Hugh Warwick Livres

The Hedgehog Book is the latest in the compact, accessible Nature Books series, exploring our relationship with some of Britain's best-loved wild creatures. A welcome visitor heard rustling through our hedges or spotted shuffling across our lawns, hedgehogs are a celebrated addition to every garden and their proper care and conservation valuable to numerous other species. Through informative chapters ranging from the physiological and environmental to the inclusion of the hedgehog in myth, legend, art and literature and the vital work being undertaken to conserve this species, The Hedgehog Book is an ideal guide to its subject for all nature lovers, beautifully illustrated throughout with new photography and other illustrations.

With their building prowess and distinctive features, beavers are a rare, but wonderful sight in UK waters following their extinction and re-introduction. Through informative chapters ranging from the psychological and environment to the inclusion of the beaver in myth, legend, art and literature, The Beaver Book is an ideal guide to its subject, beautifully illustrated throughout.

Water voles are a newly endangered species. Through informative chapters ranging from the physiological and environmental to the water vole's inclusion in myth, legend, art and literature, The Water Vole Book is an ideal guide to its subject for all nature lovers, beautifully illustrated throughout with brand new photography and artwork.

Investigating the ethical and practical challenges of one of the greatest threats to biodiversity: invasive species. Across the world, invasive species pose a danger to ecosystems. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity ranks them as a major threat to biodiversity on par with habitat loss, climate change and pollution. Tackling this isn't easy, and no one knows this better than Hugh Warwick, a conservationist who loathes the idea of killing, harming or even eating animals. Yet as an ecologist, he is acutely aware of the need, at times, to kill invasive species whose presence harms the wider environment. Hugh explores the complex history of species control, revealing the global movement of species and the impacts of their presence. Combining scientific theory with gentle humour in his signature style, he explains the issues conservationists face to control non-native animals and protect native species – including grey and red squirrels on Anglesey, ravens and tortoises in the Mojave Desert, cane toads in Australia and the smooth-billed ani on the Galapagos – and describes cases like Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippos and the Burmese python pet trade. Taking a balanced and open approach to this emotive subject, Hugh speaks to experts on all sides of the debate. How do we protect endangered native species? Which species do we prioritise? And how do we reckon with the ethics of killing anything in the name of conservation?

Proszę państwa, oto jeż, jeż ma kolce wzdłuż i wszerz a oprócz tego to niezwykle ciekawe i urocze zwierzę, które żyje tuż obok nas. Wędruje przez pola i po obrzeżach lasów, myszkuje w parkach i ogrodach, nocami przemyka przez ulicę. Dlaczego jeże są tak fascynujące? Hugh Warwick dożywotni członek Brytyjskiego Towarzystwa Ochrony Jeży bada dziwaczny humor z nimi związany i towarzyszące im mity (nieszczęsne jabłko na grzbiecie). Obala także kilka niesłusznych oskarżeń i stara się wyjaśnić, skąd w nas ta najeżona kłopotami namiętność. Chociaż Międzynarodowe Igrzyska Olimpijskie Jeży potrafią przerosnąć nawet jego... Oto oda do pokornego jeża napisana przez jeżowego fanatyka. Opowieść o tym, czym właściwie jeże się zajmują i co mówią o naszej potrzebie kontaktu z dziką przyrodą, a także o zmianach środowiska. To podróż w czasie (sięgająca miocenu), przez kulturę (co o jeżach sądzili Herodot i Beatrix Potter) i w przestrzeni, bo Warwick przemierza Hebrydy Zewnętrzne, szuka rzadkiej odmiany jeża w Japonii i czołga się przez pola w Shropshire. Hugh Warwick z humorem i wyczuciem opowiada wszystko, co moglibyście chcieć wiedzieć o jeżach, a także o kilku rzeczach, o których nigdy byście nie pomyśleli (że chcecie je wiedzieć).