From domestic livestock to the exotic subjects of popular entertainment and amusement to the “wee beasties” that cohabited with and plagued its human residents, London teemed with a variety of life.
Creatures of the City
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Entomophobia Examined
Are you afraid of insects? Probably not likely as you’re reading a website dedicated to books about natural history; however many are – even, paradoxically, some of the very people who study them.
Gladiators of the Sea
Both apex oceanic predators and coveted prizes to anglers; swordfish, sailfish, and marlin have long dominated their environment as well as the human imagination.
Raptors the Crossley Way
Not long after The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds was first published, enthusiastic early adopters of its revolutionary new visual learning method for mastering the art of field identification began asking “When is the next volume going to be published?”