The Queensland Museum's Wild Guide series now includes nine handy pocket guides! Find out more about ants, freshwater fish, frogs, spiders, insects, birds, raptors and snakes with these new guides. They are a steal at only $9.95. Find out More...
of Northeastern New South Wales
The long-awaited Field Guide to the Freshwater Crayfishes of Northeastern New South Wales brings this important faunal group into the public spotlight for the first time. Based on the author's extensive PhD research on these animals, the field guide presents both an informative identification guide and biological profiles for all species in the area. Each step of the identification process is accompanied by clear, diagnostic photographs. In addition, an illustrated overview of crayfish features will bring inexperienced users up to speed. Most of the information and photographs have previously been unavailable to the public. Our Price: $27.50. Find out More...
Revised Edition
An Introduction to Australian Insects has been a leading textbook on the identification of Australian insects since it was first published in 1982. Since then it has been an outstanding and yet accessible reference tool for anyone curious about Australia's fascinating insects. While it can be easily understood by those with little or no formal training in insect identification, it also contains enough detailed and up-to-date scientific information to satisfy natural history buffs and students of entomology. RRP $29.95. Find Out More...
Second Edition
A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Australian Waters is a complete summary of Australia's known crustaceans. It is the only book of its kind. A great deal of research has been undertaken since the first edition of this book was published. Our knowledge has expanded and with it our understanding of some very strange and 'clever' life cycles and adaptations, and some very curious behaviours. This second edition incorporates up-to-date information, checked by world experts, and even features some of the recently discovered subterranean crustaceans, some of which have never - literally - seen the light of day. Price: $38.50. Find Out More...
A Guide to the Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Temperate Australia
The Waterbug Book contains an easy-to-use key to all macroinvertebrate groups and includes high quality colour photographs of live specimens. It provides a wealth of basic information on the biology of macroinvertebrates and describes the SIGNAL method for assessing river health. The book is full of practical tips about where to find various animals and what their presence indicates about their environment. RRP $36.95. Find Out More...
Second Edition
Whether you're an amateur insect enthusiast, a student or an entomologist, this updated and revised second edition of A Field Guide to Insects in Australia will help you to identify insects from all the major insect groups. It will enable you to differentiate between a dragonfly and a damselfly or a cricket and a grasshopper. You'll find cockroaches, termites, praying mantids, beetles, cicadas, moths, butterflies, ants and bees. More than 250 colour photographs show the insects in their natural habitat. The line drawings clearly illustrate subtle differences where identification is tricky. RRP $32.95. Find Out More...
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An Introduction to Marine Life introduces the broad diversity of marine life to amateur naturalists, beachcombers, divers and others who have an interest in life in the sea. All major kinds of living marine organisms are featured from seaweeds to seabirds, seawhips to seahorses, both common and obscure. Dangerous marine life, introduced species and fishing bait species are all described and illustrated. Further references, a glossary and indexes to scientific and common names are included Price: $19.95. Find Out More...
This guide aims to familiarise amateur naturalists, beachcombers, divers and others who have an interest in crabs, hermit crabs and their close relatives: what they do, how they behave, their environment, ecology and diversity. Species descriptions are accompanied by colour photographs, line drawings and illustrations for easy recognition. Maps, further references, a glossary, scientific and common name indexes are also included. Price: $19.95 Find Out More...