"The remarkable true story of the world's first giraffologist. At three years old, Anne Dagg saw her first giraffe and never stopped thinking about it. Her desire to study the world's tallest animal followed her from preschool to graduate school, from Canada to South Africa. And often, people laughed at her quest. The scientific study of giraffes was non-existent at the time. And by a woman? Unheard of. But by following her love of giraffes, Dr. Anne...

Crow Lake is that rare find, a first novel so quietly assured, so emotionally pitch perfect, you know from the opening page that this is the real thing—a literary experience in which to lose yourself, by an author of immense talent.
Here is a gorgeous, slow-burning story set in the rural “badlands” of northern Ontario, where heartbreak and hardship are mirrored in the landscape. For the farming Pye family, life...

When William Beebe was born in 1877, scientists had only begun to explore the natural world, a world that fascinated Beebe even as a child. He studied migratory birds, rain forest canopies, and ocean depths. Beebe was a pioneer of ecology, observing wildlife in their natural habitats.

A novel set both in the distant past and the dystopian future explores extinction and survival, family and hope.

"A biography of Abraham Dee Bartlett and how he helped to invent the modern zoo"--Provided by publisher.

An evolutionary zoologist discovers prehistoric creatures alive and well in the present day. Unexplained anomalies are ripping holes in the fabric of time, allowing dinosaurs to escape the past and roam the modern world.

Discusses the work of Bob Mason and his efforts to study and protect snakes, particularly red-sided garter snakes.