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A thrilling face-to-face encounter with animals in their own environment – their elaborate displays, intimate lives, and extraordinary behaviour. Did you know that elephants give each other names, orangutans self-medicate, and rats giggle? Animal Behaviour is full of hundreds of stories that shed light on how animals navigate life in the wild. Packed with vivid wildlife photography and action sequences, every aspect of animal life and behaviour is explored and explained – from courtship rituals and birth to hunting and death. An initial overview of animal anatomy and physiology reveals the science and biomechanics that underpin animal behaviour, while later chapters thematically break down the intricacies of animal feeding, development, communication, intelligence, learning, and other behavioural characteristics.

Learn about play through river otters, see socialization among parrots at the riverbank, and catch prey with a fishing spider. Feature panels throughout the book explore the biology behind these traits, introduce case studies from the field, and highlight critical conservation issues facing these animals. Animal Behaviour has been created in collaboration with internationally renowned zoologist and TV presenter Charlotte Uhlenbroek and a team of wildlife experts to ensure up-to-date and accurate information.

• Publisert: 2025
• Antall sider: 480
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9780241719916

• Forfattere: Bikram Grewal, Tripta Sood og Manjula Mathur
• Publisert: Juni 2022
• Utgave: 1. utgave
• Antall sider: 400
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781913679019

Alltid beredt! er en «speiderbok» for deg som vil nyte naturen. Boka gir deg grunnleggende friluftslivkunnskap og praktiske tips for vellykkede turer, slik at du kan klare deg selv i naturen og ta turene dine til nye høyder.

Nordmenns interesse for natur og friluftsliv har eksplodert de siste årene, og vi søker ut i naturen året rundt. Vi vil ut, og vi vil lære! For å mestre livet ute i vær og vind kreves innsikt og praktiske ferdigheter. Petter Schjerven har lang og bred erfaring med friluftsliv, og et brennende ønske om at flere skal oppdage gleden ved å være mer ute i naturen.

I Alltid beredt! deler han raust av sin kunnskap, og lærer oss blant annet hvordan vi kan lage en leirplass, tenne et bål, lage en snøhule og finne den smarteste veien.

• Forfatter: Petter Schjerven
• Publisert: 2023
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Norsk
• ISBN: 9788248931713

Har du opplevd stjernemylderet over Langsuas vinterkledde vidder, sett solnedgangen glitre i sommerlig hav eller kjent suget i magen på høstferie i Jotunheimen? Drømmer du om villmarkspåske i Femundsmarka, å styre ditt eget hundesledespann, eller kanskje du har lyst til å lære deg turskøyting?

Dette er en bok om natur og friluftsliv til fire årstider. Du får over 100 tips til nærturer, langturer, hytter og aktiviteter. Her er inspirasjon til hverdagsgleder og feriesteder, både når perleugla synger i februar og løvet spretter i mai, men også når bølgene glefser og verden er tung av tåke.

Med denne boka vil lære noe nytt om naturen gjennom de ulike årstidene, finne større glede i turene dine og oppdage flere gode grunner til å tilbringe Året Ute!

• Forfatter: Hege og Stine Schultz Heireng
• Publisert: 2024
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Norsk bokmål
• ISBN: 9788205606289

Ta med barna ut på tur, skap minner for livet!

Her er turinspirasjon til alle familier. Du finner alt fra korte utflukter, overnattingsturer og spesielle hytter til tips om morsomme aktiviteter og spennende utfordringer. Det er passe skumle spøkelseshuler, ville akebakker og kule steder å klatre. I tillegg er boka full av koselige hytter og fjellstuer som passer spesielt for de minste. Boka har turforslag fra hele landet, til skogs, ved sjøen, på fjellet og i nærheten av de store byene.

Med DNTs beste innsidetips kan du finne fram til rimelige, morsomme og tilgjengelige opplevelser som både store og små vil huske resten av livet.

DNT er Norges største friluftslivsorganisasjon med over 330 000 medlemmer. DNT jobber for å tilrettelegge for et enkelt og naturvennlig friluftsliv for alle, og for å ta vare på den naturen vi ferdes i. Generalsekretær Dag Terje Klarp Solvang elsker å gå på tur og deler gjerne sine favoritter. Han har vokst opp på gård og er en ivrig forkjemper for at både vi og de som kommer etter oss, skal kunne ha glede av naturen.

• Forfatter: Dag Terje Klarp Solvang
• Publisert: 2024
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Norsk bokmål
• ISBN: 9788202825751

Venture into the woods alongside a pioneering female mycologist. This one-of-a-kind, keepsake volume celebrates the timeless fascination of fungi. Very little is known about M.

F. Lewis—not even her first name. Mysterious, prolific, and deeply enamored with the world of mushrooms, she left us a treasure trove of mycological illustrations.

For over forty years, from 1860 to 1902, Lewis rambled across England and Wales, recording an astonishing biodiversity of fungi. Her delicately drawn, boldly colored images evoke the strange and powerful beauty of this kingdom.  This handsome volume collects hundreds of Lewis's watercolors, contextualized by a foreword from mycologist Dr. Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian.

It's a must-have for today's mushroom lovers who are curious about the history of mycology and for any admirer of vintage botanical illustration who wants to discover something different. FASCINATING FUNGI: Mushrooms are having a real moment, but they've always captured our imaginations, even in Victorian times. Lewis's gorgeous artwork offers the modern mushroom fan a new way to appreciate their favorite kingdom.

• Forfatter: M.F. Lewis
• Publisert: Oktober 2023
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781797227412

Explore the world's most stunning gardens and gain expert knowledge you can apply to your own green space with this all-encompassing guide to gorgeous gardens! Illustrated with inspiring photography and full of fascinating insights from expert gardeners, this beautiful compilation takes you on a visual journey of some of the world's most gorgeous gardens and greenspaces, brought to you by the leading publisher in the UK gardening category, The book is split into five chapters, each focusing on a different theme. From the intricately planned and carefully curated French formal gardens of Versailles to the surrealist jungle dreamland of Mexico's Las Pozas, these gardens prove that green-fingered ingenuity comes in many forms and thrives in even the most unlikely of locations. 

Garden attractions also saw a 3% annual increase in domestic and inbound visitors, above the average for all attraction types. From urban oases like Palo Alto and The High Line, to the wild and wonderful Le Jardine Plume or Las Pozas, this book draws on areas of expertise to create a unique and informative offering in the garden travel niche. A must-have volume for garden tourists, whether solo travellers or groups whose ideal trip features an organized expert-led tour of beautiful destination gardens around the world.

Proving the perfect gift for the garden-lover in your life, this inspiring garden book is ideal for those looking to start travelling again and tailoring their trips to a post-Covid world.

• Publisert: April 2022
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9780241559246

Explore the world's natural habitats and the plants and animals that live there. From the depths of the ocean to soaring mountain peaks - via coral reefs, deserts, rainforests, and even cityscapes - discover how unexpected wildlife partnerships make up the habitats plants and animals call home. Each habitat section starts with a fascinating illustration to explain how it works, exploring the combination of conditions, plants, and animals that make it up.

It then delves deeper, telling stories about how the inhabitants interact and find their place in each habitat. Survival strategies can be extreme, including frogs that can survive frozen through winter to emerge unharmed in spring. Vying for resources, plants and animals can work together in intimate partnerships, engage in direct competition - fighting tooth and nail over resources - or adapt in particular ways to find their own niche that only they can exploit.

These intricately balanced systems create an incredible and fascinating variety of life on our planet. So what are you waiting for? 

• Publisert: Okt. 2023
• Utgave: 1. utgave
• Antall sider: 440
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9780241569498

Wander off the beaten track to uncover the world's most secret destinations: Discover an ancient gateway to the mayan underworld, a mysterious underwater monument sunken off the ryukyu islands in japan or a prehistoric village covered for centuries by a huge sand dune in the orkney islands. Travel journalist sarah baxter's evocative words instantly transport you to twenty-five of the world's most obscured places. From remote locations that visitors must trek and wade just to catch a glimpse of, to forgotten cities only recently revealed and places purposefully hidden as sanctuaries from persecution, each destination has a very human story at its heart.

Savour a moment to delight in the serenity and seclusion of the secret escapes collected in this beautifully illustrated guide, full of surprise, wonder and sights otherwise unseen.

• Publisert: 2020
• Utgave: 1. utgave
• Antall sider: 144
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781781319208

From the mountains to the ocean shores, from the wetlands to the deserts, North America teems with flora and fauna in delicately balanced ecosystems found nowhere else on Earth. With this book in hand, you will understand the language of nature and see those wild places with new eyes. You'll learn to recognize the lobed leaf of an Oracle Oak, the webbed tracks of a River Otter, and the fine, cream-colored tentacles of a Frilled Anemone.

This volume celebrates a tradition of knowledge established by the Nature Study Guild. For more than sixty years, the Guild's pocket guidebooks have helped hikers, campers, foragers, and explorers navigate the great outdoors. Now, the best of the guides' informative text and iconic illustrations are gathered in one handsome hardcover: the perfect reference for today's ramblers.

• Publisert: Desember 2022
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781797206868

• Publisert: april 2023
• Antall sider: 256
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Engelsk

Get away from it all and reignite your wanderlust with this unique collection of epic landscape photography from some of the remotest and most spectacular locations around the globe. Curated by award-winning travel and lifestyle photographer Finn Beales, Let's Get Lost offers pure visual escapism with over 200 spectacular shots of remote and beautiful places which will inspire you to get back out into the world after months and years of lockdowns and travel restrictions. For the adventurous amongst us, this book dares you to get off the beaten track and go in search of the most remarkable natural environments on the planet.

Chapters capturing off-grid coastal views, rugged mountain landscapes, majestic forests and expansive wildernesses are all featured, stirring within you a sense of adventure. From the Pacific Northwest to Southeast Asia, New Zealand to Scandinavia, these are the places where amazing photos are taken, now you need to experience them. For the armchair traveller, this book represents a breath-taking visual compendium of how beautiful the world can be, with truly awe-inspiring full page reproductions of some of Instagram's most talented landscape photographers.

Each of the photographers profiled reveal their unique stories and the little-known locations they have discovered that allow them to capture such breath-taking images, from Chris Burkard's perilous tour of Russia's extremities, and Emilie Ristevski's wanderlust-filled journey through Namibia's wild heart, to Timothy Allen's airborne search for a long-lost Bulgarian monument. 

• Publisert: 2021
• Antall sider: 240
  
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9780711256101

This new, fifth edition of Bradt's Madagascar Wildlife, first published over 25 years ago, celebrates the unique fauna of this remarkable Indian Ocean island. Written by naturalist tour-leaders and Madagascar experts, and aimed at visitors and natural-history enthusiasts alike, this guide has been thoroughly updated to reflect both the latest discoveries - on an island where new species for science are continuously discovered - and the latest developments at the country's top wildlife-tourism locations. Wildlife is the key draw for English-speaking visitors to Madagascar.

Enjoying nature couldn't be more different to continental Africa. Rather than going out on safari to see the Big Five from the safety of a jeep, in Madagascar you approach wildlife on rainforest strolls, without fear of encountering dangerous snakes or angry elephants. From its endearing lemurs and comical chameleons to the endemic birds and bizarre insects, this is the only guide to showcase the whole range of Madagascar's captivating wildlife.

It features lively descriptions of animals and their behaviour - perfect for the interested layman - complemented by 280 sumptuous colour photographs. A 'Habitats and Hotspots' chapter details the island's various ecosystems and presents concise information on where best to see fascinating species, helping readers choose which parks and reserves to visit - from Masoala and Ranomafana to Ifaty and Berenty. An incredible 90% of Madagascar's plants and animals are unique to the world's oldest island.

Accordingly, this guide also tells the story of how Madagascar came to be so different from the rest of the world, and why evolution took a different tangent to create such an extraordinary and unparalleled array of creatures. Read about Madagascar's remarkable chameleon diversity: half the world's species occur here, including the smallest and largest. And prepare to be astonished by an orchid with a ridiculously long nectary tube that prompted Charles Darwin to correctly predict that there would be a moth that had evolved an equally absurd 30-cm-long tongue to reach it.

• Forfattere: Nick Garbutt og Daniel Austin
• Publisert: August 2023
• Utgave: 5. utgave
• Antall sider: 192
  
• Språk: Engelsk
• Innbinding: Heftet
• ISBN: 9781804690970

Like our parents, they've led whole lives before we get to know them. We are made of the same stuff as the breath and cinders of volcanoes. They have long shaped the path of humanity, provoked pioneering explorations and fired up our imaginations.

They are fertile ground for agriculture, art and spirituality, as well as scientific advances, and they act as time capsules, capturing the footprints of those who came before us. World-renowned volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer has worked at the crater's edge in the wildest places on Earth, from remote peaks in the Sahara to mystical mountains in North Korea. His work reveals just how entangled volcanic activity is with our climate, economy, politics, culture and beliefs.

From Antarctica to Italy, he paints volcanoes as otherworldly, magical places where our history is laid bare and where nature speaks to something deep within us. Blending cultural history, science, myth and adventure, Mountains of Fire reminds us that, wherever we are on the planet, our stories are profoundly intertwined with volcanoes.

• Publisert: August 2023
• Utgave: 1. utgave
• Antall sider: 368
• ISBN: 9781529351095

This beautiful and inspiring book is an authoritative and timely account of our planet's natural wonders, explaining how and why our bodies and brains benefit from being in nature, as well as the importance of valuing and protecting them for future generations.

In each chapter - exploring forests, rivers, mountains, deserts and coasts - Lonely Planet offers a wealth of knowledge on why they're such enriching places to explore and where in the world we can experience the natural world through forest bathing, mountain hikes and wild swimming. From Canada's mysterious and untamed Great Bear Rainforest to the spiritually significant mountain of Kailash in Tibet, unearth 50 destinations all around the world which take you right back to the heart of the natural world.

With a combination of beautiful illustration and photography throughout, as well as contributions from award-winning travel writers such as Adam Weymouth (Kings of the Yukon) and Adam Skolnick (One Breath), this unique coffee table book is the quintessential guide to helping you reconnect with nature.

• Publisert: Oktober 2020
• Antall sider: 320
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781788689397
  

From the otherworldly landscapes of the Atacama Desert to the thundering Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, journey to jaw-dropping habitats around the world and learn about the people and creatures that have adapted to living in such extreme environments. With mind-blowing facts to be amazed by, incredible photographs throughout and advice on protecting ecosystems for future generations, this book is a fantastic and entertaining read for children.

From the world’s highest sand dunes in Iran’s inhospitable Lut Desert, the hottest place on Earth, to the world’s only marine iguanas in the remote and volcanic Galapagos Islands, writer Anne Rooney charts a course to some of the planet’s most unique ecosystems. Accompanied by incredible full-colour photographs throughout, kids will stumble upon lush rainforests, mighty mountains, scorched deserts, and much more. From the kaleidoscopic corals of the Great Barrier Reef to untouched tropical rainforests in Papua New Guinea, no corner of our extreme earth is left unturned!

Suitable for children ages 6-8.

• Forfatter: Anne Rooney
• Publisert: September 2020
• Antall sider: 104
• Innbinding: Heftet
• ISBN: 9781838690847

Du og jeg er innvevd i naturens flettverk, mye tettere enn du tror. Millioner av arter gir oss mat, medisin og et levelig miljø, i tillegg til at naturen gir oss kunnskap og glede.

På engasjerende vis forteller Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson spennende og tankevekkende fortellinger om naturen. Forfatteren tar oss med ut i regnskogen, der orkidebiene lager parfyme og pollinerer nøttene du spiser i jula. Inn i den svale skyggen under bygatenes store trær, de som gjør at vi trenger mindre luftkjøling. Ned i skyttergravene der soldatene brukte selvlysende sopp som lykt i måneløse netter. Vi får lese om trær i gammelskogen som gir oss kreftmedisin og isfuglen som inspirerte konstruksjonen av lyntog. Men også om hvordan vår framferd kan sette alt dette i fare. For i vår evne til å utnytte naturen, ligger også risikoen for å undergrave vårt eget livsgrunnlag. Vi snakker i dag om en naturkrise, der arter trues og levesteder forsvinner - en krise like akutt og alvorlig som klimakrisen. Skal vi sikre vår egen framtid, må vi endre måten vi lever på. Vi må lære oss å spille på lag med naturen.

• Forfatter: Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
• Publisert: 2020
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• ISBN: 9788248926405

Er planter bedre problemløsere enn mennesker? Stefano Mancuso mener det, og i Planterevolusjonen gir han en overbevisende vitenskapelig begrunnelse.

Planter utgjør 80 prosent av alt levende på jorden, og likevel er det så lett å glemme at disse små, unnselige organismene ikke bare er ansvarlig for livsviktig oksygen, men også for mye vi tar for gitt i vårt moderne liv: medisin, mat og fossilt brennstoff.

Stefano Mancuso, en av verdens ledende forskere på plantenes nevrobiologi, viser i denne boken plantenes overraskende evne til innovasjon, til å huske og å lære, og dermed vise oss kreative løsninger på de mest presserende teknologiske og økologiske problemer vi står overfor i dag. Til tross for at planter verken har hjerne eller et sentralnervesystem, «leser» de i enda større grad enn dyr sine omgivelser. De utforsker effektivt og reagerer raskt på mulige ytre farer, og takket være deres desentraliserte kommandolinjer er de i stand til å huske tidligere farlige situasjoner og tilpasse seg nye omstendigheter.

• Forfattere: Stefano Mancuso
• Publisert: 2019
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• ISBN: 9788202568481

Houseplants have the power to transform any room. With their lush foliage and structural beauty, they help create indoor oases that bring a sense of tranquility to our busy lives. Fostering a connection to plants has many positive implications for us and our environment by strengthening our relationship with the natural world.

In Plantopedia, Lauren Camilleri and Sophia Kaplan from Leaf Supply present the definitive guide to keeping happy, healthy houseplants in any space. 

• Publisert: 2020
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Engelsk
• Antall sider: 416
• ISBN: 9781925811773

Dette er historien om hvordan psykologen kurerte sin egen kjærlighetssorg ved å bli en utesovende friluftselsker med hang til kaffebål og mosegrodde skoger.

Vi følger Johanne Refseth fra friluftslivets spede begynnelse i Nordmarka til langturer på Norges vidder, mens hun forteller om psykologien bak det å være menneske. Om hvorfor følelser blir til magesmerter, indre uro, hodepine og konsentrasjonsproblemer. Og om hvordan vi deretter begynner å unngå de indre signalene ved å kritisere oss selv, utsette ting, ikke tørre å være lykkelige eller skrolle oss vekk fra følelsene.

Via furubål, soloppganger og nyfisket ørret viser Refseth hvordan du kan bli kvitt fysiske problemer ved å bli kjent med følelsene dine, og hvordan du får bukt med destruktive tankemønster og ødeleggende vaner og blir et helt menneske igjen.

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The Rough Guide to Rewilding in Britain - the latest picture-packed addition to Rough Guides' Inspirational series - reveals 15 destinations to take travellers across Britain to some of its most beautiful and wild escapes in nature in a brand-new, inspirational coffee-table book. With an introduction to the importance of rewilding and an in-depth overview of what it entails to explanations on the importance of soil health and leaving no trace of your visit to volunteering and how to get involved, all the basics are covered, plus there's an inspirational photo-laden Best of Britain section featuring some of the most amazing nature and wildlife that you will encounter on your travels. Whether you are planning a weekend away or a day-trip, Rewilding in Britain will reawaken your love with nature.

The expert-selected destinations are organised by season to encourage rewarding year-round trips, managing expectations of what to see and when. Every entry boasts an overview of what makes it special, be it the places to stay and glamping spots, wildlife safaris or wonderful walking trails. From family-friendly estates to off-the-beaten track initiatives, there's something for everyone.

Each destination will also feature a map and key with a quick rundown of what you can do there. Enlivened by photos, every entry also includes essential tips on what to see and do, with recommendations for the best places to eat, drink and sleep, when to visit and facilities on site. Throughout, engaging text and inviting images combine to give a strong flavour of each destination, with a focus on what makes each spot rewarding and unmissable.

• Publisert: Juli 2024
• Antall sider: 232
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781835290118

Folk blir mer og mer opptatt av spiselige, ville vekster. I Sankeboka vår lærer du deg å identifisere disse ville vekstene og hvor de vokser. Kunnskap om de ulike artene er viktig når du skal ut i naturen. Boka beskriver sesongens spiselige vekster utførlig, du får kunnskap om de viktigste kjennetegnene, om lukt, farge og hvordan de ser ut. Ravneberg gir også tips om hvordan best bruke dem.

• Forfatter: Jørgen Ravneberg
• Publisert: 2022
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Norsk
• ISBN: 9788202747732

En perle av en bok fra en av Sveriges aller fineste forfattere!

kke noe sted i Sverige har så rik fauna av sommerfugler som Stockholms skjærgård. Forfatter og entomolog Fredrik Sjöberg har gjennom arbeidet med denne essaysamlingen funnet alle sammen. "Mine studier har beregenet at det totalt finnes 78 ulike dagsommerfugler i Stockholms skjærgård. Rikdom kan måles på mange vis. Denne er en av de aller beste", sier Sjöberg selv. Selv om boka skildrer alle sommerfuglene som finnes i skjærgården, er den ikke en feltguide, men en samling personlige fortellinger som lokker, forundrer og er full av kunnskap. Boken er dessuten rikt illustrert med akvareller fra tidlig 1800-tallet.

Utgitt: 2022
Forlag: Cappelen Damm
Innbinding: Innbundet
Språk: Norsk Bokmål
Sider: 165

Jordkloden med sine fjell, sletter og havbassenger har alltid vært under endring, drevet av kontinentbevegelser, vulkaner og istider. Men i dag er det menneskets aktiviteter som bidrar mest til endringene på jordoverflaten. Spor i stein gir et sveip over jordklodens dannelse, oppbygging og de geologiske prosessene. Mennesket har lært å utnytte de geologiske ressursene til råvarer, matproduksjon og energi. I utgangspunktet til glede for menneskeheten, men etter hvert også til stor skade for vårt bomiljø. Hvor mye natur må vi ofre for å gi flest mulig et verdig liv? Denne boka legger fram de faglige premissene som er en forutsetning for å kunne treffe kloke beslutninger om vår og våre barns fremtid.

• Forfatter: Torbjørn Kaland
• Publisert: 2021
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Norsk bokmål
• Antall sider: 271
• ISBN: 9788293818083

Sustainable Travel er en grundig og overkommelig guide for alle som ønsker å reise mer ansvarlig, og påvirke positivt. Bærekraftsekspert Holly Tuppen avslører hvordan du kan gjøre en forskjell gjennom å redusere karbonavtrykket ditt, støtte lokale fellesskap og beskytte kulturarv, naturmangfold og styrke økosystem. Hun deler erfaringer om hvordan verdsette de kortreiste opplevelsene, og hvordan få reisen til å telle de gangene man reiser lenger hjemmefra. 

Inkludert i guiden er verdens beste regenerative reiseopplevelser, med anbefalte ecotours, community tourism-initiativ, destinasjoner som tar ansvar, og "grønne" steder å bo. 

• Forfatter: Holly Tuppen
• Publisert: Juni 2021
• Antall sider: 160
• Innbinding: Innbundet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN:  9780711256019