Product Details
Hardcover
304 pages
National Geographic
Published 2001
Amazon.com
National Geographic: The Wildlife Photographs has just what we expect from the National Geographic Society: unforgettable images of animals in the wild. Page after page takes viewers into the private world of animals and reveals such sights as a dense furry nest of bats, the perfectly etched feathers on the back of a bald eagle's head, cheetah cubs dining on an impala, or a bleak forest of garden eels at the bottom of the Red Sea. The book is not without a mission: essays on habitat and endangered ecosystems underscore how precious the lives of these creatures are.
From Booklist
Editors at National Geographic present a collection of more than 170 wildlife images from a magazine justifiably famous for its photography. Since 1903 National Geographic has published pioneering photos of rare animals, which accompany stories about the environments they inhabit. This eclectic collection gathers these photos into five chapters organized by habitat. Temperate forests are the first subject, highlighting animals such as loons, grizzlies, and snapping turtles. Lions, blackbucks,... read more |
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