn Sheep by Jack Ballard
epub |eng | 2014-08-20 | Author:Jack Ballard

The physical traits of wild hoofed mammals are remarkably adapted to the habitats in which they live, including specialized abilities that help them escape predators. Pronghorn are exceptionally fleet of ...
( Category: Wildlife April 25,2016 )
Saving the White Lions by Linda Tucker
epub |eng | 2013-05-06 | Author:Linda Tucker [Tucker, Linda]

MIREILLE, JASON, AND I stand on the runway of Lanseria private airport, under the tilted metal hull of a DC3 troop carrier. Mireille is hanging tightly onto my hand. The ...
( Category: Cats, Lions & Tigers April 8,2016 )
The Wolverine Way by Douglas H. Chadwick
epub |eng | 2012-04-05 | Author:Douglas H. Chadwick

After the country melted out, Copeland flew once a week to get radio locations. “Then we’d go in on the ground to try to follow the animals,” he explained. “The ...
( Category: State & Local April 6,2016 )
A Certain Curve of Horn by John Frederick Walker
epub |eng | 2002-04-01 | Author:John Frederick Walker

THE IDEA OF anyone shooting Angola’s great endangered antelope had made Anne Dodgson livid. “I’d like to post a reward on the Internet for turning in anyone who killed a ...
( Category: Mammals April 2,2016 )
Search for the Golden Moon Bear by Sy Montgomery
epub |eng | 2011-01-26 | Author:Sy Montgomery

— 9 — The Kingdom of a Million Elephants Perhaps in the Pleistocene, the Cardamoms were an upland refuge when the lowlands were too dry,” Gary mused. “It’s hard “ ...
( Category: Bears March 14,2016 )
Ivory's Ghosts by John Frederick Walker
epub |eng | 2009-03-13 | Author:John Frederick Walker

“MOMBASA IS SLOWLY taking over the role of the world’s main ivory centre from London,” proclaimed the Mombasa Times in January of 1961. During 1960–61 virtually all East African ivory, ...
( Category: Mammals March 14,2016 )
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 )
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 )
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 )

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