Packed with amazing facts about the deadliest animals on our planet, Deadly is the ultimate compendium of Steve Backshall’s most memorable experiences and dangerous encounters in the natural world.

From ancient predators and cold-blooded killers to lethal lures and biggest bites, Steve revisits some of the best-known and most-feared beasts in the animal kingdom. Discover the formidable hunting skills of the orca, the phenomenally painful sting of the bullet ant and the punching power of a mantis shrimp alongside many more superpowers and scary survival tactics within the natural world.

Drawing on over 25 years of experience in the field, Steve takes a heart-poundingly close look at the greatest record breakers in the animal kingdom, determines who would come out on top in a showdown between the deadliest animals to have ever lived, and shares the most dramatic moments of his adventures in pursuit of all things Deadly!

Steve Backshall was nine years old the first time he saw a shark, while on holiday with his family in Malaysia. It was the beginning of a life-long fascination with these ‘lords of the sea’, and the oceanic life around them. His career as one of the world’s most popular naturalists and explorers has taken him to countless underwater places, many never before seen by others. And he’s also been witness to the startling decline in fortune of our oceans’ wild inhabitants over the past fifty years.

Deep Blue is a book a lifetime in the making: a remarkable blend of memoir, travel, and marine and environmental science that takes us on an unforgettable tour of the many worlds of aquatic life: from underwater deserts and rainforests to the evolution of ocean heroes like the sea turtle and the Great White, from the genesis of ocean life to the rapidly declining state of white polar seas and coral reefs. It’s both a love letter to our precious oceans and rallying cry for what we must to do save them.

With contributions from: Bear Grylls on embracing adventure; Ed Stafford on flirting with danger; Sir Chris Hoy on riding bikes; Judy Murray on rainy day kitchen games; Michaela Strachan on creative word games; Gordon Buchanan on toasting marshmallows; Caroline Lucas on protecting the planet; Wayne Bridge on garden football; and many more.

The ultimate handbook for raising WILDER, HAPPIER, MUDDIER, MORE RESILIENT kids – whatever the weather and wherever you live.

In the last few years parents everywhere have realised how crucial the freedom of the outside world is, not only for their kids’ wellbeing, but the whole family’s. They’ve also realised, however, that it’s not always that easy.

That’s where this book comes in. Taking you through different environments and activities to explore, from minibeasts in the garden and pond dipping all the way through to beach Olympics and sea swimming (via rainy days, wild woods and river exploration), there are ideas small and big for all ages that will get them – and you – more engaged and involved with nature, and the wildlife in it.

In the last few years parents everywhere have realised how crucial the freedom of the outside world is, not only for their kids’ wellbeing, but the whole family’s. They’ve also realised, however, that it’s not always that easy.

That’s where this book comes in. Taking you through different environments and activities to explore, from minibeasts in the garden and pond dipping all the way through to beach Olympics and sea swimming (via rainy days, wild woods and river exploration), there are ideas small and big for all ages that will get them – and you – more engaged and involved with nature, and the wildlife in it.

With contributions from;

Bear Grylls on embracing adventure,
Ed Stafford on flirting with danger ,
Sir Chris Hoy on riding bikes,
Judy Murray on rainy day kitchen games,
Michaela Strachan on creative word games,
Gordon Buchanan on toasting marshmallows,
Caroline Lucas on protecting the planet,
Wayne Bridge on garden football,

and many more, Wildlings is a map to a more adventurous, wilder future.

He has just six months to travel to six continents and find 60 of the most dangerous animals on the planet. From lethal beauties to killer beasts, from the unseen to the unexpected, the one thing they have in common is that they are all deadly to other animals.

This is the companion book to the long-running CBBC series of the same name – now in its fifth series. Learn more about the animals Steve encounters around the world, ranging from famous killers such as the Black Mamba in Africa and the North American Grizzly Bear to less well known but no less deadly animals. He introduces the surreal Pink River Dolphin of Amazonia and captures Australia’s elusive Ghost Bat for a closer look.

Discover the ingenious techniques and extraordinary weapons that some of our most dangerous animals are armed with. Including the renowned, the unexpected and the downright bizarre, this companion book to Steve Backshall’s high-adrenaline tour of the world’s most deadly is not to be missed.