Explore the remarkable journeys undertaken by animals in this captivating exploration of the animal kingdom. The book delves into the unique challenges and experiences faced by various species, highlighting their survival instincts and the extraordinary migrations that define their lives. With rich detail and engaging storytelling, readers will gain insight into the interconnectedness of nature and the resilience of wildlife as they embark on their epic adventures.
An engaging blend of conservation stories and humorous, personal anecdotes from Philippa Forrester about women who, like her, choose to live and work in the wild.Surviving in the wilderness has long been associated with men, and traditionally conservation and environmental biology have been male-dominated subjects. Yet many remarkable women also choose to live and work in wild and challenging landscapes. In her new book, Philippa Forrester studies and celebrates what it means to be a wild woman.Taking an anthropological approach, Philippa considers the grit and determination required for women to maintain connections to wildlife. She reveals stories of female conservation heroes and other extraordinary wild women and relates some of her own experiences from three decades spent travelling around the world working in some of the wildest places on Earth. What does it take for a woman to live or work in the wild? Which qualities help women to survive and thrive in the most challenging of natural environments?Talking to women from around the world, she examines how these women benefit from a life spent in the wilderness and considers what the natural world gains from them. And as she explores our relationship with the wild, Philippa contemplates what we expect and need from nature and ponders why we still feel a pull towards it despite living pasteurised lives disconnected from the natural world.
A chance to move to the US Wild West allows TV presenter Philippa Forrester to fulfil a lifelong dream of living among and learning all she can about wolves When Philippa Forrester and her nature-loving family moved to the wilds of Grand Teton National Park, they quickly learned to love the wildlife of Wyoming and nearby Yellowstone. The sounds of wolves close to their new home fed Philippa's lifelong fascination with these remarkable animals, but nothing she had learned about wolves from her studies in the UK could have prepared her for the reality of living in wolf country. And as she and her family settled into their new wilder way of life, she discovered many locals are not excited about sharing their land with wolves. Twenty-five years after wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, wolf packs are spreading into areas where their protection has been removed by the American administration. Without that protection, what is the future for wolves where many people resent that they were ever here at all? In On the Trail of Wolves, Philippa vividly recounts her adventures living among the grizzlies, elk and wolves in her new home in America's Wild West and chronicles her journeys further from home to talk to conservationists, rangers, hunters and ranch owners to investigate when and why opinions on wolves became so polarised.
Die spektakulärsten Tierwanderungen – von klein bis groß, über Land und durch die Lüfte! Milliarden von Tieren begeben sich weltweit auf unglaubliche Reisen. In diesem Kinderbuch begleiten die jungen Leser*innen Säugetiere, Vögel, Fische, Reptilien und Insekten auf ihren Routen. Detailreiche Fotos und bezaubernde Illustrationen zeigen die Wanderungen von Kaiserpinguinen, Schildkröten und Heuschrecken auf der Suche nach Nahrung, einem neuen Zuhause oder wärmeren Klimazonen. Spannende Fakten für kleine Tierfreund*innen verdeutlichen die beeindruckenden Reiserouten der Tiere zu Land, im Wasser und in der Luft. Über 100 Tierarten werden vorgestellt, von dem rekordverdächtigen Flug der Küstenseeschwalbe bis zu den langen Routen von Wölfen und den Millionen von Gnus in Afrika. Spektakuläre Fotos und naturgetreue Illustrationen erwecken Herden und Schwärme zum Leben und zeigen verschiedene Lebenszyklen. Die Reisewege werden klar durch Karten und Schaubilder dargestellt. Von alltäglichen Insekten bis zu Haien, die Plankton über große Entfernungen folgen – dieses Buch erzählt die Geschichten der faszinierendsten Tierwanderungen. Spannend und wunderschön illustriert, ist es ein Tierbuch für Kinder ab 8 Jahren, die Tiere auf ihren Wanderungen begleiten möchten.
