Australia’s Most Elusive BirdPenny Olsen Paperback | September 2018 | $ 49.99 ISBN: 9781486302987 | 368 pages | 245 x 170 mm Publisher: CSIRO Publishing Illustrations, Photographs ePDF | September 2018 ISBN: 9781486302994 Publisher: CSIRO Publishing Available from eRetailers Penny Olsen’s new book tells a wholly human story of hopes kindled and dashed, tall stories told, of ...
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SECOND EDITION Paperback ¦ July 2018 ¦ RRP $39.99 ¦ 168 pages ¦CSIRO Publishing I found this book extremely interesting and easy to read. Gisela catches your attention immediately as she relates a story of three rescued Tawny Frogmouths at a veterinary clinic, sitting on a perch right next to ...
Read more →Paperback | August 2018 | RRP $ 49.99 | CSIRO Publishing 280 pages | 215 x 148 mm | Colour photographs, illustrations After many years in the making, the long-awaited first definitive guide to Australia’s native bees is here, authored by one of the most erudite of Australia’s native bee ...
Read more →The Critically Endangered Western Swamp Tortoise is the subject of the recently published book, Westy: the Western Swamp Tortoise by Cathy Levett. A bright, colourful children’s book with simple but engaging text, Westy is the outcome of the author’s involvement with the Friends of the Western Swamp Tortoise group. Chair ...
Read more →This was the DRB’s inaugural “Café Chats for Nats” event: a new social occasion with a natural history book theme, set in a cafe. The purpose of this DRB members’ only event is to enable those who can’t make it to Friday night meetings or who don’t like driving at ...
Read more →John Cann & Ross Sadlier, CSIRO Publishing, 2017; RRP A$150 This is a large, handsome hardback book detailing this country’s freshwater turtles and also containing some information and photographs of New Guinea’s turtles. Each genus of turtle has its own section, with three or four pages of information on that ...
Read more →UWA Publishing. RRP $45 Authors: Jason C. Stevens, Deanna P. Rokich, Vernon J. Newton, Russell L. Barrett and Kingsley W. Dixon With Commonwealth Government proclaiming the Banksia woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain as a threatened ecological community, any study of this community is welcome. This book looks specifically at restoration ...
Read more →CSIRO Publishing. RRP $24.95 While probably aimed at teenage readers, Animal Eco-Warriors is enjoyable read for all ages. The book consists of thirteen fascinating chapters, each focussing on an example of how a particular species is used to assist scientists in investigating and mitigating environmental problems. Dogs feature in a ...
Read more →GigaSaurier: die Riesen Argentiniens. Autoren, Oscar Alcober [and five others]; Übersetzung und Edition, Ilona Hauser, Bernd Herkner. Venedig [Italy]: Cubo Srl; Frankfurt am Main: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, [2010]. QE861.9.A7 G55 2010x This book was produced in 2010 by the Frankfurter Schenkenberg Nature Museum as part of an exhibition on ...
Read more →Paperback | May 2017 | $ 49.95 ISBN: 9780643097544 | 576 pages | 245 x 170 mm Publisher: CSIRO Publishing Colour Paintings, Maps – See more at: http://www.publish.csiro.au/book/6520/#details At 576 pages, this is a large, comprehensive review of Australia’s more than 900 bird species. It has many excellent features, the ...
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