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  • Wolves on the Hunt

    The Behavior of Wolves Hunting Wild Prey

    by L. David Mech ...
    The interactions between apex predators and their prey are some of the most awesome and meaningful in nature—displays of strength, endurance, and a deep coevolutionary history. And there is perhaps no apex predator more impressive and important in its hunting—or more infamous, more misjudged—than the wolf. Because of wolves' habitat, speed, and general success at evading humans, researchers have ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wolf

    by L. David Mech ...
    Throughout the continents of Eurasia and North American primitive man evolved in association with wolves. Wolves competed with him as a hunter, and raided his flocks and herds. Inevitably, folklore became rich in tales of this powerful, resourceful creature.Europeans reached North American with their attitudes already formed. The wilderness pressed in upon their tiny settlements in constant threat ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Wolf Island

    Discovering the Secrets of a Mythic Animal

    The world’s leading wolf expert describes the first years of a major study that transformed our understanding of one of nature’s most iconic creaturesIn the late 1940s, a small pack of wolves crossed the ice of Lake Superior to the island wilderness of Isle Royale, creating a perfect “laboratory” for a long-term study of predators and prey. As the wolves hunted and killed the island’s moose, a ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Wolves of Isle Royale

    by L. David Mech ...
    Mech's landmark study of wolves and moose on Isle Royale National Park on Lake Superior. The author lived among them during the three-years of his research. Isle Royale is an isolated wilderness ecosystem which is perfect for scientific study. Dr. L. David Mech is the best-known and most highly regarded wolf researcher in the world. He works with the Biological Services Division, U.S. Geological ... Read more

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  • The Ellesmere Wolves

    Behavior and Ecology in the High Arctic

    In a fascinating story of discovery and science, we meet a remote population of wolves unafraid of humans.For parts of twenty-four summers, wolf biologist L. David Mech lived with a group of wolves on Ellesmere Island, some six hundred miles from the North Pole. Elsewhere, most wolves flee from even the scent of humans, but these animals, evolving relatively free from human persecution, are ... Read more

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  • An Experimental Translocation of the Eastern Timber Wolf

    "An Experimental Translocation of the Eastern Timber Wolf" is a scientific report detailing a field experiment conducted by researchers Richard A. Hook, L. David Mech, William Laughlin Robinson, and Thomas F. Weise. The study focuses on the translocation (or relocation) of the Eastern Timber Wolf (Canis lupus lycaon) as part of a broader effort to understand the behavior and survival of wolf ... Read more

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    Wolf Island

    Discovering the Secrets of a Mythic Animal

    by L. David Mech ...
    Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 5 min

    In the late 1940s, a small pack of wolves crossed the ice of Lake Superior to the island wilderness of Isle Royale, creating a perfect "laboratory" for a long-term study of predators and prey. As the wolves hunted and killed the island's moose, a young graduate student named Dave Mech began research that would unlock the mystery of one of nature's most revered (and reviled) animals—and eventually ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Yellowstone Cougars

    Ecology before and during Wolf Restoration

    Yellowstone Cougars examines the effect of wolf restoration on the cougar population in Yellowstone National Park—one of the largest national parks in the American West. No other study has ever specifically addressed the theoretical and practical aspects of competition between large carnivores in North America. The authors provide a thorough analysis of cougar ecology, how they interact with and ... Read more

    $65.99 CAD

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    by Bob Hayes ...
    This non-fiction book is about a great mountain wilderness where wolves and their prey continue to live in a delicate, natural balance. Using a combination of narrative non-fiction and easy-to-follow essays, this book explores the natural history of the Yukon during the last 20,000 years. Part 1 - History - chronicles wolf evolution since the end of the ice age, including the great collapse of ... Read more

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  • Once They Were Hats

    In Search of the Mighty Beaver

    "Unexpectedly delightful reading—there is much to learn from the buck-toothed rodents of yore" ( National Post).Beavers, those icons of industriousness, have been gnawing down trees, building dams, shaping the land, and creating critical habitat in North America for at least a million years. Once one of the continent's most ubiquitous mammals, they ranged from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from ... Read more

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  • Twenty-Seven Years in Alaska

    True Stories of Adventure in the Alaskan Wilderness

    Twenty-Seven Years in Alaska is the story of one woman’s adventures in the remote wilderness of the north. From canoe camping next to unnamed lakes, to kayaking in Alaska’s pristine waters, she describes her many encounters with the bears, moose and other animals that make this wilderness their home. With her partner David she helped to build a cabin on a remote piece of property, off the grid and ... Read more

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  • Animal Workouts: Animal Movement Based Bodyweight Training For Everyone

    by D.M. Nordmark ...
    Workout Like An Animal!Discover How Bodyweight Exercises Based On Animal Movement Can Help You Transform Your Body And Your LifeWhat is the ultimate form of bodyweight training? Is it Tai Bo? Cross fit? Perhaps some form of running? Some of these forms of exercises are good (and others not, *cough * running *cough*) but they are not the best. If you want to perform the best bodyweight exercises ... Read more

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