Zampe e code, pinne e piume aspettano i ragazzi tra le pagine di questo libro, che racconta tutto quello che c'è da sapere sul variegato mondo degli animali domestici: cani e gatti, naturalmente, ma anche pesci, pappagalli, criceti, conigli, tartarughe... Un vero e proprio zoo tra le mura di casa, raccontato attraverso una grafica vivace e coloratissima, fotografie e testi divertenti e semplici, ricchi di curiosità, che permetteranno ai giovani lettori di conoscere meglio i loro amici a quattro zampe. Completano il volume una serie di divertenti giochi, quiz, e attività oltre a suggerimenti e consigli per prendersi cura dei propri animali. Età di lettura: da 6 anni.

Noted science writer Virginia Morell explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising and moving exploration into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated animals.

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a fish? Or a parrot, dolphin, or elephant? Do they experience thoughts that are similar to ours, or have feelings of grief and love? These are tough questions, but scientists are answering them. They know that ants teach, earthworms make decisions, and that rats love to be tickled. They’ve discovered that dogs have thousand-word vocabularies, that parrots and dolphins have names, and that birds practice their songs in their sleep. But how do scientists know these things?
Animal Wise takes us on a dazzling odyssey into the inner world of animals from ants to wolves, and among the pioneering researchers who are leading the way into once-forbidden territory: the animal mind. With thirty years of experience covering the sciences, Morell uses her formidable gifts as a story-teller to transport us to field sites and laboratories around the world, introducing us to animal-cognition scientists and their surprisingly intelligent and sensitive subjects. She explores how this rapidly evolving, controversial field has only recently overturned old notions about why animals behave as they do. She probes the moral and ethical dilemmas of recognizing that even “lesser animals” have cognitive abilities such as memory, feelings, personality, and self-awareness–traits that many in the twentieth century felt were unique to human beings.
By standing behaviorism on its head, Morell brings the world of nature brilliantly alive in a nuanced, deeply felt appreciation of the human-animal bond, and she shares her admiration for the men and women who have simultaneously chipped away at what we think makes us distinctive while offering a glimpse of where our own abilities come from.


From the Hardcover edition.

Let the fur fly with tons of photos and facts about our animal friends. Did you know that a cat's top speed is about 31 miles per hour, that a dog can make about 100 different facial expressions, or that many birds' feathers weigh more than their bones? Find out everything you ever wanted to know about our beloved pets--whether scaly, slithery, four-legged, or feathered--in National Geographic Kids Everything Pets. Filled with fabulous and funny photos and peppered with fun facts, this is a must-have for all young animal lovers, sure to satisfy kids' curiosity about every kind of pet.

Un viaggio che ci accompagna lungo le rive del Nilo Azzurro, dalle sue sorgenti sui monti etiopi fino al confine sudanese. Un trekking e un viaggio fluviale che, mai prima d'ora, sono stati compiuti in modo ininterrotto. Imbevuto di storia e immerso nell'avventura, questo libro combina il brivido della navigazione, lungo percorsi di rapide e cascate, con un ritratto di antiche culture e popolazioni che si sono insediate lungo questo corso d'acqua che si snoda attraverso uno dei più spettacolari e aspri paesaggi d'Africa. Considerato ancora oggi un viaggio rischioso - tra coccodrilli, malaria e banditi armati - rimane sempre un'esperienza indimenticabile, che ci fa conoscere gente meravigliosa, cordiale e solare, nonché una terra esotica ricca di tradizioni che si tramandano dai tempi del Re Salomone e della Regina di Saba.

No other family in history has dominated a scientific field as the Leakey family has. Louis, Mary, and Richard Leakey have made key fossil discoveries that have shaped and reshaped our understanding of human origins. As a member of the tiny minority of scientists who believed that humankind originated in Africa millions of years ago, Louis Leakey helped to lay the theoretical groundwork for the science of paleoanthropology. In Ancestral Passions, Virginia Morell has written the first full biography of the Leakeys, a vivid portrait of a family whose contributions to science remain unmatched.