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自分の婚活よりバッタの婚活!?　日本、モーリタニア、モロッコ、アメリカ、フランス――世界中を飛び回り、13年にわたり重ねてきたフィールドワークと実験は…

おしゃべりするアリを研究する「アリ先生」による面白すぎるアリの生態・葉っぱを切って集め、キノコを育てるハキリアリは超おしゃべり！？・アリは極寒、酷暑の砂漠でも活動でき、海中に住むアリも！？

アリに乗る！ 餌をねだる!! アリを食べる!!!アリの巣の居候、キミらは一体何者だ？アリの行列をじっと眺めていると、アリ以外の生き物が何食わぬ顔で混じっていることがある。

生き物たちは、驚くほど人間に似ている。ネズミは冷たい雨に濡れた仲間を助けるためにわざわざ出かけるし、アリは女王のためには自爆だっていとわない。カケスは雛を育てるために集団で保育園を運営しているし、ゾウは亡くなった家族のために葬儀を行う。

つい最近まで、動物には複雑な思考はないとされ、研究もほとんどされてこなかった。ところが近年、動物の認知やコミュニケーションに関する研究が進むと、驚くべきことが分かってきた。例えば、小鳥のシジュウカラは仲間にウソをついてエサを得るそうだ。

その鳥は、たしかにヒトと会話していた 言語観、動物観をぬり替えた感動の名著。人と動物は、音声を用いて会話できるのか？

笑える！？　泣ける！？　マネできる！？３３種の動物たちの、ユニークな求愛方法がわかる図鑑。……おまけに、人に置きかえるとどうなるかイラスト化！

ある日家の玄関を開けると、黒くて大きな影が潜んでいた。「おいっ」と声をかけると、クマは私の脇腹をかすって逃げた――。 著者はこれまで3000回以上クマに遭遇し、9回襲われ、何とか生還してきた。振り返ると目の前にクマがいたこともあれば、クマと一緒に寝たこともある。

Step into the fields, woods, and marshes of early twentieth-century New England with one of America's most graceful nature writers. In this collection of nine essays, Dallas Lore Sharp turns his naturalist's eye on the small, often-overlooked dramas of the countryside: a hawk's raid on a flock...

A human history of birds—charting how our lives have been intimately connected with these winged creatures since we first evolved out of the trees From the ancient Egyptian mummified ibises to Yankee Doodle’s famous feathered cap, to the more obscure Arm and Hammer Company bird cards tucked...

What causes bear attacks? When should you play dead and when should you fight an attacking bear? What do we know about black and grizzly bears and how can this knowledge be used to avoid bear attacks? And, more generally, what is the bear’s future? Bear Attacks is a thorough and unflinching...

Dominating victories, great duels, and astounding rallies make up some of horse racing’s greatest moments. Award-winning racing writer Edward L. Bowen captures these and more in At the Wire, a compilation of nearly thirty races plus Breeders’ Cup highlights that have earned a solid place in...

A rollicking deep dive into the invasive spread of Burmese pythons, from their devastation of regional ecosystems to the eclectic group of scientists, hunters, and snake enthusiasts fighting to protect the South's last wild spaces Somewhere in Miami in the 1970s, someone got tired of owning a...

There's nothing quite like the incredible relationship between a human and a dog. From the moment we lay eyes on an adorable puppy or a wonderful adult dog who becomes part of our life journey, we share innumerable moments of pure joy with our furry best friends. With forty-five original pieces...

Известный автор-натуралист Сай Монтгомери исследует эмоциональный и физический мир осьминогов, удивительные отношения, складывающиеся между людьми и этими животными, а также знакомит нас с сообществом увлеченных специалистов и энтузиастов, сложившимся вокруг этих сложных, умных и общительных животных.

In the Catskills gathers eight of John Burroughs's finest nature essays, first published by Houghton Mifflin in 1910 with photographic illustrations by Clifton Johnson. Burroughs — nicknamed "John o' Birds" for his devotion to birdlife and often credited with creating the modern nature essay...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE WINNER OF THE HAWTHORNDEN PRIZE I had attached myself to the birds. I couldn’t move on until the birds moved on, and the birds couldn’t move on without the spring. One winter, after an enforced period of recuperation, William Fiennes finds himself...

A writer's search for inspiration, beauty and solace leads her to birds in this intimate and exuberant meditation on creativity and life—a field guide to things small and significant. For Vladimir Nabokov, it was butterflies. For John Cage, it was mushrooms. For Sylvia Plath, it was bees. Each...

Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be. 'I found this book amazing' Daniel Kahneman, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & Slow The entirety of the human brain’s 4-billion-year story can be...

** Now a major TV series on Channel 5 ** Since they were first published, James Herriot’s memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Creatures Great and Small is a heart-warming story of determination, love and...