Penguin Books Australia

A timely reminder of how far we've come since the days of routine slaughter, of how hard conservationists fought to bring it to an end, and how vigilant we must be in making sure that the dark days of whaling are behind us forever.' - Tim Winton

In 1960, when he was a fifteen-year-old schoolboy at Timbertop, Peter Nicholson began to investigate the secret world of wombats by crawling down their burrows and making friends with them. In this enthralling book James Woodford, bestselling author...

Vanessa Woods, Australian scientist and author, thinks she has found her true love: chimpanzees. But in a reckless moment, she accepts a marriage proposal from a man she barely knows – and agrees to join him on a research trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo. All she knows is that they'll be studying bonobos, an extremely endangered species of ape with whom humans share 98.7% of our DNA...

The beauty and drama of the bird world brought to breathtaking life in a compact format

From hummingbirds weighing less than a coin to monkey-eating eagles this is a unique celebration of birds, photographed and studied in their natural environments around the world.

This book celebrates our amazing bird varieties, from lyrebirds with their superb ability to mimic sounds, to strange flightless birds and dazzling parrots. Unrivalled in scope, this major title will appeal to anyone with even a passing interest in Australia's birds.

The introductory section explores bird anatomy and behaviour, taking an in-depth look at topics such as wing structure, flight, feeding...