African Wildlife & Flora Books

EAST AFRICAN WILDLIFE (BRADT TRAVEL GUIDE) 

by Philip Briggs (Author)

The wildlife of east Africa is the major attraction for visitors to this region, with the legendary game reserves of Serengeti and the Maasai Mara. This new visitor’s guide provides a colorful overview of the region’s variety of large mammals together with an insight into their habits and habitats. The book also provides an excellent introduction to the region’s less heralded variety of ‘small stuff’ – including1,500 bird species and butterflies.

AFRICA’S TOP WILDLIFE COUNTRIES: SAFARI PLANNING GUIDE TO BOTSWANA, KENYA, NAMIBIA, SOUTH AFRICA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA, ZAMBIA AND ZIMBABWE 

Africa’s Top Wildlife Countries highlights and compares wildlife reserves and other major attractions in the continent’s best countries for game viewing — making the planning of the journey of a lifetime easy! African countries, and the wildlife reserves within them, vary greatly as to the types and quality of safari experiences they offer. This is the only guidebook that effectively assists readers in choosing the best destinations for the kind of wildlife experience they would most enjoy by comparing travel options among all the top wildlife countries.

ANIMALS OF AFRICA

by Thomas Allen

LONELY PLANET WATCHING WILDLIFE: SOUTHERN AFRICA 

by Luke Hunter (Author), Susan Rhind (Author)

Searching for springboks? Chasing big cats? This innovative, all-in-one safari guide will help you to find, identify and understand Southern Africa’s amazing wildlife.

Covers: Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

WATCHING WILDLIFE EAST AFRICA (LONELY PLANET WILDLIFE TRAVEL)

by David Andrew

FIELD GUIDE TO MAMMALS OF THE KRUGER NATIONAL PARK 

“The Kruger National Park in Southern Africa boasts a huge variety of mammals, ranging from bats and rodents to bushbabies and elephants. This book provides detailed information on the distribution and habitat, diet, reproduction, physical characteristics and behaviour of each species, as well as predation rates and percentage kills – unique and specific to this world-famous wilderness.

MAMMALS OF MADAGASCAR: A COMPLETE GUIDE 

The mammals that inhabit Madagascar are among the most extraordinary in the world. This portable guide offers a full survey and classification of all the Malagasy mammals, both endemic and introduced, including many new species only recently identified. With vivid color photographs, line illustrations, and maps, Mammals of Madagascar: A Complete Guide is an essential volume for any tourist or biologist who visits the island―or wishes to.

AFRICA’S TOP WILDLIFE COUNTRIES, SIXTH EDITION 

by Mark W. Nolting (Author), Duncan Butchart (Illustrator)

Starting from scratch, Africa’s Top Wildlife Countries answers such questions as: What safari options are available? What countries offer the kind of experience I am seeking? When is the best time to go? Covering Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, Swaziland, Mauritius, and the Seychelles Islands, this is a complete guide for anyone planning a trip to Africa. Its user-friendly format makes planning a safari easy by highlighting and comparing wildlife reserves, depicting and describing types of accommodations and other major attractions.

WILDLIFE OF EAST AFRICA (PRINCETON POCKET GUIDES) 1ST EDITION

by Martin B. Withers (Author), David Hosking (Author)

Those looking for a concise yet informative, visually breathtaking yet affordable East African safari need look no further than this spectacular field guide. Featuring full-color photos of 475 common species of bird, mammal, snake, lizard, insect, tree, and flower, Wildlife of East Africa takes us on an exquisite one-volume tour through the living splendor of the main national parks and game reserves of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

WILD EDENS: AFRICA’S PREMIER GAME PARKS AND THEIR WILDLIFE (LOUISE LINDSEY MERRICK NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SERIES)

by Joseph James Shomon

AFRICAN WILDLIFE: A PHOTOGRAPHIC SAFARI 

by Stephen J. Krasemann (Author), Barbara Bach (Author)

WILDLIFE

by Mitsuaki Iwago (Author, Photographer)

THE SAFARI COMPANION: A GUIDE TO WATCHING AFRICAN MAMMALS INCLUDING HOOFED MAMMALS, CARNIVORES, AND PRIMATES

Since its original publication in 1993, The Safari Companion has been the best field guide to observing and understanding the behavior of African mammals. An indispensable tool for naturalists traveling to Africa, this new edition has been revised to acknowledge the enthusiasm to those watching these magnificent animals at zoos and wildlife parks, and on film.

AFRICAN ELEPHANTS

by Reinhard Kunkel

Elephants, writes German wildlife photographer Reinhard Künkel, are strange creatures. “Despite their size,” he writes, “elephants by no means claim undisputed precedence in all their dealings with other animals. The privileges they might derive from their awesomeness and strength they are often too gentle and peaceable to claim.” Yet an elephant that makes room for an annoyingly chiding pair of crested cranes one minute will defend its territory against a curious human the next, and, as Künkel relates, some of the images in this fine suite of photographs were the result of hair-raising negotiations with elephants on their native turf.

AFRICAN ELEPHANTS: A CELEBRATION OF MAJESTY BY SHARNA BALFOUR 

by Sharna Balfour (Author)

ELEPHANT DESTINY: BIOGRAPHY OF AN ENDANGERED SPECIES IN AFRICA

by Martin Meredith (Author)

For thousands of years, the majestic elephant has roamed the African continent, as beloved by man as it has been preyed upon. But centuries of exploitation and ivory hunting have taken their toll: now, as wars and poachers continue to ravage its habitat, as disease and political strife deflect attention from its plight, the African elephant faces imminent extinction.

THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT: TWILIGHT IN EDEN (NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY BOOK) 1ST EDITION

From The National Audubon Society, an internationally known organization working on behalf of environmental and wildlife conservation causes, comes this exquisite photographic essay on the African elephant. Using dozens of full-color photographs, it depicts the life and struggles of these majestic beasts–from their significance in Roman, Greek and Victorian society to Africa’s current fight to save its elephants. Examines all facets of the African elephant’s life and provides in-depth coverage of one of the most widely covered conservation issues of today: the poaching and slaughtering of African elephants for their ivory.

ELEPHANTS (WORLDLIFE LIBRARY) BY POOLE, JOYCE (2001)

by Joyce Poole (Author)

This top-selling series introduces the wild creatures of the world and examines the natural world. Good general introductions for ages 10+, these volumes contain the knowledge, personal experiences, and research of leading naturalists and scientists, accompanied by stunning photography. Unless otherwise noted (*), all volumes are sturdy paperback.

ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR OF THE AFRICAN BUFFALO: SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND DECISION MAKING (CHAPMAN & HALL WILDLIFE ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR SERIES)

by H.H.T Prins (Author)

Over the past 30 years or so, research effort in behaviour and ecology has progressed from simple documentation of the habits or habitats of differ­ ent species to asking more searching questions about the adaptiveness of the patterns of behaviour observed; moved from documenting simply what occurs, to trying to understand why. Increasingly, studies of behav­iour or ecology explore the function of particular responses or patterns of behaviour in individuals or populations

THE KINGDON FIELD GUIDE TO AFRICAN MAMMALS: SECOND EDITION 2nd EDITION

by Jonathan Kingdon (Author)

FIELD GUIDE TO AFRICAN WILDLIFE (NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY)

by Peter Alden, Richard D. Estes, Duane Schlitter, Bunny McBrid (1996) Hardcover Flexibound

RUNNING WILD: DISPELLING THE MYTHS OF THE AFRICAN WILD DOG

by John McNutt (Author), Lesley Boggs (Author), Helene Heldring (Author, Photographer), Dave Hamman (Author, Photographer)

CHEETAHS (WLL)

by Luke Hunter (Author)

CHEETAH (BIG CAT DIARY)

by Jonathan Scott (Author), Angela Scott (Author)

This companion to the successful BBC1 Big Cat Diary series, goes beyond the day-to-day footage to explore the bigger picture of the lives of cheetahs in Africa. Following the huge success of Big Cat Diary week in January this year, the big cat team are now preparing their sixth series for the BBC. Having lived in the Mara for 30 years, Jonathan and Angie Scott are widely respected experts on all of Africa’s three big cats. Big Cat Diary: Cheetah is the third in a series of three books designed to complement the BBC TV series, and provides a complete picture of the lives of the cheetahs that live in the Masai Mara and beyond.

CHEETAHS (ZOOBOOKS SERIES)

by Wood, Linda C., Jenson, Cynthia L. (2000)

GIRAFFES (IN THE WILD)

by Patricia Kendell (Author)

This stunning title looks at the lives of giraffes – from their birth to growing up, how they feed, grow, rest, and clean. Glorious, large colour photographs show the giraffe at every stage of its life. Simple, engaging text allows young readers to understand a giraffe’s life. There is also information about the threats that giraffes face in the wild and how we can help them to survive in the future.

BIG CAT DIARY: LEOPARD

by Jonathan Scott (Author), Angela Scott (Author)

These beautiful books are companion volumes to the popular Animal Planet television series, Big Cat Diaries, which explores the history, biology, behavior, conservation, and survival of big cats inside and outside Kenya’s 600-square-mile Masai Mara Game Reserve. With their stunning color photographs and fascinating, first-hand narration, these companion books offer a rare insight into the lives of these magnificent animals. Presenter, author, and photographer Jonathan Scott has written about the Mara cats for over 25 years; his books include Mara-Serengeti and Kingdom of Lions. Angie Scott, born and raised in Africa, is an award-winning wildlife photographer.

A TIME WITH LEOPARDS

by Dale Hancock (Author)

Dale Hancock spent nearly two years living with the leopards of Mala Mala. After many disappointments, the perseverance of Dale, of Dave and his team mate Kim paid off, and they won the acceptance of a female and her offspring. This work tells of the leopard’s birth and life struggles.

LEOPARDS (ENDANGERED!)

by Amanda Harman (Author)

This relevant series highlights the endangered animals of the world, making readers aware of just how many species are at risk of extinction. Each volume begins with a general introduction followed by up-to-date information about the type of animal, where it can be found, characteristics of breeding and family life as well as social interactions, how many are left and why they are endangered or threatened. The books then address what is being done to help the animal survive and what the future holds for it.

LIONS (WORLDLIFE LIBRARY)

by  Brian Bertram

THE SERENGETI LION: STUDY OF PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONS (WILDLIFE BEHAVIOUR & ECOLOGY)

by Schaller New Edition (1976) Paperback

THE RHINOCEROS (ENDANGERED ANIMALS & HABITATS) LIBRARY BINDING 

by Mary Hull (Author)

ZEBRAS (WILD ONES) HARDCOVER 

by Jill Anderson (Author)