Wildlife
epub |eng | 2013-03-04 | Author:Tom Indrebo

DOCUMENTING BUCK MOVEMENTS Sometimes I can tell him about the buck’s seasonal whereabouts, and how, where and when we first identified him as a regular on our property. It’s even ...
( Category: Wildlife March 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-04-16 | Author:Bradford Angier

MINT Mentha FAMILY: Mint (Lamiaceae) OTHER NAMES: Spearmint, Oswego Tea, Beebalm, Lemon Mint, Wild Bergamot, Horsemint, Peppermint, Pennyroyal, American Pennyroyal, Mountain Pennyroyal, Western Pennyroyal, Lamb Mint, Fieldmint, Brandy Mint, Watermint, ...
( Category: Wildlife March 4,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Louise Egerton

Australia’s only resident swift is the diminutive Australian Swiftlet (11cm/4in) of north-eastern Queensland. It breeds through the Wet in large colonies in caves, navigating in the pitch dark by echolocation ...
( Category: Ichthyology March 4,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-11-30 | Author:Essen, Marty [Essen, Marty]

Before the expedition, Deb considered signing up for the scuba diving option, and I considered the kayaking option. Once the trip started, we never regretted passing on the options, as ...
( Category: Wildlife March 4,2020 )
epub |eng | 1984-03-01 | Author:Adrian Forsyth

ARTFUL GUISES This life’s five windows of the soul Distorts the Heavens from pole to pole And leads you to believe a lie When you see with, not thro’ the ...
( Category: Wildlife March 2,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-10-01 | Author:Craig Raleigh

Part Three The Hunt One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted . . . if one were to present ...
( Category: Wildlife March 1,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Simon Barnes [Barnes Simon]

13 TIME TRAVEL ‘It’s called a Time-Turner,’ Hermione whispered, ‘and I got it from Professor McGonagall on our first day back. I’ve been using it all year to get to ...
( Category: Wildlife February 28,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-12-31 | Author:Michael Bright

The male great bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis in northern Australia uses an optical illusion to impress a female. He builds an ‘avenue’ type of bower, about 1m (about 3ft) long, out ...
( Category: Animal Behavior & Communication February 28,2020 )
epub |eng | 2009-06-26 | Author:Marina Belozerskaya [BELOZERSKAYA, MARINA]

The Emperour hath two inclosures walled about, which they call Gardaines, one of which is called Stella, because the trees are planted in the figure of starres, and a little ...
( Category: Wildlife February 27,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-02-25 | Author:Peter J. Fiduccia

Ralph Somma with a buck shot during a moon cycle when buck activity was supposedly going to be slow. That’s why I hunt, rather than worry about what phase the ...
( Category: Wildlife February 26,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Walker, Brett L.; Cronon, William;

JAPAN'S WOLFERS Hokkaido's crow and wolf hunters left only traces of their activities in the form of bounty records buried deep in archives. Records from between February 1880 and June ...
( Category: Forests & Forestry February 25,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-07-14 | Author:Elizabeth Marshall Thomas [Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall]

What was the importance to the lions of the truce between them and the people, and what did the lions have to do to keep the truce? To consider the ...
( Category: Cats, Lions & Tigers February 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-02-23 | Author:Stefan Buczacki [Stefan Buczacki]

THE DIARY OF ARTHUR, CHRISTOPHER BENSON, 1926 Why churchyards? First, because lichens are slow growing, in some cases extremely slow growing – perhaps 1 mm per year – and so ...
( Category: Wildlife February 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 1967-12-31 | Author:Niko Tinbergen [Tinbergen, Niko]

CHAPTER EIGHT DEFENCE BY COLOUR While we were busy with our studies of camouflage, we were of course, aware of the fact that many animals are not camouflaged at all, ...
( Category: Animal Behavior & Communication February 22,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-08-26 | Author:Maggie Ryan Sandford & Rodica Prato

Skull of Felis catus. From specimen collector Hubert Ludwig’s book Schul-Naturgeschichte (School of Natural History), 1891. Under it all, though, cat eyes and human eyes have a lot in common. ...
( Category: Wildlife February 22,2020 )