Every age has its temptations, its weaknesses, its dangers. Ours is in the line of the snobbish and the sordid.

President of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals                          

Selected Works:

Books:

Antarctica; land of frozen time. With special charts by A. Peter Ianuzzi - 1962
Dangerous to man; wild animals: a definitive study of their reputed dangers to man - 1964
Wings of gold: the story of United States naval aviation - 1965
Custer Wolf; biography of an American renegade - Illustrated by Charles Fracé - 1966
Last chance on earth; a requiem for wildlife - Illustrated by Charles Fracé - 1966
Loup blanc de Custer - Traduit de l'américain par Yves Braínville - 1967
North American mammals; fur-bearing animals of the United States and Canada - 1967
Sarang: the story of a Bengal tiger and of two children in search of a miracle, a novel - 1968
Monarch of Deadman Bay; the life and death of a Kodiak bear - 1969
Animal children, edited by Robert A. Caras. Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson - 1970
Panther! - Illustrated by Charles Fracé - 1970
Source of the thunder; the biography of a California condo - Illustrated by Charles Fracé. Foreword by Roland C. Clement - 1970
Vanishing wildlife, edited by Roger Caras. Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson - 1970
Animal architecture. Edited by Roger Caras. Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson - 1971
Birds in flight. Edited by Roger Caras. Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson - 1971
Death as a way of life - 1971
Animal courtships. Edited by Roger Caras. Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson - 1972
Boundary: land and sea. Edited by Roger Caras. Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson - 1972
Creatures of the night. Edited by Roger Caras. Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson - 1972
Last chance on earth; a requiem for wildlife - Illustrated by Charles Fracé - 1972
Protective coloration and mimicry; nature's camouflage. Edited by Roger Caras. Foreword by Roger Tory Peterson - 1972
Going to the zoo - Illustrated by Cyrille R. Gentry. Foreword by William G. Conway - 1973
Wonderful world of mammals; adventuring with stamps - 1973
Bizarre animals - foreword by Roger Tory Peterson - 1974
North American mammals - Fur-bearing animals of the United States and Canada - 1974
Private lives of animals - Design and coordination by Massimo Vignelli and Gudrun Buettner. Assembled and edited by Milton Rugoff and Ann Guilfoyle - 1974
Venomous animals - foreword by Roger Tory Peterson - 1974
Venomous animals of the world - 1974
Dangerous to man - The definitive story of wildlife's reputed dangers - 1975
Sockeye : the life of a Pacific salmon - 1975
Zoo in your room - Illustrated. by Pamela Johnson - 1975
Roger Caras pet book - 1976
Skunk for a day - Pictures by Diane Paterson - 1976
Pet medicine : health care and first aid for all household pets - Illustrated by Suzanne Clee - designed by Barbara Bell Pitnof - 1977
Coyote for a day - Illustrated by Diane Paterson - 1977
Monarch of Deadman Bay : the life and death of a Kodiak bear - Illustrated by Charles Fracé - 1977
Panther! - Illustrated by Charles Fracé - 1977
Source of the thunder : the biography of a California condor - Illustrated by Charles Fracé ; foreword by Roland C. Clement - 1977
Dog owner's Bible / editor, Roger A. Caras - Special assistant editor, Donald L. Wall - 1978
Custer Wolf : biography of an American renegade - introduction by Gerald Durrell - Illustrated by Charles Fracé - 1979
Dogs : records, stars, feats, and facts / Roger Caras and Pamela C. Graham - 1979
Forest - Ill. by Norman Arlott - 1979
Mysteries of nature, explained and unexplained - 1979
Yankee : the inside story of a champion bloodhound - 1979
Amiable little beasts : investigating the lives of young animals - conceived and edited by Ann Guilfoyle ; text by Roger A. Caras and Steve Graham - 1980
Forest - Illistrated by Norman Arlott - 1980
Roger Caras dog book / photos. by Alton Anderson - 1980
Celebration of dogs - 1982
Celebration of dogs - 1984
Harper's Illustrated handbook of cats / health care section by Robert W. Kirk ; edited by Roger Caras - with photographs by Richard J. Katris and Nancy Katris - 1985
Harper's illustrated handbook of dogs / health care section by Robert W. Kirk - edited by Roger Caras - with photographs by John L. Ashby - 1985
Endless migrations - Illustrated by Kimio Honda - 1985
Mara Simba : the African lion - 1985
Celebration of cats - 1986
Roger Caras' treasury of great cat stories - 1987
Roger Caras' treasury of great dog stories - 1987
Animals in their places : tales from the natural world - 1987
Private lives of animals / commentary by Roger Caras - 1987
Cat is watching : a look at the way cats see us - 1989
Animal families of the wild : animal stories - edited by William F. Russell ; with art by John Butler - 1990
Roger Caras' treasury of great horse stories - 1990
Custer wolf : biography of an American renegade - Illustrated by Charles Fracé - 1990
Monarch of Deadman Bay : the life and death of a Kodiak bear - Illustrations by Charles Fracé - 1990
Panther! - Illustrations by Charles Fracé - 1990
Forest - Illustrations byNorman Arlott - 1991
Sarang : the story of a Bengal tiger and of two children in search of a miracle : a novel - 1991
Source of the thunder : the biography of a California condor - Illustrations by Charles Fracé ; foreword by Roland C. Clement - 1991
Cats at work / Rhonda Gray and Stephen T. Robinson ; commentary by Roger Caras ; commissioned photography by Guy Powers - 1991
Custer wolf- sound recording - 1992
Dog is listening : the way some of our closest friends view us - 1992
Roger Caras dog book - photographs by Alton Anderson - 1992
Roger Caras' treasury of classic nature tales - 1992
Cats of Thistle Hill : a mostly peaceable kingdom - photographs by Dave and Jennifer McMichael, additional photographs by Mimi Vang Olsen; back cover portrait of Roger Caras by Ian Hornak - 1994
World full of animals : the Roger Caras story - 1994
Field guide to venomous animals and poisonous plants, North America, north of Mexico - Steven Foster and Roger A. Caras - 1994
Most dangerous journey : the life of an African elephant / Roger A. Caras, with photographs by the author - 1995
Perfect harmony : the intertwining lives of animals and humans throughout history - 1996 
Roger Caras dog book - principal photography by Alton Anderson - 1996
New Roger Caras treasury of great cat stories - 1997
Bond : people and their animals / essays by Roger Caras ; photographs by Shel Secunda - 1997
Cat is watching : a look at the way cats see us - 1997
Dog is listening : the way some of our closest friends view us - 1998
New Roger Caras treasury of great dog stories - 1999
New Roger Caras treasury of great horse stories - 1999
Roger Caras' treasury of great fishing stories - 1999
Going for the blue : inside the world of show dogs and dog shows - . 2001.