Wildlife: mammals: general interest

The Age of Cats: How Cats Evolved from the Savannah to your Sofa

The past, present and future of the world’s most popular and beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat lover.

‘Engaging and wide-ranging … The Age of Cats is a readable and informed exploration of the wildcat that lurks within Fluffy’ Washington Post

Orchard: A Year in England’s Eden

By the Wainwright-Conservation-Prize-winning author of Rebirding

Spend a year in an orchard, celebrating its imperilled, overlooked abundance of life.

The Hidden World of the Fox

‘A lovely little book … quietly lyrical, often funny and gently persuasive’ Sunday Times

‘Succinct, clear, sophisticated. I couldn’t stop reading it’ Jeff VanderMeer

Collins New Naturalist Library – Hedgehog (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 137)

The hedgehog is regularly voted Britain’s favourite mammal, and yet we know surprisingly little about the life of this spiny mammal. Pat Morris provides an all-encompassing new study of the hedgehog and its habitat, shedding new light on conservation efforts crucial to the survival of this charming creature of our countryside.

The Otters’ Tale

Shortlisted for THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2017

‘The best popular account of the lives of otters written so far’ Richard Shelton, Times Literary Supplement

The Great Soul of Siberia: In Search of the Elusive Siberian Tiger

There are five races of tiger on our planet and all but one live in tropical regions: the Siberian Tiger Panthera tigris altaica is the exception. Mysterious and elusive, and with only 350 remaining in the wild, the Siberian tiger remains a complete enigma. One man has set out to change this.

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