A Pictorial Guide to Non-human Primates of India

Sangita Mitra

This is a colorful pictorial guide for Indian Primates, which concisely describes all the 15 species occurring in India including their distribution, habit, habitat, morphology, sexual dimorphism, natural diet, endemicity, interspecific ... ....

Among Wolves

Gordon Haber's Insights into Alaska's Most Misunderstood Animal

Gordon Haber and Marybeth Holleman

Alaska's wolves lost their fiercest advocate, Gordon Haber, when his research plane crashed in Denali National Park in 2009. Passionate, tenacious, and occasionally brash, Haber, a former hockey player and park ranger, devoted his life ... ....

Badgerlands

The Twilight World of Britain's Most Enigmatic Animal

Patrick Barkham

Britain is the home of the badger – there are more badgers per square kilometre in this country than in any other. And yet many of us have never seen one. They are nocturnal creatures, who vanish into their labyrinthine underground ... ....

Behemoth: The History of the Elephant in America

Ronald B Tobias

If the country's official mascot is an eagle, then its unofficial mascot is the elephant. While the eagle soars above the head of the nation from a dispassionate distance, the elephant stands with his feet on the ground with simplest ... ....

Dolphins Down Under

Understanding the New Zealand Dolphin

Liz Slooten and Steve Dawson

New Zealand dolphins, also known as Hectors dolphins, are fascinating and beautiful animals. Found only in New Zealand waters, their numbers are now under constant threat – especially from human fishing activities.

Earth to Sky: Among Africa's Elephants

A Species in Crisis

Michael Nichols

Elephants are among the earths most sentient beings. They remember, they experience grief and joy, fear and love. Indeed, as our knowledge of these extraordinary creatures increases, the more they transcend all preconceptions of animal ... ....

Ecology and Management of the Mammalian Resources of Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh

Madireddi V Subba Rao

Our knowledge of the mammalian resources of the Eastern Ghats urged the need to explore the scientific management of these resources. The ignorance and lack of expertise in mammalian studies resulted in extinction of Cheetah in India. ....

Endangered Mammals of India

C Veerabahu and D Radhika

Endangered Mammals of India gives a well detailed and elaborated account of wild animals especially the endangered ones. Authentic details of taxonomic classification and vital statistics of each species are given accurately. ....

Giraffe Reflections

Dale Peterson and Karl Ammann

The most comprehensive book on giraffes to appear in the last fifty years, Giraffe Reflections presents a magnificent portrait of a group of animals who, in spite of their legendary elegance and astonishing gentleness, may not ... ....

Guide des mammiferes d'Europe, d'Afrique du Nord et du Moyen-Orient

Plus de 400 especes decrites

Stephane Aulagnier, Patrick Haffner, Tony Mitchell-Jones, Francois Moutou, J Zima and Chevallier

This is a French translation of Guide to the Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Jumbo: The Unauthorised Biography of a Victorian Sensation

John Sutherland

Jumbo, Victorian England's favourite elephant, was born in 1861 in French Sudan. Imported to a Parisian zoo and later sold on to London. Worldwide fame came when he was brought by the American showman and scam artist P.T. Barnum in ... ....

Mammals of Mexico

Gerardo Ceballos

Mammals of Mexico is the first reference in English on the more than 500 types of mammal species found in diverse Mexican habitats from the Sonoran Desert to the Chiapas cloud forests. Authoritative accounts are written by a ... ....

Non-human Primates of India

RP Mukherjee and JRB Alfred

Non-human Primates of India highlights India's biological diversity in the non-human primates, with accounts of 15 well documented species, 2 prosimian, 7 macaque monkeys, 5 langur monkeys, and one lesser ape, the Hoolock ... ....

Primates in Fragments

Complexity and Resilience

Laura K Marsh, Colin A Chapman, Laura K Marsh and Thomas Lovejoy

Ten years after the first volume, Primates in Fragments, Second Edition, continues to address issues regarding primates within a fractured landscape. There are seven sections based on specific categories of primates in fragments ... ....

Sugar and Sand: The World of the Honey Possum

Ron Wooller and Sue Wooller

The tiny Honey possum of south-western Australia is unique in the world because it is the only mammal that lives entirely on pollen and nectar. Sugar and Sand: The World of the Honey Possum explores the ways in which the Honey possum ... ....

The Bonobo and the Atheist

in Search of Humanism Among the Primates

Frans de Waal

For many years, de Waal has observed chimpanzees soothe distressed neighbors and bonobos share their food. Now he delivers fascinating fresh evidence for the seeds of ethical behavior in primate societies that further cements the case for ... ....

The Domestic Cat

The Biology of Its Behaviour

Dennis C Turner and Patrick Bateson

The most commonly kept domestic animal in the developed world, the cat has been a part of human life for thousands of years. Cats have been both worshipped and persecuted over this long period – either loved or hated for their enigmatic ... ....

The Grace of the Cat

An Illustrated History

Tamsin Pickeral and Astrid Harrisson

Cats are the most enigmatic and alluring of domestic animals. Beguiling beauty, fierce independence and aloof intelligence characterize their long and exotic history. The Grace of the Cat is a celebration of this captivating animal ... ....

The Lost Whale

The True Story of an Orca Named Luna

Michael Parfit and Suzanne Chisholm

The heartbreaking and true story of a lonely orca named Luna who befriended humans in Nootka Sound, off the coast of Vancouver Island by Michael Parfit and Suzanne Chisholm. One summer in Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island ... ....

The Mind of the Horse

An Introduction to Equine Cognition

Michel-Antoine Leblanc and Giselle Weiss

Horses were first domesticated about 6000 years ago on the vast Eurasian steppe extending from Mongolia to the Carpathian Mountains. Yet only in the last two decades have scientists begun to explore the specific mental capacities of these ... ....

The Sounding of the Whale

Science and Cetaceans in the Twentieth Century

D Graham Burnett

From the Bible's "Canst thou raise leviathan with a hook?" to Captain Ahab's "From Hell's heart I stab at thee!," from the trials of Job to the legends of Sinbad, whales have breached in the human imagination ... ....

Whales and Dolphins of Newfoundland & Labrador

Wayne Ledwell

Whales and Dolphins of Newfoundland & Labrador is a brilliantly illustrated guide book to the 19 whale and dolphin species living in the waters of Newfoundland and Labrador. Colour photographs and illustrations accompany ... ....

500 Common Bird Calls: In Southern Africa

Doug Newman

Identify bird calls with this handy guide and CD, which together feature 500 distinctive southern African species. The CD gives the best-known song or call of each species; 500 Common Bird Calls: In Southern Africa provides clear ... ....

A Birder's Guide to Belize

Bert Frenz

Why bird in Belize? Well, the birds of course. The spectacularly colorful are the first to grab your attention; and it is the appeal of finding another species at every turn in the trail. Belize's scenic beauty, its Mayan history ... ....

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Goa

Rina Jain and Naitik Jain

From the introduction: "There are over 10,000 species of birds in the world. The Indian Subcontinent is richly endowed with birds, having over 1200 species of birds over 80 families. This region incorporates for the world's ... ....

A-Z of Birds

A Birder's Tales from Around the World

Bo Beolens

Twenty-six anecdotes from around the world were written to amuse and show why the author (and so many others) are so keen on birding. Each 'chapter' is a bird name, beginning with a different letter of the alphabet.

Avian Urban Ecology

Diego Gil and Henrik Brumm

As natural habitat continues to be lost and the world steadily becomes more urbanized, biologists are increasingly studying the effect this has on wildlife. Birds are particularly good model systems since their life history, behaviour ... ....

Bald Eagle Nest

A Story of Survival in Photos

Kate Davis

Bald Eagle Nest: A Story of Survival in Photos contains more than 100 beautiful color photographs of Bald Eagles in flight and in the nest. The book tells the story of a family of Bald Eagles that raised four chicks to adulthood ... ....

Bird Ringing Station Manual

Przemyslaw Busse and Wlodzimierz Meissner

In an attempt to standardize elements of the station routine, Bird Ringing Station Manual describes the procedures used in passerine and wader ringing stations. It offers a comparative analysis of versatile evaluation techniques ... ....

Birding Lite

A Humorous How-To Guide for All Who Enjoy Watching Birds

Stan Dryden

Birding Lite is a humorous look at birding, or bird watching, written primarily but not solely for beginning birders and others who are merely interested in birds. It describes how to get started in birding and discusses the ... ....

Birds of Alaska

Todd Telander

Birds of Alaska is a field guide to the most common and sought-after species in the state. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed illustrations, this informative guide makes it easy to identify ... ....

Birds of New Zealand

A Photographic Guide

Paul Scofield and Brent Stephenson

New Zealand's birdlife developed extraordinary diversity as a consequence of evolving on isolated islands without mammalian predators. For many years, habitat destruction brought on by humans posed a distinct threat to the wide variety ... ....

Birds of Newfoundland

Ian Warkentin, Sandy Newton, Roger Tony Peterson, John A Crosby and Ralph Jarvis

The first comprehensive field guide dedicated solely to the birds of Newfoundland. Designed to make identifying birds quick and easy, this new field guide to the birds of Newfoundland gives birdwatchers a one-stop reference to the species ... ....

Cambridgeshire Bird Atlas 2007-2011

Louise Bacon, Alison Cooper and Hugh Venables

Cambridgeshire Bird Atlas 2007-2011 provides a complete and comprehensive overview of the summer and winter distribution and abundance of birds in the county. There are 500 detailed maps which show where 167 bird species can be ... ....

Cerulean Blues

A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird

Katie Fallon

Taking the reader from the mountains of Appalachia to a coffee plantation near Bogotá, Colombia, this investigation into the plight of the cerulean warbler – a tiny migratory songbird – describes its struggle to survive ... ....

Cleveland Bird Report 2011

Teesmouth Bird Club (TBC)

This glossy 120-page report, containing a detailed systematic list of all the birds in Cleveland in 2011, plus colour and black-and-white photographs.

El Mosquitero Iberico

Nacho Rodríguez Martínez, Javier García Fernandez, Jose Luis Copete and Carlos Gonzalez Bocos

This monograph collects the contributions of various ornithologists who have studied the Iberian Chiffchaff. The chapters are based on the results of field studies, especially those based on banding, and analyze the phenology of the species ... ....

Field Guide to the Birds of China (3-Volume Set) [Chinese]

Liu Yang

This massive 3-volume set covers about 1200 species in more than 4000 photos, belonging to 21 orders, and 101 families. For each species there are details about its morphology, distribution area, the level of protection, best time to see ... ....

Finding Birds in Extremadura

Dave Gosney

Finding Birds in Extremadura describes the best birding sites of autonomous community of western Spain in exceptional detail, made even clearer by Dave Gosney's trademark maps.

Finding Birds in Extremadura - The DVD (Region 2)

Dave Gosney

Finding Birds in Extremadura - The DVD covers over 77 species at 15 sites throughout Extremadura, with the emphasis on the most popular birding areas around Trujillo and Monfrague. Of course it includes footage of many of Extremadura's ... ....

Gardening for the Birds

How to Create a Bird-Friendly Backyard

George Adams

You may already have a bird feeder in your yard, but you can attract a far wider range of species, and they will stay longer, if you create a bird-friendly landscape. Gardening for the Birds shows you how. With the right native ... ....

Greifvogel Europas [European Birds of Prey]

Alle Arten Europas, Biologie und Bestande

Theodor Mebs

A new edition of this best-selling guide on European birds of prey. This field guide details identifying characteristics, vocalisations, distribution, habitat, hunting techniques, and breeding, all brought up-to-date with the latest scientific ... ....

Greifvogel und Eulen [Owls and Birds of Prey]

Alle Arten Europas

Felix Heintzenberg

Birds of prey and owls are carnivores that have fascinated mankind since time immemorial. Amongst others, these include eagles, hawks, kites, vultures, harriers, hawks, falcons, owls and screech owls. This nature guide describes all European ... ....

Mateship with Birds

Alexander Hugh Chisholm, CJ Dennis and Sean Dooley

Ninety years on, A.H. Chisholm's classic Mateship with Birds is still as fresh and inspirational as an early-morning walk in the bush, the air resounding with birdsong. His account of the secret lives of birds – their ... ....

Migratory Birds of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

A Handy Guide to 108 Species of Migratory Birds

James Wan Meng Gan and David Li

Visitors to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, in the northwest of Singapore, can now make use of a new guidebook to enhance their experience and enjoyment of the wetland reserve.

Owls of the World

A Photographic Guide

Heimo Mikkola

Having trouble separating your scops from your screech owls, Tengmalm's from Tawny Owl or Collared and Spotted Owlets? Then this is the book for you. Owls of the World: A Photographic Guide is the ultimate photographic resource ... ....

Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide

Gerarld L Kooyman and Wayne Lynch

Those iconic birds made even more famous by the 2005 film March of the Penguins, penguins conjure up images of caring parents, devoted couples and tough survivors. In Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide, Gerald Kooyman and ... ....

Peterson Reference Guide to Seawatching: Eastern Waterbirds in Flight

Ken Behrens and Cameron Cox

Seawatching is the challenging act of identifying waterbirds in flight. Since more than one hundred different species can fly past an observation point, often at great speed or in tightly packed, mixed-species flocks, identification of ... ....

Pocket Guide to Birds of Southern Africa

Cillie Burger and Ulrich Oberprieler

For both the beginner and the experienced bird-watcher, this compact guide will prove as indispensable as binoculars. Special features: - Practical and user-friendly - Over 400 bird species - Excellent colour photographs ...

Pocket Guide to Garden Birds

Gerard Gorman

This compact title is an essential guide to every aspect of the subject, from when and what to feed the birds to building bird tables and nest boxes and planting a garden that will provide nesting, feeding and roosting places. There is a ... ....

Production of Representative Cormorant Population Trends with Confidence Limits

DF Chamberlain, Graham E Austin, R E Green and Niall HK Burton

The Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) produces indices and smoothed trends for over 70 species of waterbird overwintering in Great Britain and the four constituent countries of the UK, revised on an annual basis. Regional trends ...

RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe

Rob Hume

RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe is the ultimate photographic guide to every species of bird in Britain and Europe. Whether you're an armchair addict, or a long-time twitcher ...

Rare Birds of North America

Steve NG Howell, Ian Lewington and Will Russell

Rare Birds of North America is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to the vagrant birds that occur throughout the United States and Canada. Featuring 275 stunning color plates, Rare Birds of North America covers ... ....

Report on Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain in 2004 - 2007: Part 1, Non-Passerines

Peter A Fraser

The July 2013 issue of British Birds contains the first part of the Report on Scarce Migrant Birds in Britain in 2004–2007. This report presents data on scarce migrant birds in Britain between 2004 and ...

Sibley's Backyard Birds: Eastern North America

David Allen Sibley

Featuring the top 100 bird species in eastern and western North America, these high-quality, illustrated posters include a selection of beautifully rendered paintings designed to highlight the intricate details of each bird. Both male and ... ....

Sibley's Backyard Birds: Western North America

David Allen Sibley

Featuring the top 100 bird species in eastern and western North America, these high-quality, illustrated posters include a selection of beautifully rendered paintings designed to highlight the intricate details of each bird. Both male and ... ....

Sibley's Raptors of North America

David Allen Sibley

The majestic raptors of North America are artfully displayed in this premium wall poster. Illustrated by the world's premiere bird artist, this work features illustrations of 32 species of raptors, including the black vulture ... ....

Sibley's Waterfowl of North America

David Allen Sibley

Covering an array of more than 45 species of geese, swans, and ducks, this dynamic poster will bring vibrant life to any wall. Reproduced in relative scale, multiple images of each species are shown – including the black-bellied ... ....

The Biodiversity in Glasgow (BIG) Project

Elizabeth Humphreys, Paul Kirkland and Dan Chamberlain

The Biodiversity in Glasgow (BIG) project was set up as a collaboration between BTO Scotland, Butterfly Conservation Scotland and Glasgow City Council and ran from January 2007 to April 2009. The main aim of the project was to carry out ... ....

The Birds of Ireland

A Field Guide

Jim Wilson and Mark Carmody

Following the success of Ireland's Garden Birds, Jim Wilson has teamed up with Mark Carmody for a collaborative work that is in a different mould from their previous publications, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and Shorebirds of Ireland. ....

The Devil's Cormorant

A Natural History

Richard J King

Behold the cormorant: silent, still, cruciform, and brooding; flashing, soaring, quick as a snake. Evolution has crafted the only creature on Earth that can migrate the length of a continent, dive and hunt deep underwater, perch comfortably ... ....

The Sibley Guide to Birds

David Allen Sibley

David Allen Sibley, America's most gifted contemporary painter of birds, is the author and illustrator of this comprehensive guide. His beautifully detailed illustrations - more than 6,600 in all - and descriptions of 810 species and 350 regional ... ....

The Urban Birder

David Lindo

The Urban Birder is a new paperback edition of this very popular title. Anyone can become an Urban Birder. You can do it anywhere and any time, whether you've got the day to spare, on your way to work, during your lunch break ... ....

The World's Endangered Waterbirds Purple galinule [Chinese]

Feng Xiaoping

The Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio, locally also known as Purple Galinule is a very rare, large waterbird, found mainly in Africa, southern Asia and Oceania.

Top 100 Birding Sites of the World

Dominic Couzens

Top 100 Birding Sites of the World is a new, redesigned and reformatted edition of an old favourite. If you have ever dreamt of seeing King Penguins in Antarctica, cassowaries in Queensland or cocks-of-the-rock in Peru, then ... ....

Waterbirds on English Sites of Special Scientific Interest: A Review of the Use Made by Non-breeding Waterbirds of the

NA Calbrade, Andy J Musgrove and GE Austin

Natural England is undertaking a comprehensive review of the coverage of species and habitats by SSSIs. As part of this work, information is required on the coverage of breeding and non-breeding bird populations. The latter is addressed ... ....

Where to Watch Birds in Canterbury

Nick Allen

The primary aim of Where to Watch Birds in Canterbury is to promote birdwatching in Canterbury, New Zealand, by making available for the first time in print a comprehensive description of good places to watch birds in the region ... ....

Amphibian Biology, Volume 9, Part 3

Status of Decline of Amphibians: Western Hemisphere: Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana

Harold Heatwole, Cesar L Barrio-Amoros and John W Wilkinson

Assesses the decline of amphibians in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. Note that as with the previous volume the page and chapter numbering is continuing where the previous volume left off.

Amphibians of Europe

A Colour Field Guide

D Ballasina and Rene Honegger

Amphibians have a particular fascination. Their evolutionary role has been vital, providing the crucial link between aquatic life forms and terrestrial ones; today they play an important part in maintaining the delicate balance of nature ... ....

An Annotated Bibliography of the Land and Fresh-Water Reptiles of South America (1758-1975) (2-Volume Set)

PE Vanzolini

An Annotated Bibliography of the Land and Fresh-Water Reptiles of South America (1758-1975) presents an exhaustive bibliography of books and scientific papers published between 1758 and 1975 on reptiles of South America.

Anfibios y Reptiles de Urra

Guía de Campo

Juan Manuel Renjifo, Mikael Lundberg and Patricia Ibanez de Renjifo

A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles found around the hydro-electric dam Urrá in the northeast of Colombia.

Anolis Lizards of the Caribbean

Ecology, Evolution, and Plate Tectonics

Jonathan Roughgarden

The Anolis lizards are a model group from which to study evolutionary ecology: there are more than 150 species dispersed over the islands of the Caribbean, providing innumerable comparisons of physical form and behaviour.

Die Amphibien und Reptilien West-Pakistans

Robert Mertens

A treatise on 146 species of Pakistani amphibians and reptiles. Summary in German: 1. Die Amphibien und Reptilien sind in West-Pakistan durch 72 Gattungen in 178 Arten und Unterarten vertreten.

Ecology and Conservation of the European Tree Frog

Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Hyla arborea, 13-14 February 1992, Potsdam, Germany

Anton HP Stumpel and Urs Tester

From the preface: "The idea of organizing a workshop on the tree frog Hyla arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) 1) originated during the First World Congress of Herpetology in Canterbury (1989). A number of tree frog special ... ....

Field Guide to the Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa

Bill Branch

Southern Africa has nearly 400 species of reptiles, including the world's richest diversity of land tortoises, in his Field Guide to the Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa, renowned herpetologist Bill Branch presents ... ....

Garter Snakes

Their Natural History and Care in Captivity

Roger Sweeney

Snakes are among the most fascinating of reptiles, while at the same time they can inspire strong feelings of fear in us. People have kept snakes since the beginning of civilization and in recent years, with modern vivariums and a range ... ....

Hong Kong Amphibians and Reptiles

Stephen J Karsen, Michael Wai-Neng Lau and Anthony Bogadek

From the preface: "Being situated in the tropical region of Southeast Asia, Hong Kong has a great assemblage of amphibians and reptiles. For many years the need was felt for an illustrated comprehensive book on the amphibians ... ....

In Search of Reptiles and Amphibians

Richard D Bartlett

An accomplished naturalist's quest for snakes, turtles, lizards, frogs, and toads as the author travels thoughout the U.S., Mexico and Central America. He paints vivid natural history pictures with words in addition to the 40 full colour ... ....

Lives of British Lizards

Colin Simms

From the inside flap: "The gifted naturalist P. H. Gosse (1810-88) wrote: The most interesting parts, by far, of published Natural History are those minute, but graphic particulars, which have been gathered ...

Snake Lovers' Lifelist and Journal

Chris Scott

Lists and describes every known species of snake found in the United States and Canada, plus many sub-species, color phases, integrades and hybrids for a total of 438 different native and introduced forms.

Snakes [of India]

Sukanya Datta

From the back of the book: "No one denies the need to understand the interactions of air, soil, water, Earth's atmosphere, land, ooeans, ice and life as a single connected system. We need to do this to really study the .. ....

Snakes of Australia

Graeme F Gow

Graeme Gow, former curator of reptiles at both Taronga Zoo and the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, has over the years collected a large variety of snakes throughout Australia and specialised in studying their habits ... ....

The Life of Desert Reptiles and Amphibians

Karl H Switak

This booklet details distribution, size, food requirements and captive care instructions for eleven snake, thirteen reptile, two amphibian and one tortoise species found in the deserts of the southwestern USA, northern Mexico, and Baja California ... ....

The Symbol: Wall Lizards of Ibiza and Formentera

El Simbolo: Las Lagartijas de Ibiza y Formentera / Il Simbolo: Le Lucertole di Ibiza e Formentera / Das Wahrzeichen

Nathan Dappen, Neil Losin, Yalentín Perez-Mellado, Camilla Saccardi and Claudia Corti

The Symbol: Wall Lizards of Ibiza and Formentera is the first ever book about the Ibiza wall lizard – the symbol of Spain's Pityusic islands. Through breathtaking photography and knowledge based on decades of scientific ... ....

Their Blood Runs Cold: Adventures With Reptiles and Amphibians (30th Anniversary Edition)

Whit Gibbons

Their Blood Runs Cold is entertaining, informative reading that not only enhances our understanding of a unique group of animals, but also provides genuine insight into the mind and character of a research scientist.

Biology and Culture of Asian Seabass Lates calcarifer

Dean R Jerry

Biology and Culture of Asian Seabass Lates calcarifer covers the biology, ecology, genetics and aquaculture of the Asian Seabass or barramundi (Lates calcarifer), a commercially and recreationally valuable species. ....

Biomarkers for Stress in Fish Embryos and Larvae

Irina Rudneva

The present work evaluates the toxic effects of some environmental stressors on fish eggs and larvae and describes the biomarker responses of fish from locations with varying levels of pollution. Development of the main groups of ... ....

Eel Physiology

Francesca Trischitta, Yoshio Takei and Philippe Sebert

Eel of the genus Anguilla is an extraordinary fish, which due to its particular life cycle has fascinated biologists and physiologists ever since the pioneering works of Homer H. Schmidt in the 1930s. The Eel has become an excellent ... ....

Guide d'Identification des Poissons Marins: Europe et Mediterranee

Patrick Louisy

This exhaustive field guide covers marine fishes found up to a depth of 50 m around the coasts of Europe and the Mediterranean, covering over 750 species. Excellent colour photos showing simple and visual critera will allow species identification ... ....

Poissons d'Eau Douce

Uwe Hartmann

A field guide to 170 species of European freshwater fish, including species in the Caspian Sea.

Pollution and Fish Health in Tropical Ecosystems

Eduardo Alves de Almeida and Ciro Alberto de Oliveira Ribeiro

The tropical zone contains the highest diversity of fish species on the planet. Many of these species are being continuously exposed to pollutants that pose serious hazards to fish health thereby posing serious risks for entire fish populations .. ....

The Quest for the Golden Trout

Environmental Loss and America's Iconic Fish

Douglas M Thompson

A river advocate and environmentalist questions some of the unsound methods of conservation and restoration imposed on North American rivers and streams The angler's dream of fishing pristine waters in unspoiled country ...

A Systematic Catalog of the Armored Scale Subfamilies Diaspidinae, Leucaspidinae, and Ulococcinae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea:

Douglass R Miller and Maren E Gimpel

This 2-volume set presents a systematic catalog of the armored scale subfamilies Diaspidinae, Leucaspidinae, and Ulococcinae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae) of the world.

Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 64

The Ecology and Biology of Nephrops norvegicus

Magnus L Johnson and Mark P Johnson

Nephrops norvegicus, known variously as the Norway lobster, Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine or scampi, is a slim, orange-pink lobster which grows up to 25 cm long, and is "the most important commercial crustacean in European ... ....

An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, Vol. VI

Copepoda (Cyclopoida)

GO Sars

Published in 1918, Cyclopoida is the sixth volume of Sars's comprehensive Account of the Crustacea of Norway. 118 plates provide detailed illustrations of all the species; each species description includes male and female ... ....

An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, Vol. VIII

Monstrilloida & Notodelphyoida

GO Sars

Published in 1921, Monstrilloida & Notodelphyoida is the eighth volume of Sars's comprehensive Account of the Crustacea of Norway. 37 plates provide detailed illustrations of all the species; each species description includes ... ....

An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, Volumes I-IX

GO Sars

Published in the early 20th century, Sars's comprehensive Account of the Crustacea of Norway provides detailed illustrations of all the species; each species description includes male and female characteristics, Norwegian ... ....

An Illustrated Guide To Species in China's Seas, Volume 4: Animalia (2) Mollusca

Huang Zongguo and Mao Lin

This comprehensive book is of high scientific and practical value. All marine species recorded from China's Seas in the national and international literature since the 19th century have been incorporated, while effort is made to ... ....

Ants

Gary J Skinner and Geoffrey W Allen

Ants contains information on biology of ants and various techniques for studying ants. An extensive chapter on ant identification forms the bulk of this handbook with keys to worker ants, queen ants and male ants accompanied by ... ....

Atlas of Stored-Product Insects and Mites

David W Hagstrum, Tomasz Klejdysz, Bhadriraju Subramanyam and Jan Nawrot

No other reference offers such an extensive hands-on guide to the most common stored-product pests. Atlas of Stored-Product Insects and Mites includes photographs and summary information for each of the 235 stored product insects ... ....

Atlas of the Drepanosiphine Aphids of the World, Part 3

F Wolfgang Quednau

This is the third part of this atlas, focusing on Drepanosiphine aphids of the world.

Bees Make the Best Pets

All the Buzz About Being Resilient, Collaborative, Industrious, Generous, and Sweet- Straight from the Hive

Jack Mingo

Writer and beekeeper, Jack Mingo, who set up his first backyard hive in 2004, offers his humorous and unique observations of the world of the mystical, matriarchal, gentle, sweet bee in Bees Make the Best Pets.

Buzz: Urban Beekeeping and the Power of the Bee

Lisa Jean Moore and Mary Kosut

Bees are essential for human survival – one-third of all food on American dining tables depends on the labor of bees. Beyond pollination, the very idea of the bee is ubiquitous in our culture: we can feel buzzed; we can create ... ....

Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8

Curculionoidea II

Ivan Lobl and Ales Smetana

Volume 8 of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera provides a list of all taxa the bulk of the family Curculionidae and of Cryptolaryngidae reported from the biogeographical realm covered. For the genus and species ... ....

Caterpillars of Singapore's Butterflies

Horace Tan and Khew Sin Khoon

The authors of this colourfully illustrated softback are drawing attention to Singapore's butterfly caterpillars. These creatures which at times are regarded as pests, but are actually the ugly ducklings which turn into colourful ... ....

Chironomidae of the Holarctic Region: Keys and diagnoses, Part 1: Larvae

T Andersen, P Ashe, PS Cranston, T Ekrem, JH Epler and OA Saether

A completely revised guide to the identification, ecology and distribution of the larval Chironomidae of the Holarctic Region (N. America and Europe through Japan and the Far East). Allows accurate generic identification, even for those ... ....

Color Atlas of Economic Molluscs from the South China Sea

Yang Wen

Color Atlas of Economic Molluscs from the South China Sea figures all Polyplacophora (5 species), Gastropoda (543 species), Scaphopoda (4 species), Bivalvia (372 species) and Cephalopoda (39 species) of economic importance known ... ....

Dragonflies of Our Parks and Gardens [Singapore]

Robin Ngiam

Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) have always had a special place in human imagination. Dragonflies of Our Parks and Gardens provides an overview of studies of dragonflies done in Singapore, where there are now thought to be ... ....

Dragonflies of Sungai Wain

Ecological Field Guide to the Odonata of Lowland Mixed Dipterocarp Forest of Southeastern Kalimantan

Dan Barta and Ales Dolny

Dragonflies of Sungai Wain is a beautiful book that represents a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the dragonflies of Borneo. Not much is known about the dragonfly fauna of south-eastern Kalimantan and ...

Encyrtidae of Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), Part 3

John S Noyes

The third part to deal with Encyrtidae, a large family of parasitic wasps, of Costa Rica.

Eulophidae of Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), 3: The Genus Horismenus

Christer Hansson

This is the third part to describe the Eulophidae of Costa Rica, with this volume focusing on the genus Horismenus.

Faune de France, Volume 96: Hemipteres Pentatomoidea Euro-Mediterraneens, Volume 2

Systematique: Deuxieme Partie, Sous Famille des Pentatominae (Suite et Fin)

Jordi Ribes and Santiago Pagola-Carte

Second of a series of three volumes to cover the euro-mediterranean Pentatomoidea. This is the last volume, as they have been published out of order, with the third volume in this series published as ...

Field Guide to the Common Bees of California

Including Bees of the Western United States

Gretchen LeBuhn and Noel Pugh

This engaging and easy-to-use natural history guidebook provides a thorough overview of native and honey bee biology and offers tools for identifying the most common bees of California and the Western United States. Full-color illustrations ... ....

Field Guide to the Spiders of California and the Pacific Coast States

Richard J Adams and Timothy D Manolis

With over 40,000 described species, spiders have adapted to nearly every terrestrial environment across the globe. Over half of the world's spider families live within the three contiguous Pacific Coast states – not surprising ... ....

Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region: Pieridae Part 1

Subfamily Pierinae, Tribe Pierini (partim)

C Della Bruna, E Gallo and V Sbordoni

The Palearctic region is a natural zoogeographic region that includes Europe, Africa north of the Sahara desert, most of the Middle East, Central Asia from the Himalayas to the Arctic Ocean and east to Korea and Japan. This guide covers ... ....

In Silico Bees

James Devillers

The honey bee is critically important for ecosystem function and biodiversity maintenance through its pollinating activity. In Silico Bees provides a collection of computational methods to those primarily interested in the study ... ....

Insekten: Entdecken, Beobachten, Schuetzen [Insects: Discovers, Observe, Protect]

Gregor Faller

Insects are the largest group of animals in the world. No matter how inhospitable and hostile an environment may be, insects always adapt perfectly. With their diversity and richness of form they are fascinating, surprising and often ... ....

Isopods in Captivity

Terrarium Clean-up Crews

Orin McMonigle

This is the first and only text devoted entirely to isopods and their husbandry. Also known as pillbugs, armadillo bugs, woodlice, and potato bugs, these handsome crustaceans have worked their way into the hearts of terrarium keepers for ... ....

Longhorns of the Tribe Dorcadionini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia

Dmitry A Milko and Sergei A Toropov

This book combines characters of scientific edition and photo album and may be used as an illustrated guide to longhorns (capricorn beetles) of the tribe Dorcadionini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) in Kazakhstan and Middle Asia ... ....

Mayflies of the Intermountain West

W Patrick McCafferty, R Patrick Randolph and Luke M Jacobus

This volume of the memoirs describes the mayflies of The Intermountain West, a geographic and geological region of western North America, in the Western United States, located between the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Cascade Range ... ....

Molluscs of the Czech and Slovak Republics

Michal Horsak, Lucie Jurickova and Jaroslav Picka

Molluscs of the Czech and Slovak Republics is intended for anyone interested in molluscs occuring in the Czech and Slovak Republics and neighbouring countries. Introductory chapters give a brief overview of the morphology ... ....

Research Materials of Terrestrial Molluscs in China

Y Yan and N Ma

This book is a compilation of 42 articles on Chinese land snails published in various Chinese Journals [e.g. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, Sichuan Journal of Zoology, Journal of Xinjiang University ...

Revised Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Denmark / Revideret Fortegnelse over Danmarks Sommerfugle

Ole Karsholt and Per Stadel Nielsen

This checklist of Danish Lepidoptera is the fourth in a series of modern lists / catalogues (Karsholt & Nielsen, 1976; Schnack (ed.), 1985; Karsholt & Stadel Nielsen, 1998 - also known as the orange, the blue and the green catalogue ... ....

Shells of Penghu

Wu Wen Long and Cai Wan Sheng

The Penghu Islands, also known as Pescadores, are an archipelago off the western coast of Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait consisting of 64 small islands and islets covering an area of 141 square kilometers. Shells of Penghu figures ... ....

Spider-hunting Wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Poland

Diversity, identification, distribution

Bogdan Wisniowski

Poland has a rich invertebrate fauna and hosts 89 of the 284 spider-hunting wasps found in Europe, around twice the figure for mainland Britain. This includes all but one of the active British list, Aporus unicolor.

Spiders of the Savanna Biome

AS Dippenaar-Schoeman, SR Foord and CR Haddad

Spiders of the Savanna Biome is the first to provide information on the spider families, genera and species found in the Savanna Biome, a biome where 308 endemic species are found. This information will be valuable to ... ....

Tarantulas of the World: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 3

Heinz-Josef Peters

This volume treats an additional 78 species from diverse genera.

The Ants of Poland with Reference to the Myrmecofauna Of Europe

Wojciech Czechowski, Alexander Radchenko, Wieslawa Czechowska and Kari Vepsalainen

This book on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is an updated, corrected and expanded version of the previous monograph of the Polish myrmecofauna (Czechowski et al. 2002). It contains 103 ant species of 25 genera reported in Poland until ... ....

The Brazilian Goblin Spiders of the New Genus Predatoroonops (Araneae: Oonopidae)

Antonio D Brescovit, Alexandre B Bonaldo, Adalberto J Santos, Ricardo Ott and Cristina A Rheims

The new endemic goblin spider genus Predatoroonops is erected for 17 new soft-bodied oonopid species from Brazil: Predatoroonops schwarzeneggeri, sp. nov., is the type species of the genus, P. poncho, sp. nov. ... ....

The Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) of Eastern Turan, Tarbagatai, Saur and South-western Alta

Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae

Sergei A Toropov and Alexander B Zhdanko

The first volume of this book combines characters of scientific edition and photo album and may be used as an illustrated guide to butterflies of the superfamily of Papilionoidea in Eastern Turan, Tarbagatai, Saur and South-western ... ....

The Crustacea, Complementary to the Volumes of the Trait? de Zoologie, Volume 9, Part A, B and C (3-Volume Set)

J Carel von Vaupel Klein, FR Schram and M Charmantier-Daures

This 3-volume set contains parts 9A, 9B and 9C of The Crustacea, Complementary to the Volumes of the Traité de Zoologie, all of which can be purchased separately. Volume 9A covers Eucarida: Euphausiacea, Amphionidacea, and ... ....

The Crustacea, Complementary to the Volumes of the Traite de Zoologie, Volume 9, Part C

Eucarida: Euphausiacea, Amphionidacea, and Decapoda (Partim)

J Carel von Vaupel Klein, M Charmantier-Daures and FR Schram

This volume, 9C, covers the Brachyura.

The Gregarines: The Early Branching Apicomplexa (2-Volume Set)

Isabelle Desportes and Joseph Schrevel

The phylum Apicomplexa is characterized by the unique cell organisation of the zoites, the infective stages of unicellular parasites previously designated as Sporozoa. Apicomplexa includes Coccidian and Hematozoa well known for human and ... ....

The Guests of Japanese Ants

Munetoshi Maruyama

Diverse animals can be found inside ant colonies. Some have life histories that depend wholly or partially on the ants, and these species are termed "myrmecophiles". An additional guild of animals depends on the myrmecophiles ... ....

The Lepidoptera of Greece and Cyprus, Volume 1

Laszlo Gozmany

This volume in the Fauna Graeciae is the first of several parts to deal with the Lepidoptera.

Welche Spinne ist das? [Which Spider?]

Die Bekanntesten Arten Mitteleuropas [The best-known Species of Central Europe]

Martin Baehr

There are over 800 different types of spiders in Europe alone. With brilliant colour photos and detailed drawings, Welche Spinne ist das? is the perfect introduction to the world of spiders. It shows the importance of spiders in ... ....

World Catalogue of Insects, Volume 11: Notodontidae and Oenosandridae

Alexander Schintlmeister

This 11th volume in the World Catalogue of Insects comprises 4415 species in 532 genera of Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera), which is about 1000 species more than ever before provided in any ... ....

Zhejiang Dongtou Haichan Beilei Tuzhi [Atlas of Marine Molluscs in Dongtou, Zhejiang]

YongPu Zhang and HuaBin Zhou

Atlas of Marine Molluscs in Dongtou, Zhejiang figures 213 mollusks of Dongtou (Zhejiang Province), i.e. 7 Polyplacophora, 120 Gastropoda, 73 Bivalvia, 2 Scaphopoda, 11 Cephalopoda. Each species is described on a single page and ... ....

Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin

SJ Nesbitt, JB Desojo and RB Irmis

Archosaurs, an important reptile group that includes birds and crocodiles, arose in the Triassic in the aftermath of the end-Permian extinction. Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin  explores ... ....

Climatic and Environmental History of Isla De Los Estados, Argentina

Juan Federico Ponce and Marilyn Fernandez

Climatic and Environmental History of Isla De Los Estados, Argentina is the result of ten years' of scientific research carried out by the authors on Isla de los Estados. The research includes their doctoral thesis and many ... ....

Dinosaurs of Utah

Frank DeCourten

Since the late 1800s, when professional fossil hunters vied with each other to bring the largest and most complete specimens to the museum market, Utah has been one of the most fertile grounds for dinosaur discovery. Because rock from the ... ....

Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida

Christian F Kammerer, Kenneth D Angielczyk and Jurg Frubisch

Non-mammalian synapsids were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates from the Late Carboniferous to the Middle Triassic and play a key role in understanding the origin and evolution of mammals. Despite these facts and the outstanding fossil ... ....

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Extinction (2-Volume Set)

Melissa McDade

This full-color 2-volume set which is complementary to Grzimek's Animal Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, explores extinction and extinct life in detail. Written specifically for students and general researchers, the set features a ... ....

Insect Evolution in an Amberiferous and Stone Alphabet

Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Fossil Insects, Arthropods and Amber

Dany Azar, Michael S Engel, Edmund Jarzembowski, Lars Krogmann, Andre Nel and Jorge Santiago-Blay

Insects are the most diverse group of life on Earth and their history extends well into the Paleozoic, making them among the oldest of terrestrial animal lineages. They are critical to the well being of ecosystems from the equator to the ... ....

Jurassic Dinosaur Faunas in Zigong [Chinese]

Peng Guangzhao

Zigong, a famous historical and cultural city of China, is situated in southern Sichuan province and covers an area of about 433 km², it is a hilled region that exposes a continuous and widespread Mesozoic red beds in which ... ....

Les Animaux et Ecosystemes de l'Holocene Disparus de Madagascar

Steven M Goodman, William L Jungers and Velizar Simeonovski

The biodiversity of Madagascar fascinates us with its many features. Using evidence from 13 different paleontological and archaeological sites, the authors focused on ecological changes that have occurred in recent geological time, during ... ....

Sabertooth

Mauricio Anton

With their spectacularly enlarged canines, sabertooth cats are among the most popular of prehistoric animals, yet it is surprising how little information about them is available for the curious layperson. What's more, there were other ... ....

Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 65

Michael Lesser

Volume 65 contains three review articles, see table of contents for more details.

Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 66

Michael Lesser

Volume 66 contains three review articles. See table of contents for more details.

Guía de las Macroalgas y Fanerogamas Marinas del Mediterreneo Occidental

Conxi Rodríguez-Prieto, Enric Ballesteros, Fernando Boisset and Julio Afonso-Carrillo

Guía de las Macroalgas y Fanerógamas Marinas del Mediterráneo Occidental introduces the reader to the fascinating group of macroalgae and seagrass, that thrive in the western Mediterranean. The guide contains ... ....

Seaweed Invasions

Craig Johnson

Invasive species are widely recognized as a major threat to marine biodiversity. The rate of anthropogenically-mediated translocation of species to regions outside native ranges has never been greater, which raises considerable concerns ... ....

The Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Fish & River Creatures

A Visual Encyclopedia of Aquatic Life Featuring 450 Species, Includes 500 Detailed Illustrations, Photographs and Maps

Daniel Gilpin

This is a global directory of freshwater species of fish, reptiles and amphibians ranging from salmon, trout, chubs and basses to turtles, crocodiles, manatees and dolphins. Species are grouped according to the continents they inhabit ... ....

The Shark That Walks on Land

And Other Strange But True Tales Of Mysterious Sea Creatures

Michael Bright

When you jump or dive into the sea and then bob back up and float at the surface, do you wonder what's down there, what creature is underneath you, looking up, ready to take an inquisitive bite? Peter Benchley, author of ...

Threatened Animals of Japanese Tidal Flats [Japanese]

Red Data Book of Seashore Benthos

Japanese Association of Benthology

A Red Data Book of seashore benthos found on Japanese tidal flat. Copiously illustrated throughout with colour photos.

Across the Ravaged Land

Nick Brandt

Across the Ravaged Land is the third and final volume in Nick Brandt's trilogy of books documenting the disappearing natural world and animals of East Africa. Across the Ravaged Land's title, combined with the ... ....

Afield: Forty Years of Birding the American West

Alan Contreras and Ramiel Papish

For forty years, Alan Contreras has studied birds and natural history in the West. In Afield: Forty Years of Birding the American West, he recounts his bird-watching experiences – primarily in Oregon, but also in Alaska ... ....

Age of the Dinosaur

Steve Parker

Encounter life on Earth millions of years ago with Age of the Dinosaur. Packed with bite-size facts and exciting prehistoric puzzles, it explains what the world looked like and how it changed, which incredible creatures, plants ... ....

Alfred Russel Wallace

Letters from the Malay Archipelago

John van Wyhe, Kees Rookmaaker and Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters from the Malay Archipelago brings together the letters of the great Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) during his famous travels of 1854-62 in the Malay Archipelago (now Singapore) ... ....

Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazon

Footsteps in the Forest

Sandra Knapp

Alfred Russel Wallace is justly famous for his discoveries in Southeast Asia, from where he wrote to Charles Darwin outlining his theory of evolution by natural selection. His career as a tropical naturalist, however, began in the Amazon ... ....

Alfred Russel Wallace: Explorer, Evolutionist, Public Intellectual

A Thinker for Our Own Times?

Ted Benton

Only now is Alfred Russel Wallace beginning to get his long overdue recognition. In his own time he was acknowledged as joint author, with Darwin, of the theory of evolution by natural selection. Since then, the bright light shone on Darwin ... ....

Alone on the Ice

The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration

David Roberts

His two companions dead, food and supplies vanished in a crevasse, Douglas Mawson was still one hundred miles from camp. On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition ... ....

Among the Islands

Adventures in the Pacific

Tim Flannery

Twenty-five years ago, a young curator of mammals from the Australian Museum in Sydney set out to research the fauna of the Pacific Islands. Starting with a survey of one of the most inaccessible islands in Melanesia – Woodlark, in ... ....

An Accidental Statistician

The Life and Memories of George E. P. Box

George EP Box

Celebrating the life of an admired pioneer in statistics In this captivating and inspiring memoir, world-renowned statistician George E. P. Box offers a firsthand account of his life and statistical work. Writing in an engaging, charming ... ....

An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants

Daphne Sheldrick

A typical day for Daphne involves rescuing baby elephants from poachers; finding homes for orphan elephants, all the while campaigning against the possibility that the ivory trade might be re-opened.

An Appetite for Wonder

The Making of a Scientist - A Memoir

Richard Dawkins

Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to a clutch of accomplished scientists, Richard Dawkins was bound to have biology in his genes. But what were the influences that shaped his life and ... ....

Ancient Animals: Terror Bird

Sarah L Thomson and Andrew Plant

A creature whose name says it all. There are a lot of large birds that inhabit our world today – the albatross, the condor, the emperor penguin. But none of these compare to the terror bird: a bird of prey that roamed ...

Animal London

Ianthe Ruthven

London is full of animals. They are hidden in crumbling graveyards, daubed in canal-bank graffiti, perched atop rooftops. But in the hustle-and-bustle at street-level they are all too often overlooked. This quirky guidebook ...

Animal Records

Mark Carwardine

Animal Records is the definitive guide to the most exceptional creatures on Earth, from the strongest and shortest to the longest and laziest. Packed with thousands of amazing facts and all the latest discoveries, it features ... ....

Animals Upside Down

A Pull, Pop, Lift & Learn Book!

Steve Jenkins and Robin Page

The three-toed sloth is topsy-turvy most of the time. The upside-down jellyfish rests on its back to feed. Skunks do stink-warning headstands and mallards upend in this colourful, interactive exploration of the hows and whys of upside-down ... ....

Asteroids, Comets and Meteors

Rosalind Mist

What are stars made of? Where do they come from? What surrounds them in our Solar System? Learn all about the planets and stars with this dazzling series from QED. Through straightforward sentence structure and enlightening images, readers ... ....

Badain Jaran

The Forgotten Desert

Carlos Crespo, Bill Kouwenhoven and Catherine Hug

Badain Jaran: more than 19,000 square miles of endless openness, sand dunes up to 1600 feet tall and mysterious saltwater lakes. Badain Jaran is part of the Alashan desert, south-west to the Gobi in the Inner Mogolia province of China. ....

British Wildlife Photography Awards, Collection 4

AA (Automobile Association)

Celebrating the talents of photographers of all nationalities practising in the UK and highlighting the diversity of British natural history. This superb collection of imagery showcases the very best of the British Wildlife Photography ... ....

Bugs

Penny Arlon

Discover More: Bugs is a guide to bugs, bursting with awesome photographs and cool facts. Children can discover hundreds of great and gross insects and creepy crawlies in colourful, blown-up photos. They can meet every kind of ... ....

Charles Darwin: Destroyer of Myths

Andrew Norman

Charles Darwin did not deliberately set out to be the 'destroyer of mythical beliefs', some of which, in his early days as a young Christian, he had previously espoused. He was a modest man who liked to avoid controversy, yet he ... ....

Darwin and His Children

His Other Legacy

Tim M Berra

While much has been written about the life and works of Charles Darwin, the lives of his ten children remain largely unexamined. Most "Darwin books" consider his children as footnotes to the life of their famous father and ... ....

David Busch's Compact Field Guide for the Nikon D7100

David Busch

This compact, camera-bag-friendly field guide will help you make the most of your Nikon D7100 digital SLR. David Busch's Compact Field Guide For The Nikon D7100 gives you the information, the tools, and the techniques ... ....

David Livingstone, Africa's Greatest Explorer

The Man, the Missionary and the Myth

Paul Bayly

In 1841, a twenty-eight-year-old Scottish missionary, David Livingstone, began the first of his exploratory treks into the African veldt. During the course of his lifetime, he covered over 29,000 miles uncovering what lay beyond rivers ... ....

Dinosaurs

Penny Arlon

Discover More: Dinosaurs is a guide to dinosaurs, bursting with awesome images and cool facts where every day brings a new dinosaur discovery. This guide is packed with dinosaur pictures and facts, based on the very latest information ... ....

Dinosaurs 3D

An Incredible Journey Through Time

Editors for TIME Kids Magazine

Take a walk on the Prehistoric side with Dinosaurs 3D. Brought to you by the editors of TIME For Kids magazine, Dinosaurs 3D of stunning 3D images shows dinosaurs as you've never seen them.

Earth and Mars

Rosalind Mist

What are stars made of? Where do they come from? What surrounds them in our Solar System? Learn all about the planets and stars with this dazzling series from QED. Through straightforward sentence structure and enlightening images, readers ... ....

Exploring the Landscape of The National Forest

A Walkers' Guide to the Landscape and Natural Environment of The National Forest

British Geological Survey

From the British Geological Survey – a walkers' guide to the landscape and natural environment of The National Forest. This is a 106 page printed A5 book with a folded walkers' map at 1:50,000, presented in a folded plastic ... ....

Extreme Dinosaurs

One of the perennial classic themes of kids' publishing is given the Rolls Royce treatment in this fantastic full-colour extravaganza, featuring savage velociraptors, plodding brachiosauri and of course the terrifying T. rex.

Find Out About Insects

With 18 Projects and More Than 260 Pictures

Jen Green

Find Out About Insects offers an accessible and engaging introduction to insects. You can find out about butterflies, moths, ants, termites, bees, wasps, dragonflies and other fascinating minibeasts. 18 practical projects using ... ....

Frontier Naturalist

Jean Louis Berlandier and the Exploration of Northern Mexico and Texas

Russell M Lawson

A true story of discovery and discoverers in what was the northern frontier region of Mexico in the years before the Mexican War. In 1826 the region was claimed by both Mexico and the United States. Berlandier [ca. 1805–51], a French ... ....

George Catlin's American Buffalo

Adam Duncan Harris, Elizabeth Broun, James C McNutt and George Catlin

George Catlin's American Buffalo presents 40 oil paintings by George Catlin (1796-1872), one of the first artists of European descent to travel up the Missouri river following the buffalo and the native Americans who hunted ... ....

Gone Again Ptarmigan

Jonathan London and Jon Van Zyle

Every winter, willow ptarmigan birds put on new feathery coats, softly white and perfect for hiding in snow. In the spring they take on a spotted brown more suited to nesting. This is just one of the captivating changes that take place in ... ....

Heartland: The Plains and the Prairie

David Plowden

When David Plowden travelled from the American East Coast to the Midwest, he was stunned by the landscape. In the years that followed he became enthralled by its vast open spaces and wildly changing skies. Fields of wheat, grain and corn ... ....

How to Clean a Hippopotamus

A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships

Steve Jenkins and Robin Page

How to Clean a Hippopotamus, a book about animal symbiosis, offers readers a close-up, step-by-step view of nature's fascinating partnerships. You can find out why a mongoose comes running when a warthog lies down, how a ... ....

How to be a Dinosaur Hunter

Lonely Planet Publications

How To Be A Dinosaur Hunter contains everything young explorers need to know to become a famous dinosaur hunter, covering what it was like in the age of the dino, what clues to look for and what equipment to pack; Danger ratings ... ....

In Search of Mechanisms

Discoveries Across the Life Sciences

Carl F Craver and Lindley Darden

Neuroscientists investigate the mechanisms of spatial memory. Molecular biologists study the mechanisms of protein synthesis and the myriad mechanisms of gene regulation. Ecologists study nutrient cycling mechanisms and their devastating ... ....

In the Eye of the Storm

The Autobiography of Sir John Houghton

John Houghton

Sir John Houghton's life chronicles the history of climate science. As progress has been made in the scientific measuring of climate, a worrying picture has emerged. And as Houghton and others have sought to make those worries clear ... ....

Into the Night

Tales of Nocturnal Wildlife Expeditions

Rick A Adams

This entertaining collection of essays from professional scientists and naturalists provides an enlightening look at the lives of field biologists with a passion for the hidden world of nocturnal wildlife. Into the Night explores ... ....

Island Child - My Life on Skokholm with R. M. Lockley

Ann Lockley

When reading through the diaries of her father, the well-known naturalist and writer R. M. Lockley, Ann Lockley was struck by the differences between what he had written and what she remembered. So here, she gives her side of things. ....

Jupiter and Saturn

Rosalind Mist

What are stars made of? Where do they come from? What surrounds them in our Solar System? Learn all about the planets and stars with this dazzling series from QED. Through straightforward sentence structure and enlightening images, readers ... ....

Learn to Draw Forest Animals & Wildlife

Step-by-step Instructions for 25 Different Woodland Animals

Robin Cuddy

Learn to Draw Forest Animals & Wildlife is an adventurous addition to the Learn to Drawn series. Forest, frontier and prairie animals are beautiful and majestic, peaceful and ferocious. Children will learn to draw a ... ....

Learn to Draw Rainforest & Jungle Animals

Step-by-step Drawing Instructions for 25 Exotic Creatures

Robin Cuddy

Expanding the popular collection of animal books in the Learn to Draw series, Learn to Draw Rainforest & Jungle Animals will teach kids how easy it is to draw a variety of exciting and exotic creatures from ... ....

Life Atomic

A History of Radioisotopes in Science and Medicine

Angela NH Creager

After World War II, the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) began mass-producing radioisotopes, sending out nearly 64,000 shipments of radioactive materials to scientists and physicians by 1955. Even as the atomic bomb became the focus of ... ....

Lonely Planet's Beautiful World

Sublime Photography of the World's Most Magnificent Spectacles

Lonely Planet Publications

Forty years of passion and experience has been poured into Lonely Planet's Beautiful World. We witness fiery volcanic eruptions; wind-sculpted icebergs in the Antarctic; mind-blowing migrations of wildlife large and small ... ....

Lonely Planet's Best Ever Photography Tips

Lonely Planet Publications

A perfect gift for the new photographer, or a handy pocket guide to keep you on the road; covers all the basics of photography, from composition to post-effects; focus on smartphone photography: get the best from your mobile phone ... ....

Louis Agassiz

Creator of American Science

Christoph Irmscher

One hundred and seventy-five years ago, a Swiss immigrant took America by storm, launching American science as we know it. The irrepressible Louis Agassiz, legendary at a young age for his work on mountain glaciers, focused his prodigious ... ....

Mercury and Venus

Rosalind Mist

What are stars made of? Where do they come from? What surrounds them in our Solar System? Learn all about the planets and stars with this dazzling series from QED. Through straightforward sentence structure and enlightening images, readers ... ....

Moments

Robert Boesch

Born in Switzerland, Robert Bösch ranks among the most celebrated landscape photographers in the world. Nature and especially mountain landscapes have always had a magical appeal to him. In 2001 he even scaled Mount Everest.

Naturalists at Sea

Scientific Travellers from Dampier to Darwin

Glyn Williams

On the great Pacific discovery expeditions of the "long eighteenth century", naturalists for the first time were commonly found aboard ships sailing forth from European ports. Lured by intoxicating opportunities to discover ... ....

Night Sky

Giles Sparrow

Discover More: Night Sky explores the mysteries of the night sky. One for the aspiring astronomer.

Nikon D7100 Digital Field Guide

J Dennis Thomas

Everything you need to know to take full advantage of your Nikon D7100 As a well-rounded, feature-rich dSLR, the new Nikon D7100 is a compact lightweight camera that is loaded with sophisticated features. This full-color guide is packed ... ....

Nikon D7100 For Dummies

Julie Adair King

The Nikon D7100 is an ideal camera for beginning photographers who may lack structured photography training but are still eager and determined to take great photos. And that's where this fun-and-friendly guide comes in handy!

Observing by Hand

Sketching the Nebulae in the Nineteenth Century

Omar W Nasim

Today we are all familiar with the iconic pictures of the nebulae produced by the Hubble Space Telescope's digital cameras. But there was a time, before the successful application of photography to the heavens, in which scientists had ... ....

Ocean (and Sea)

Steve Parker

Discover More: Oceans is for every child that is fascinated by sharks, tsunamis, palm-fringed beaches, coral reefs and superstrange-looking deep-sea fish. We know more about Mars than we do about the oceans that cover 70 percent ... ....

On the Organic Law of Change

A Facsimile Edition and Annotated Transcription of Alfred Russel Wallace's Species Notebook of 1855-1859

Alfred Russel Wallace

A giant of the discipline of biogeography and co-discoverer of natural selection, Alfred Russel Wallace was the most famous naturalist in the world when he died in 1913. To mark the centennial of Wallace's death, James Costa offers a ... ....

Out of the Wild

Zoo Portraits

Boza Ivanovic and Barbara Stauss

Zoos work to preserve nature, protecting animals from the encroaching human presence in their native environments. Cages and glass – these barriers exist to protect both the animals and the visitors. Photographer Boza Ivanovic ... ....

Outsider Scientists

Routes to Innovation in Biology

Oren Harman and Michael R Dietrich

Outsider Scientists: Routes to Innovation in Biology describes the transformative role played by "outsiders" in the growth of the modern life sciences. Biology, which occupies a special place between the exact and human ... ....

Penguins

Penny Arlon and Tory Gordon-Harris

Small in size but big in personality, stars of movies, TV, and games, penguins are loved by kids everywhere. In this book kids can meet every one of the seventeen different kinds of penguin and discover how they eat, sleep, talk, walk ... ....

Planets

Penny Arlon and Tory Gordon-Harris

Kids can discover how our planet fits into the solar system, and be blown away by the big facts and stats of space. Welcome to a tour of the major planets, moons, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and other rocks and gas that orbit the sun ... ....

Putting Science in Its Place

Geographies of Scientific Knowledge

David N Livingstone

We are accustomed to thinking of science and its findings as universal. After all, one atom of carbon plus two of oxygen yields carbon dioxide in Amazonia as well as in Alaska; a scientist in Bombay can use the same materials and techniques ... ....

Rainforests

Penny Arlon

Discover More: Rainforests is a guide to the world's rainforests, bursting with awesome photographs and cool facts. Readers can dscover where all the rainforests in the world are, read all about the wildlife that lives in the ... ....

Reading Darwin in Arabic, 1860-1950

Marwa Elshakry

In Reading Darwin in Arabic, Marwa Elshakry questions current ideas about Islam, science, and secularism by exploring the ways in which Darwin was read in Arabic from the late 1860s to the mid-twentieth century. Borrowing from the ... ....

Reptiles

Penny Arlon and Tory Gordon-Harris

Discover More: Reptiles is packed with extreme photographs and amazing facts about these cool and crazy reptiles from giant dragons to snapping turtles. Discover More: Reptiles includes three incredible ... ....

Science from Sight to Insight

How Scientists Illustrate Meaning

Alan G Gross and Joseph E Harmon

John Dalton's molecular structures. Scatter plots and geometric diagrams. Watson and Crick's double helix. The way in which scientists understand the world – and the key concepts that explain it – is undeniably bound ... ....

Sharks

Penny Arlon

Discover More: Sharks is packed with amazing facts and photographs about these dangerous creatures. Filled with hundreds of breeds of shark with a specific focus on shark families. Readers can dscover all about sharks' amazing ... ....

Sharkwise

A Journey of Discovery

Sharkwise tells the compelling story of Marc Sluszny's quest to discover the true face of the ocean's most feared predator, the Great White Shark. Fascinating images take you on a unique expedition throughout Egypt ... ....

Snorkeling the Florida Keys

Brad Bertelli

The Florida Reef is known for its brilliant corals as much as it is for sunken pirate treasure. From Carysfort Reef to Indian Key to Dry Tortugas National Park, the Florida Keys provide many excellent and diverse snorkelling opportunities ... ....

Southern Light

Images from Antarctica

David Neilson

Southern Light: Images from Antarctica is a beautifully printed photographic journey, in both color and black-and-white, through the awe-inspiring landscapes of the frozen continent. Since 1990, wilderness photographer ... ....

Spiders

Cecil Warburton

Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the ... ....

Story of Inventions

From Antiquity to the Present

Shobhit Mahajan

The Story of Inventions provides concise and reliable information on key cultural and historical topics. Highlights: - Chronological presentation of the most important themes - More than 150 illustrations ...

Sun and Moon

Rosalind Mist

What are stars made of? Where do they come from? What surrounds them in our Solar System? Learn all about the planets and stars with this dazzling series from QED. Through straightforward sentence structure and enlightening images, readers ... ....

Tales of an African Vet

Roy Aronson

The heart-wrenching and adventure-filled stories of a South African wild animal vet and his colleagues. When do you watch a wild animal suffer and let nature take its course, and when do you intervene? In his more than ...

The Bat Scientists

Mary Kay Carson and Tom Uhlman

In The Bat Scientists Dr. Merlin Tuttle and his colleagues at Bat Conservation International study these fascinating creatures of the night, in hopes of protecting them from a new disease called White-nose symdrome, which ... ....

The Bet

Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble Over Earth's Future

Paul Sabin

In 1980, the iconoclastic economist Julian Simon challenged celebrity biologist Paul Ehrlich to a bet. Their wager on the future prices of five metals captured the public's imagination as a test of coming prosperity or doom.

The Big Golden Book of Dinosaurs

Robert Bakker and Luis V Rey

Renowned paleontologist Robert T. Bakker and award-winning paleoartist Luis V. Rey combine forces in this oversized picture book about the evolution of dinosaurs. From the conquest of land by dino ancestor Acanthostega during the Devonian ... ....

The Earth on Show

Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802-1856

Ralph O'Connor

At the turn of the nineteenth century, geology – and its claims that the earth had a long and colorful prehuman history – was widely dismissed as dangerous nonsense. But just fifty years later, it was the most celebrated of ... ....

The Encyclopedia of Exploration (5-Volume Set)

Raymond John Howgego

The vast scope of The Encyclopedia of Exploration makes it a work unlike any other in its combination of historical, biographical and bibliographical data. It includes a catalogue of all known expeditions, voyages and travels ...

The Encyclopedia of Exploration, Volume 5: Invented and Apocryphal Narratives of Travel

Raymond John Howgego

The first four volumes of this highly acclaimed Encyclopedia dealt almost exclusively with voyages and travels of indisputable historical reality. In this intriguing final volume the author turns his attention to the curious but compelling ... ....

The Masters of Nature Photography

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Rosamund Kidman Cox

The Masters of Nature Photography collection presents the very best of nature photography, featuring the work of ten of the world's foremost photographers. From the evocative artistry of Jim Brandenburg and Vincent Munier to ... ....

The Modern Explorers

Robin Hanbury-Tenison and Robert Twigger

Exploration has never been more popular and any idea that there is nowhere left to explore is instantly disproved by the contemporary explorers who are showcased here. Most of the accounts in The Modern Explorers are written by ... ....

The Secrets of Alchemy

Lawrence M Principe

In The Secrets of Alchemy, Lawrence M. Principe, one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, brings alchemy out of the shadows and restores it to its important place in human history and culture. By surveying what ... ....

The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs

Being the First Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle, Under the Command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. During the Yea

Charles Darwin

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection. Published in 1842, this important monograph by Charles Darwin (1809-82) formed the first part of a trilogy of geological studies based on observations ... ....

The Urban Bestiary

Encountering the Everyday Wild

Lyanda Lynn Haupt

In The Urban Bestiary, acclaimed nature writer Lyanda Lynn Haupt journeys into the heart of the everyday wild, where coyotes, raccoons, chickens, hawks, and humans live in closer proximity than ever before. Haupt's observations ... ....

The Windward Road

Adventures of a Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores

Archie Carr

Originally published in 1956, The Windward Road helped set in motion a movement to protect sea turtles that spread throughout the world and remains strong today. Archie Carr's unmatched style of nature writing, accessible to ... ....

Tiere der Nacht [Nocturnal Animals]

Dietmar Nill and Bernhard Ziegler

Nocturnal animals are mysterious and even a little scary – sometimes heard but almost never seen. In close proximity, we can hear grasshoppers chirping, the eerie calls of owls and screech owls, foxes going on the hunt and dormice ... ....

Tracks and Shadows

Field Biology as Art

Harry W Greene

Intellectually rich, intensely personal, and beautifully written, Tracks and Shadows is both an absorbing autobiography of a celebrated field biologist and a celebration of beauty in nature. Harry W. Greene, award-winning author ... ....

Uranus and Neptune

Rosalind Mist

What are stars made of? Where do they come from? What surrounds them in our Solar System? Learn all about the planets and stars with this dazzling series from QED. Through straightforward sentence structure and enlightening images, readers ... ....

Very Wonderful, Very Rare - Saving the Most Endangered Wildlife on Earth

Jonathan Bailey

This spectacular book introduces children to some of the most endangered species on Earth, from the pygymy sloth to Attenborough's pitcher plant. It explores what scientists are doing to save species and what we can do to help, features ... ....

Weather

Penny Arlon

Discover More: Weather is packed with striking photographs and amazing facts about the world's extreme weather. Learn all about weather types and systems with case studies, eyewitness accounts and information on meteorologists' ... ....

Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Portfolio 23

Rosamund Kidman Cox

Presenting the year's very best wildlife images, this powerful collection of pictures represents the work of many international photographers, both professionals and amateurs. It comprises all the winning and commended photographs ... ....

Wonders of Nature

Ustad Mansur at the Mughal Court

Asok Kumar Das

The Mughals, members of a Persianate empire that ruled large parts of the Indian subcontinent after 1526, combined their love of nature with their love and patronage of art. By Akbar's reign the master artists of his atelier were ... ....

Ahead of the Flaming Front

A Life on Fire

In Ahead of the Flaming Front, Jerry D. Mathes II takes readers into the heart of wildfires from the forests of Idaho to the deserts of the Mexican border – and directly into the lives of the men and women who face the ... ....

Barro Colorado Island Wildlife Guide

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)

Barro Colorado Island was created in 1914 during the construction of the Panama Canal when the rising waters of Lake Gatum separated it from the main land. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute is the official custodian of the island ... ....

Bayshore Summer

Finding Eden in a Most Unlikely Place

Pete Dunne

Bypassed by time and "Joisey" Shore-bound vacationers, the marshes and forests of the Bayshore constitute one of North America's last great undiscovered wild places. Sixty million people live within a tank of gas of this ... ....

Desert Treks from Riyadh

Ionis Thompson and Ellie Whittaker

Desert Treks from Riyadh has long been the standard bestseller for desert travel from Riyadh. While it has never ceased to be used by intrepid travellers in the years since it was first printed, Desert Treks from Riyadh ... ....

Faunal Heritage of Rajasthan, India

Conservation and Management of Vertebrates

BK Sharma, Seema Kulshreshtha and Asad R Rahmani

The state of Rajasthan in India ranks very high in biodiversity and contains several different types of ecosystems. It has implications for ecology and conservation in many areas of the world. The state of Rajasthan broadly falls under the ... ....

Flora y Fauna del Parque Nacional del Teide

Juan Manuel Martinez Cramona

Illustrated guide to the flora and fauna of this National Park in Tenerife, around Mt Teide, Spain's highest mountain.

Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World

A Global Ecological History

Gregory T Cushman

For centuries, bird guano has played a pivotal role in the agricultural and economic development of Latin America, East Asia and Oceania. As their populations ballooned during the Industrial Revolution, North American and European powers ... ....

Ireland's Animals

Myths, Legends and Folklore

Niall MacCoitir and Gordon D'Arcy

Ancient Ireland was such a healthy place no poisonous plant could grow and cattle had to be restrained from over-eating in case they burst! In early Irish legend it wasn't St Patrick who expelled the snakes from Ireland, but Moses! ....

Natur Erleben Rund ums Haus

Klaus Richarz

Natur Erleben Rund ums Haus aims to familiarise the reader with the plants and animals they can find in their direct surroundings, whether on your balcony or terrace, out in a park or garden, or further afield in a meadow or ... ....

Nature Guide to the Northern Forest

Exploring the Ecology of the Forests of New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine

Peter J Marchand

Part field guide, part natural history narrative, Nature Guide to the Northern Forest will help you identify and understand the complex influences that shape the flora and fauna of northern New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, and ... ....

Nature's Treasurehouse

A History of the Natural History Museum

Bob Press and John Thackray

The Natural History Museum in London has long been a favourite destination for millions every year, from curious children to scientific researchers. Nature's Treasurehouse takes you on a whirlwind journey through the history ... ....

Prairie Spring

A Journey Into the Heart of a Season

Pete Dunne

A portrait of spring in the heartland of North America In this first of four seasonal narratives, Pete Dunne sends a postcard from the prairie in his characteristically puckish style.The prairie is an exciting place to explore an unfolding ... ....

Seychelles - The Best Of

A Photographic Journey through Pristine Natural Beauties

Gregor Kervina and Jeanne A Mortimer

The wonderful, high quality photographs inside Seychelles - The Best Of will take you on a spectacular journey through some of the most beautiful spots on our planet! You will discover some of the best pristine places, fascinating ... ....

Soulful Creatures

Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt

Edward Bleiberg, Yekaterina Barbash, Lisa Bruno, Arnold L Lehman and Edward Bleiberg

In the ancient burial grounds of Saqqara, outside the Egyptian capital, Memphis, over five million individual ibis mummies have been excavated from one cemetery alone. Yet the mummification of animals and its role in ancient Egyptian culture ... ....

Suisun Marsh

Ecological History and Possible Futures

Peter B Moyle, Amber Manfree and Peggy L. Fiedler

One of California's most remarkable wetlands, Suisun Marsh is the largest tidal marsh on the West Coast and a major feature of the San Francisco Estuary. This productive and unique habitat supports endemic species, is a nursery for ... ....

Tenerife

Magic in the Atlantic / Magie dans l'Atlantique / Magie im Atlantik / Magia en el Atlantico

Jose Manuel Moreno and Gilberto Aleman

The beauty of Tenerife, which has been praised since the times of the romantic explorers, has made it one of the most popular and most widely visited islands of Europe. Its 2036 km² reveal some out-of-the-ordinary landscapes ... ....

Tenerife Nature Walks

Sally Lamdin-Whymark

This walking guide for Tenerife presents 35 of the most scenic walks on Tenerife and will introduce the reader to the island's dramatic landscapes and varied flora and fauna. Tenerife Nature Walks includes mountain routes in ... ....

The Complete Garden Wildlife Book

Mark Golley

The Complete Garden Wildlife Book is a new, redesigned and updated edition of a popular title. One of the greatest pleasures of having a garden is to be able to observe and identify the great number of animal species which may ... ....

The Great British Year

Wildlife Through the Seasons

Stephen Moss

Britain is a place of remarkable beauty and surprising extremes: nowhere else in the temperate world boasts such extreme variety in such a small area. Our humble island has over 10,000 miles of coastline; iconic animals and birds ... ....

The Once and Future Great Lakes Country

An Ecological History

John L Riley

North America's Great Lakes country has experienced centuries of upheaval. Its landscapes are utterly changed from what they were five hundred years ago. The region's superabundant fish and wildlife and its magnificent forests and ... ....

The Story of Colchester Zoo

SC Kershaw

Colchester Zoo is today one of the finest zoos in Britain. Yet, unlike almost every other major zoo in the country, Colchester Zoo has never had its story told – until now. The forgotten figures of Frank and Helena Farrar are here ... ....

Tiere und Pflanzen Unserer Walder [Plants and Animals of Our Forests]

120 Arten Einfach Bestimmen

Ute Wilhelmsen

These practical nature field guides series in a handy pocket size format show portraits of up to 170 species per title. All species are presented with brilliant photos. The proven colour-code helps the reader identify quickly the species ... ....

Trinidad and Tobago Wildlife Guide

Mammals - Birds - Reptiles - Amphibians - Invertebrates

Mark Wainwright, Enrique Leal C and Robert Dean

Trinidad and Tobago Wildlife Guide is a laminated fold-out pocket guide measuring 24" by 8.75" (61 cm by 22 cm) when spread flat; 3.5" by 8.75" (9 cm by 22 cm) when folded to fit in a pocket or day pack. ....

Wildlife of East Africa

A photographic guide

Dave Richards

This photographic guide to the wildlife of East Africa is an accessible introduction to the region's more conspicuous and interesting mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs, insects, flowers and trees. A colour photograph accompanies each ... ....

1001 Garden Plants In Singapore

Boo Chih Min, Kartini Omar-Hor and Ou-Yang Chow Lin

1001 Garden Plants In Singapore is a pictorial guide on 1,920 plants found in Singapore. With some 800 pages of text, more than 3,200 full-colour photos, and informative icons on basic plant care ...

A Field Guide to the Native Garden @ HortPark

An Urban Oasis of the Native Flora and Fauna of Singapore

Tan Puay Yok and Richard T Corlett

One of the theme gardens at Singapore's Hortpark is the Native Plant Garden, designed to promote more knowledge and use of the 2150 plants native to Singapore. Colour photographs, scientific data and horticultural and usage information ... ....

A Field Key to Lichens on Trees

Frank S Dobson

A Field Key to Lichens on Trees contains 128 colour photographs and illustrated keys. These keys use only characters that are visible in the field, by eye, or under a ×10 hand lens. This combination enables the user to ... ....

A Guide to Orchids of Kinabalu

Jeffrey J Wood

Mount Kinabalu, situated in the Malaysian state of Sabah, is, 4905 m, the highest peak between Myanmar and Papua (Indonesian New Guinea). Kinabalu was declared Malaysia's First World Heritage Site by UNESCO in November 2000.

A-Z of Tree Terms

A Companion to British Arboriculture

Philip John Wilson

The A-Z of Tree Terms is for everyone in Britain with a serious interest in trees. It contains over 3000 entries, many on the staples of arboriculture: tree physiology and management, tree mechanics and hazard, trees and development ... ....

Atlas of Leaf Venation and Oil Gland Patterns in the Eucalypts

Ian Brooker and Dean Nicolle

Atlas of Leaf Venation and Oil Gland Patterns in the Eucalypts is an aid to the identification of eucalypts in the field and a confirmation of the natural affinities between species and higher-level taxa on the basis of their ... ....

Bitter Roots

The Search for Healing Plants in Africa

Abena Dove Osseo-Asare

For over a century, plant specialists worldwide have sought to transform healing plants from African countries into pharmaceuticals. And for equally as long, conflicts over these medicinal plants have endured.

Botanica y Ecología de las Monocotiledeneas de los Piramos en Venezuela (2-Volume Set)

Gilberto Morillo, Benito Briceno and Juan F Silva

This book – Botánica y Ecología de las Monocotiledóneas de los Páramos en Venezuela – (in two volumes), describes the diversity of monocotyledons in the Venezuelan paramos and their ecotones ... ....

Botany in a Day

The Patterns Method of Plant Identification

Thomas J Elpel

Botany in a Day, now available in a full-color version, is the plant identification method that thousands have used and learned. Looking for a faster, easier, and engaging way to identify plants? Related plants have ...

Champignons

Helmut Grunert and Renate Grunert

A field guide to 420 species of European mushroom.

Complements au Prodrome de la Flore Corse, Volume 14: Asteraceae III

Daniel Jeanmonod and A Schlussel

The third volume to deal with the Asteraceae.

Cultivation and Diseases of Proteaceae

Leucadendron, Leucospermum and Protea

Pedro W Crous, Sandra Denman, Joanne E Taylor, Lizeth Swart, Carolien M Bezuidenhout and L Hoffman

Proteaceae represent a prominent family of flowering plants in the Southern Hemisphere. Because of their beauty, unique appearance, and relatively long shelf life, Proteaceae cut-flowers have become a highly desirable ... ....

Daffodil: The Remarkable Story of the World's Most Popular Spring Flower

Noel Kingsbury and Jo Whitworth

In Daffodil: The Remarkable Story of the World's Most Popular Spring Flower, Noël Kingsbury turns his attention to our iconic spring flower, charting its historical and cultural rise. He explores the flower's wide ... ....

Die Flechten Deutschlands (2-Volume Set) [Lichens of Germany]

Volkmar Wirth, Markus Hauck and Matthias Schultz

These two volumes deal with the lichens of Germany. Introductory chapters on lichenology, detailed keys, etc.– A basic item on German lichens.

Dream Plants for the Natural Garden

Piet Oudolf and Henk Gerritsen

In Dream Plants for the Natural Garden, pioneering garden designers Henk Gerritsen and Piet Oudolf describe their ideal perennials, bulbs, grasses, ferns and small shrubs. An ideal plant is one that is both beautiful and robust ... ....

Drosera Discount Combo (3-Volume Set)

Place an advance order for Drosera of Africa, Asia and Europe; Drosera of Australia and New Zealand and Drosera of the Americas and SAVE 10%.

Drosera and Pinguicula Discount Combo (5-Volume Set)

Place an advance order for Drosera of Africa, Asia and Europe; Drosera of Australia and New Zealand; Drosera of the Americas; Pinguicula of the Temperate North; and Pinguicula of Latin America and SAVE 15%.

Drosera of Africa, Asia and Europe

Drosera of Africa, Asia and Europe is the first volume of a series of three books that document all carnivorous sundews (Drosera) of the world, for the very first time and in unparalleled detail.

Drosera of Australia and New Zealand

Drosera of Australia and New Zealand is the second volume of a series of three books that document all carnivorous sundews (Drosera) of the world, for the very first time and in unparalleled detail.

Drosera of the Americas

Drosera of the Americas is the third volume of a series of three books that document all carnivorous sundews (Drosera) of the world, for the very first time and in unparalleled detail. These spectacular carnivorous ... ....

Ectomycorrhizal Symbioses in Tropical and Neotropical Forests

Amadou M Ba, Krista L McGuire and Abdala Diedhiou

Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis plays a major role in biodiversity and stability of ecosystems in tropical forests. It is a research imperative in tropical and neotropical forest ecosystems because they contain ecologically and economically ... ....

Edible Plants of Atlantic Canada

Peter J Scott

In this guide to over five dozen edible plant species, Peter J. Scott provides a wealth of information about each of them. His easy-to-use guide includes the habitats in which each can be found, basic recipes, a glossary, and references ... ....

Edible Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador

Peter J Scott

A guide to over five dozen edible plant species that grow wild in Newfoundland and Labrador. Includes habitats in which each can be found, basic recipes, a glossary, and references so that you, too, can enjoy the bounty that exists outside ... ....

Edible and Useful Plants of the Southwest

Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona

Delena Tull

All around us there are wild plants useful for food, medicine, and clothing, but most of us don't know how to identify or use them. Delena Tull amply supplies that knowledge in this book, which she has now expanded to more thoroughly ... ....

European Flora of the Desmid Genera, Part 2

Desmidiaceae - Staurastrum and Staurodesmus - Identification key

Peter FM Coesel and Koos Meesters

This flora represents the European species of the desmid genera Staurastrum and Staurodesmus. Contains reliable identification keys and general information on the morphology, taxonomy, ecology and geographical distribution ... ....

Fascinating Microfungi (Hyphomycetes) of Western Ghats - India

D Jayarama Bhat

From the Foreword: "The contribution entitled Fascinating Microfungi (Hyphomycetes) of Western Ghats - India authored by Professor D. Jayarama Bhat is noteworthy addition towards Indian microfungi. Further, it is known fact ... ....

Flora Algarum Sinicarum Aquae Dulcis, Volume 15: Chlorophyta Chlorococcales (II) Tetrasporales Dichotomosiphonales Clado

Liu Guoxiang

This volume deals with 209 species, 95 varieties, and 5 variants belonging to 48 genera, 13 families, and 4 orders, describing their characteristics, producing site, and distribution. There are English descriptions to new species, English ... ....

Flora of China, Volume 2-3: Lycopodiaceae through Polypodiaceae

Wu Zhengyi, Peter H Raven and Hong Deyuan

This text volume of the Flora of China is entirely devoted to lycophytes and ferns (Lycopodiaceae through Polypodiaceae) with more than 2100 species described in 38 families and 177 genera.

Flora of County Limerick

Sylvia CP Reynolds

This is the first flora of the county Limerick, with accounts for over 1100 native and alien flowering plants, ferns, fern-allies and conifers growing in the wild from the Shannon Estuary to the Galty Mountains. It gives their frequency ... ....

Flora of the Canary Islands

This book provides an illustrated map and brief commentaries on some 100 Canarian plants species.

Florida Wildflowers

A Comprehensive Guide

Walter Kingsley Taylor

A substantial revision and expansion of the author's Florida Wildflowers in Their Natural Communities (1998). The new book is about 50% longer, 583 versus 384 pages, and now has color photographs of more than 750 species of wildflowers ... ....

Foliicolous Fungal Flora of Palode Forest Range, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

VB Hosagoudar and GR Archana

From the preface: "This work actually started with the inception of the senior author to Tropical Botanic Garden and Research institute, Palode in the beginning of the year 1996. Since then, collections were made, identification ... ....

Handbook of African Medicinal Plants

Maurice M Iwu

Handbook of African Medicinal Plants provides a comprehensive review of over 1,000 species of plants employed in indigenous African medicine. It gives a concise description of the materia medica of an enormous and extensively ... ....

Heritage Trees of Ireland

Aubrey Fennell, Carsten Krieger and Kevin Hutchinson

Trees are one of Ireland's most precious pieces of heritage, remarkable for many reasons such as their age, size, location in the landscape, botanical attributes, aesthetic appeal, and historical and folklore connections. Ireland has ... ....

Hortus Malabaricus and the Socio-cultural Heritage of India

KS Manilal

This is a collection of essays about the indigenous medical knowledge ofthe early modern people of Malabar and their ancient culture, mainly based on Hortus Malabaricus, the first ever printed book on the flora of India written ... ....

Index Synonymique de la Flore d'Afrique du Nord, Volume 5

Dicotyledonae, Oleaceae - Zygophyllaceae

Alain Dobignard and Cyrille Chatelain

This volume covers the dicotyledon families Oleaceae to Zygophyllaceae.

Indicator Plants: Using Plants to Evaluate the Environment (Black & White)

Paul.L Smith

Compiled from a range of published sources and from the author's personal experience, it is intended for use primarily in the lowland English countryside. Relevant published sources are cited in the tables and fully referenced ...

Indicator Plants: Using Plants to Evaluate the Environment (Colour)

Paul.L Smith

Compiled from a range of published sources and from the author's personal experience, it is intended for use primarily in the lowland English countryside. Relevant published sources are cited in the tables and fully referenced ...

Intermountain Flora: Vascular plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. Vol. 2, pt. A.

Subclasses Magnoliidae-Caryophyllidae

Noel H Holmgren

Final volume to appear in this major series. Volume 2A treats “31 families, 147 genera, 611 species, and 301 varieties” (p. 1). The five largest genera are Eriogonum (121 species), Atriplex (32), Ranunculus (30), Silene (21) ... ....

La Flore de la Meuse

Philippe Millarakis

Comprehensive flora of the Meuse department in north-east France.

Les Mousses: Liste Rouge, Inventaire et Initiation aux Bryophytes du Canton de Geneve

A red data book for the mosses of the Swiss canton of Geneva.

Lowland Orchids Of Papua New Guinea

Peter O'Byrne

Lowland Orchids Of Papua New Guinea deals with some 269 species covering 55 genera. These are fully described with accompanying line drawings and over 130 of them are illustrated in colour. The introductory chapters deal with the ... ....

Native Eucalypts of South Australia

Dean Nicolle

Native Eucalypts of South Australia details the 103 eucalypt species and subspecies that are currently known in South Australia. For each species a double-page spread provides images of the habit, bark, buds, flowers and fruits ... ....

Ophiostomatoid Fungi

Expanding Frontiers

Keith A Seifert, Wilhelm de Beer and Michael J Wingfield

The 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity created a new awareness of the economic impact of living organisms. Regulators and quarantine specialists in governments all over the world now scrutinise dots on maps, as real-time online ... ....

Pinguicula Discount Combo (2-Volume Set)

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Pinguicula of Latin America

Pinguicula of Latin America is the second volume of a series of two books that document all carnivorous butterworts (Pinguicula) of the world, for the very first time and in unparalleled detail.

Pinguicula of the Temperate North

Pinguicula of the Temperate North is the first volume of a series of two books that document all carnivorous butterworts (Pinguicula) of the world, for the very first time and in unparalleled detail.

Plant Abiotic Stress

Matthew A Jenks and Paul M Hasegawa

Plant Abiotic Stress is a fully revised review of the latest research in molecular basis of plant abiotic stress response and adaptation. Abiotic stressors are non-living environmental stressors that can have a negative impact on ... ....

Plant Conservation

Why it Matters and How it Works

Timothy Walker

Plants provide us with food and fuels; those under threat of extinction might provide tomorrow's health cures, or the nutrition to stave off world starvation. Botanist Timothy Walker explains how we can all make a difference by adapting ... ....

Plant Propagation: Principles and Practices (International Edition)

Hudson T Hartmann, Dale E Kester, Fred T Davies and Robert Geneve

For all undergraduate courses in plant propagation at the two-year and four-year colleges and universities. The world standard for plant propagation and horticulture for over 50 years, Hartmann and Kester's Plant Propagation ... ....

RHS Plant Finder 2013

Janet Cubey

With over 3000 new entries and more than 80,000 plants from over 540 nurseries, this new edition of the RHS Plant Finder is the perfect tool to locate the perfect plant for your garden. Includes contact details, maps, websites ... ....

Seeing Flowers

Discover the Hidden Life of Flowers

Teri Dunn Chace and Robert Llewellyn

Robert Llewellyn's intricate photographs illuminate the amazing beauty of everyday flowers in this companion to Seeing Trees. Teri Dunn Chace discusses the unique characteristics of each flower family. This combination ...

Seven Flowers and How They Shaped Our World

Jennifer Potter

The lotus, lily, sunflower, opium poppy, rose, tulip and orchid. Seven flowers: seven stories full of surprise and secrets. Where and when did these flowers originate? What is the nature of their power and how was it acquired?

Succulents Simplified

Growing, Designing and Crafting with 100 Easy-Care Varieties

Debra Lee Baldwin

Succulent design expert Debra Lee Baldwin has with this latest book created a comprehensive guide, for gardeners of all levels, to growing and using these easy-care plants. Complete with inspiring design ideas, detailed photographs and ... ....

Taxonomy of Carex sect. Rhomboidales (Cyperaceae)

Jin Xiao-Feng and Zheng Chao-Zong

Based on literature survey, specimen examination and field work, together with the observations of achene micromorphology, perigynium micromorphology and leaf anatomy, this monograph presents the delimitation and revision of Carex sect. ....

Tetrazolium Testing Handbook

The intent of the handbook is to offer guidelines and methodologies in tetrazolium testing. The ultimate goal is to improve uniformity in tetrazolium seed testing by providing standardized, detailed procedures and clear evaluation criteria ... ....

The Ecological Genomics of Fungi

Francis Martin

This unique book covers a broad diversity of fungal systems and provides unique insight into the functions of those fungi in various ecosystems – from soil, to plant, to human. Bringing together fungal genomic information on a variety ... ....

The Evolution of Plants

Kathy J Willis and Jennifer C McElwain

The Evolution of Plants blends evidence from the fossil record and data from biomolecular studies to tell the story of plant evolution from the earliest forms of life to the present day. Focusing on the key events during the evolution ... ....

The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Volume 11

Flowering Plants: Eudicots - Malpighiales

Klaus Kubitzki

The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Volume 11 presents systematic treatments for the families and genera of the Malpighiales, which more recently have been recognised as a new major group of the eudicots. Apart from several ... ....

The Life of a Leaf

Steven Vogel

In its essence, science is a way of looking at and thinking about the world. In The Life of a Leaf, Steven Vogel illuminates this approach, using the humble leaf as a model. Whether plant or person, every organism must contend with ... ....

The Mycota, Volume 11: Agricultural Applications

Frank Kempken

This volume covers the high relevance of fungi for agriculture. It is a completely updated and revised second edition with fourteen excellent chapters by leading scientists in their fields and offers a comprehensive review of the latest ... ....

The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

Nathalie Pettorelli

There has been a recent surge of interest in remote sensing and its use in ecology and conservation but The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index is the first book to focus explicitly on the NDVI ...

The Permaculture Garden

Graham Bell

Working entirely in harmony with nature, The Permaculture Garden shows you how to turn a bare plot into a beautiful and productive garden. Learn how to plan your garden for easy access and minimum labor; save time and effort digging ... ....

The Telegraph Book of the Garden

Tim Richardson

The Telegraph has long enjoyed the closest association with gardeners, ever since Vita Sackville-West first began writing a column for the paper between the wars, while creating her legendary White Garden at Sissinghurst.

Touching Trees

A Field Guide to Common Forest Trees In India

Prosenjit Das Gupta

Trees of the Indian forests not only absorb huge quantities of carbon dioxide and simultaneously release large quantities of oxygen. They also help to an extent moderating the temperature in a given locality. They provide food and shelter ... ....

Trees & Shrubs of Newfoundland and Labrador

Todd Boland

A beautiful, comprehensive guide to more than 130 of Newfoundland and Labrador's woody plants. Inside, you'll find icons that aid at-a-glance scanning of each species, tabs that show each plant's favoured habitats, photos of ... ....

Trees Of Our Gardens City: A Guide To The Common Trees Of Singapore

Tee Swee Ping

This revised edition of Trees Of Our Gardens City: A Guide To The Common Trees Of Singapore has been redesigned to make it more reader friendly. This edition contains expanded chapters and the introduction of 70 species of plant ... ....

Trees Of The Istana

Treasures In The Domain

Wong Tuan Wah, Koh Soon Kiong, Duncan Sutherland and Aileen Lau

Since 1860 the Istana or Government House Domain formerly a nutmeg estate has provided 100 acres of green oasis in the centre of Singapore. Trees Of The Istana with 400 illustrations traces the history of the gardens and shows ... ....

Trees and Shrubs of the Maritimes

Todd Boland

An authoritative guide to over 200 native and introduced species of trees and shrubs in the Maritimes. A series of page tabs and icons aids offers easy identification. A “must have” for those who are curious about nature in ... ....

Trees of San Francisco

Michael Sullivan

The Trees of San Francisco introduces readers to the rich variety of trees that thrive in San Francisco's unique conditions. San Francisco's cool Mediterranean climate has made it home to interesting and unusual trees ... ....

Trinidad and Tobago Wildflower Guide

Bonnie J Tyler and Yasmin Baksh-Comeau

This is a field guide using photographs by Bonnie J. Tyler, rather than water color illustrations. Each photo is labeled with the scientific name and one common name. A letter code identifies it’s growth type ...

Wildflowers of Newfoundland and Labrador

Peter J Scott and Dorothy Black

This guide to 140 common wildflowers includes information on habitat and biology, as well as dietary and medicinal applications. The hardcover edition features full size paintings and is physically larger than the paperback field guide. ....

Animal Body Size

Linking Pattern and Process Across Space, Time, and Taxonomic Group

Felisa A Smith and S Kathleen Lyons

Galileo wrote that "nature cannot produce a horse as large as twenty ordinary horses or a giant ten times taller than an ordinary man unless by miracle or by greatly altering the proportions of his limbs and especially of his bones ... ....

Animal Cognition

Evolution, Behavior and Cognition

Clive Wynne and Monique AR Udell

Covering a wide range of key topics, from reasoning and communication to sensation and complex problem-solving, this engagingly-written text presents a comprehensive survey of contemporary research on animal cognition. Written for anyone ... ....

Biology at a Glance

Judy Dodds

The fourth edition of a bestseller, Biology at a Glance presents, in a clear, concise, and visual way, the main biological content required by all the examining boards for both the GCSE Double Award Science and separate Biology ... ....

Complexity and Evolution of Dissipative Systems

An Analytical Approach

Sergey Vakulenko

Complexity and Evolution of Dissipative Systems focusses on the dynamic complexity of neural and genetic networks, reaction diffusion systems and equations of fluid dynamics. The author shows that all robust attractors can be ... ....

Essential Cell Biology

Bruce Alberts, Karen Hopkin, Martin Raff and Peter Walter

Essential Cell Biology provides an accessible introduction to the fundamental concepts of cell biology. Its lively writing and exceptional illustrations make it the ideal textbook for a first course in cell and molecular biology ... ....

Laboratory Animal Welfare

Kathryn Bayne and Patricia V Turner

Laboratory Animal Welfare provides a comprehensive, up-to-date look into the new science of animal welfare within laboratory research. Animals specifically considered include rodents, cats and dogs, nonhuman primates, agricultural ... ....

Membrane Structural Biology

With Biochemical and Biophysical Foundations

Mary Luckey

This textbook provides a strong foundation and a clear overview for students of membrane biology and an invaluable synthesis of cutting-edge research for working scientists. The text retains its clear and engaging style ...

Network-Based Molecular Biology

Data-Driven Modeling and Analysis

Zoran Nikoloski and Sergio Grimbs

Network-Based Molecular Biology provides a comprehensive coverage of problems and solutions for integrating high-throughput experimental data with structured biological knowledge. It includes details of classical and novel ... ....

Phenomics

John M Hancock

As our ability to acquire massive amounts of information about genome variation accelerates it is becoming increasingly clear that to make maximum use of this information we also need well-structured, systematic data on the phenotypic ... ....

Pheromones and Animal Behavior

Chemical Signals and Signature Mixes

Tristram D Wyatt

Pheromones and other kinds of chemical communication underlie the behavior of all animals. Building on the strengths of the first edition, widely recognized as the leading text in the subject, this is a comprehensive overview of how ... ....

Principles of Proteomics

Richard Twyman

Principle of Proteomics, Second Edition, provides a concise and user-friendly introduction to the many different proteomics technologies, their applications, and their impact in such areas as drug discovery and the fight against ... ....

The Emotional Lives of Animals

A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - and Why They Matter

Marc Bekoff and Jane Goodall

Based on Marc Bekoff's years of experience studying the social communication patterns of a wide range of animals, The Emotional Lives of Animals shows that animals have rich emotional lives. The author also explores the evolution ... ....

The Prokaryotes, Volume 7

Firmicutes

Eugene Rosenberg, Edward F DeLong, Stephen Lory, Erko Stackebrandt and Fabiano Thompson

The Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using the family level to ... ....

The Prokaryotes, Volume 8

Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria

Eugene Rosenberg, Edward F DeLong, Stephen Lory, Erko Stackebrandt and Fabiano Thompson

The Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using the family level to ... ....

Weird Life

The Search for Life That is Very, Very Different from Our Own

David Toomey

In the 1980s and 1990s, in places where no one thought it possible, scientists found organisms they called extremophiles: lovers of extremes. There were bacteria in volcanic hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, single-celled algae in ... ....

Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed

The Fascinating Science of Animal Intelligence, Emotions, Friendship, and Conservation

Marc Bekoff

In 2009, Marc Bekoff was asked to write on animal emotions for Psychology Today. Since then, he has written 400 popular, jargon-free essays, and the field of "anthrozoology" – the study of human-animal interaction ... ....

Across Atlantic Ice

The Origin of America's Clovis Culture

Dennis J Stanford, Bruce A Bradley and Michael B Collins

Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea. Distinctive stone tools belonging to the ... ....

Auxology

Studying Human Growth and Development

Michael Hermanussen

Auxology: Studying Human Growth and Development is a comprehensive description of human physical growth and development (Auxology) with contributions by 56 internationally reputed experts. The entire spectrum of basic and advanced ... ....

Evolutionary Analysis

Jon C Herron and Scott Freeman

By presenting evolutionary biology as a dynamic, ongoing research effort and organizing discussions around questions, this best-selling text helps you think like a scientist as you learn about evolution. The authors convey the excitement ... ....

Evolving Human Nutrition

Implications for Public Health

Stanley J Ulijaszek, Neil Mann and Sarah Elton

While most of us live our lives according to the working week, we did not evolve to be bound by industrial schedules, nor did the food we eat. Despite this, we eat the products of industrialization and often suffer as a consequence. ....

Intelligently Designed

How Creationists Built the Campaign Against Evolution

Edward Caudill

Tracing the growth of creationism in America as a political movement, Intelligently Designed explains why the particularly American phenomenon of anti-evolution has succeeded as a popular belief. Conceptualizing the history of ... ....

Last Ape Standing

The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived

Chip Walter

Over the past 180 years scientists have discovered evidence that at least twenty-seven species of humans evolved on planet Earth. What enabled us to survive when all the others were shown the evolutionary door? Chip Walter tells the ... ....

Nature and Origin of Language

Denis Bouchard

Nature and Origin of Language looks at how the human brain got the capacity for language and how language then evolved. Its four parts are concerned with different views on the emergence of language, with what language is, how it ... ....

Paleofantasy

What Evolution Really Tells Us About Sex, Diet, and How We Live

Marlene Zuk

We evolved to eat berries rather than bagels, to live in mud huts rather than condos, to sprint barefoot rather than play football – or did we? Are our bodies and brains truly at odds with modern life? Although it may seem as though ... ....

Rational Animal

How Evolution Made Us Smarter Than We Think

Vladas Griskevicius and Douglas T Kenrick

Why do three out of four professional football players go bankrupt? How can illiterate jungle dwellers pass a test that tricks Harvard philosophers? And why do billionaires work so hard – only to give their hard-earned money away? ....

Sex Itself

The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome

Sarah Richardson

Human genomes are 99.9 percent identical – with one prominent exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a single X, coupled with a tiny chromosome called the Y. Tracking the emergence of a new and distinctive ... ....

Shaping Humanity

How Science, Art, and Imagination Help Us Understand Our Origins

John Gurche

What did earlier humans really look like? What was life like for them, millions of years ago? How do we know? In Shaping Humanity, internationally-renowned paleo-artist John Gurche describes the extraordinary process ...

The Aesthetic Brain

How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art

Anjan Chatterjee

The Aesthetic Brain takes the reader on a wide-ranging journey through the world of beauty, pleasure, and art. Chatterjee uses neuroscience to probe how an aesthetic sense is etched in our minds and evolutionary psychology to ... ....

The Ecology of the Bari

Rainforest Horticulturalists of Latin America

Stephen Beckerman and Roberto Lizarralde

Inhabiting the rainforest of the southwest Maracaibo Basin, split by the border between Colombia and Venezuela, the Bari have survived centuries of incursions. Anthropologist Roberto Lizarralde began studying the Bari in 1960, when he ... ....

The Infested Mind

Why Humans Fear, Loathe, and Love Insects

Jeffrey Lockwood

The psychological connections between humans and insects are tantalizing and complex. Through both evolutionary associations and cultural representations, insects have deeply infested our minds. They frighten, disgust, and sometimes enchant ... ....

The Tangled Bank

An Introduction to Evolution

Carl Zimmer

The Tangled Bank takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the latest discoveries about evolution. In the Canadian Arctic, paleontologists unearth fossils documenting the move of our ancestors from sea to land.

Was Hitler a Darwinian?

Disputed Questions in the History of Evolutionary Theory

Robert J Richards

In tracing the history of Darwin's accomplishment and the trajectory of evolutionary theory during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most scholars agree that Darwin introduced blind mechanism into biology, thus banishing ... ....

Invasive Species: What Everyone Needs to Know

Daniel Simberloff

Invasive species come in all sizes, from plant pathogens like the chestnut blight in eastern North America, to the red imported fire ant that has spread throughout the South, the predatory Indian mongoose now found in the Caribbean and ... ....

Life in the Cold

An Introduction to Winter Ecology

Peter J Marchand

Peter J. Marchand's Life in the Cold, remains the one book that offers a comprehensive picture of the interactions of plants and animals – including humans – with their cold-weather environment. Focusing on the ... ....

Life in the Cold

Introduction to Winter Ecology

Peter J Marchand

Explains the many ways in which plants and animals cope with the forces of winter. The third edition contains a new chapter adding complete information on three major animal groups: northern cervids ...

Lotka-Volterra and Related Systems

Recent Developments in Population Dynamics

Shair Ahmad and Ivanka M Stamova

In recent years, there has been a tremendous amount of research activity in the general area of population dynamics, particularly the Lotka-Volterra system, which has been a rich source of mathematical ideas from both theoretical and applied ... ....

Origins and Spread of Domestic Animals in Southwest Asia and Europe

Sue Colledge

Origins and Spread of Domestic Animals in Southwest Asia and Europe tackles the fundamental and broad-scale questions concerning the spread of early animal herding from its origins in the Near East into Europe beginning in the ... ....

Temporal Dynamics and Ecological Process

Colleen K Kelly, Michael G Bowler and Gordon A Fox

In contrast with the fundamental ecological expectation that similarity induces competition and loss of species, temporal dynamics allows similar species to co-occur. In fact, the coexistence of similar species contributes significantly ... ....

All the Trees of the Forest

Israel's Woodlands from the Bible to the Present

Alon Tal

In this insightful and provocative book, All the Trees of the Forest, Alon Tal provides a detailed account of Israeli forests, tracing their history from the Bible to the present, and outlines the effort to transform drylands ... ....

Atmosphere-Vegetation-Soil Interactions

Arnold F Moene and Jos C van Dam

Traditionally, soil science, atmospheric science, hydrology, plant science and agriculture have been studied largely as separate subjects. These systems are clearly interlinked, however, and in recent years a great deal of interdisciplinary ... ....

Biodiversity and Protected Areas of Nepal

Deepak Chhetry Karki

From the preface: "Environment is an integral part of our life and plays an immense role in our daily activities. We cannot remain untouched by the environmental elements even for a second! Biodiversity comprises plants ...

Ecology of River Ganga

DR Khanna and Gagan Matta

Ecology of River Ganga is based on the facts which are analyzed in the laboratory with extreme accuracy and show the present situation of river Ganga. The monthly fluctuation of different parameters is presented and discussed ... ....

Lowland Heaths: Ecology, History, Restoration and Management

Ian D Rotherham and Janice Bradley

This volume is based on the long-awaited proceedings of the UK National Lowland Heathland Conference held in Nottingham in September 2002. Containing many expanded and additional contributions the publication has been edited by ... ....

Mountain Geography

Physical and Human Dimensions

Alton C Byers, Donald A Friend, Thomas Kohler, Martin F Price, Larry W Price, Jack D Ives and Byers

Mountains cover a quarter of the Earth's land surface and a quarter of the global population lives in or adjacent to these areas. The global importance of mountains is recognized particularly because they provide critical resources ... ....

North Carolina State Parks

Thomas Lehman and Michael Lee

In North Carolina State Parks, Thomas Lehman and Michael Lee treat readers to a multidimensional view of the developed parks with more than 260 photos, and text that ranges over park features, botany, ecology, geology, history ... ....

Protected Areas and Ecotourism

Social Sustainability and Governance in Europe and the Americas

Constanza Parra

The meaning and role of governance in sustainable development are examined in this detailed volume, with particular focues on territories classified as protected areas which are potential ecotourism destinations. Four key issues are addressed ... ....

Soil Atlas of Africa

A Jones

What is soil? Where does soil come from? What is special about soil in Africa? What does soil provide to society and the environment? How do our activities affect soil? The first ever Soil Atlas of Africa uses striking maps ... ....

Soil Physics: An Introduction

Manoj K Shukla

Designed for undergraduate and graduate students, Soil Physics: An Introduction covers important soil physical properties, critical physical processes involving energy and mass transport, movement and retention of water and ... ....

Tending the Wild

Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources

M Kat Anderson

John Muir was an early proponent of a view we still hold today – that much of California was pristine, untouched wilderness before the arrival of Europeans. But as this groundbreaking book demonstrates, what Muir was really seeing ... ....

The German Forest

Nature, Identity, and the Contestation of a National Symbol, 1871-1914

Jeffrey K Wilson

From the late eighteenth century, Germans increasingly identified the fate of their nation with that of their woodlands. A variety of groups soon mobilized the 'German forest' as a national symbol, though often in ways that .... ....

The Justices and Injustices of Ecosystem Services

Thomas Sikor

Humankind benefits from a multitude of resources and processes that are supplied by ecosystems, and collectively these benefits are known as ecosystem services. Interest in this topic has grown exponentially over the last decade, as ... ....

The Ornaments of Life

Coevolution and Conservation in the Tropics

Theodore H Fleming and W John Kress

The average kilometer of tropical rainforest is teeming with life; it contains thousands of species of plants and animals. As The Ornaments of Life reveals, many of the most colorful and eye-catching rainforest inhabitants ... ....

Tundra-Taiga Biology

Robert MM Crawford

The Arctic Tundra and adjacent Boreal Forest or Taiga support the most cold-adapted flora and fauna on Earth. The evolutionary capacity of both plants and animals to adapt to these thermally limiting conditions has always attracted biologists ... ....

Wetland Techniques (3-Volume Set)

James T Anderson and Craig A Davis

Wetlands serve many important functions and provide numerous ecological services such as clean water, wildlife habitat, nutrient reduction, and flood control. Wetland science is a relatively young discipline but is a rapidly growing field ... ....

Wetland Techniques, Volume 1: Foundations

James T Anderson and Craig A Davis

Wetlands serve many important functions and provide numerous ecological services such as clean water, wildlife habitat, nutrient reduction, and flood control. Wetland science is a relatively young discipline but is a rapidly growing field ... ....

Wetland Techniques, Volume 2: Organisms

James T Anderson and Craig A Davis

Wetlands serve many important functions and provide numerous ecological services such as clean water, wildlife habitat, nutrient reduction, and flood control. Wetland science is a relatively young discipline but is a rapidly growing field ... ....

Wetland Techniques, Volume 3: Applications and Management

James T Anderson and Craig A Davis

Wetlands serve many important functions and provide numerous ecological services such as clean water, wildlife habitat, nutrient reduction, and flood control. Wetland science is a relatively young discipline but is a rapidly growing field ... ....

Wetlands in a City: The Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Chua Ee Kiam

The Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in northwest Singapore is perhaps not widely known, but since 1989 it has been a safe haven for several species of migratory birds as well as a habitat for mangroves and many species of swamp dwellers. ....

Woodland Management

A Practical Guide

Chris Starr

Now in full colour, this is the second edition of this highly acclaimed book. Woodland Management is essential reading for anyone with an interest in trees and woodlands, whether they simply enjoy walking in the woods, are ... ....

A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Upper Palumeu River Watershed (Grensgebergte and Kasikasima), Southeastern Suriname

Leeanne E Alonso and Trond H Larsen

A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Upper Palumeu River Watershed (Grensgebergte and Kasikasima), Southeastern Suriname contains the findings from a rapid biological assessment of the Grensgebergte and Kasikasima mountains of ... ....

A Rapid Marine Biological Assessment of Anambas Islands, Indonesia

Liza Kusuma Mustika Putu, Suharsono, Arisetiarso Soemodinoto and Riyanto Basuki

A Rapid Marine Biological Assessment of Anambas Islands, Indonesia contains the findings from a rapid marine biological assessment of the Anambas Islands in western Indonesia conducted in May 2012. The scientists researching ... ....

A Rapid Marine Biological Assessment of Timor-Leste

Mark V Erdmann and Candice Mohan

Timor-Leste is situated at the heart of the Coral Triangle and is home to some of the earth's most significant marine biodiversity. A Rapid Marine Biological Assessment of Timor-Leste describes the results of an expedition ... ....

A Rapid Marine Biological Assessment of the Bird's Head Seascape, Indonesia

Emre Turak and Laure Katz

A Rapid Marine Biological Assessment of the Bird's Head Seascape, Indonesia contains the findings from a rapid marine biological assessment of Bird's Head Seascape in western Indonesia. The scientists researching the area ... ....

Backyard Wildlife

How to Attract Bees, Butterflies, Insects, Birds, Frogs and Animals into Your Garden

Christine Lavelle and Michael Lavelle

Backyard Wildlife includes practical instructions for designing and planting beautiful gardens that welcome wildlife, through step-by-step instructions with explanations of how wildlife will benefit. It covers all kinds of ideas ... ....

Biodiversity and Human Welfare

Proceedings of the 19th All India Congress of Zoology, held at Guwahati during 29-31 December 2008

UC Goswami

A total of 57 contributed research and review papers, as compiled in this edited volume, are basically the presentations of the 19th All India Congress of Zoology, organized by the Zoological Society of India at Gauhati University ... ....

Biodiversity, Communities and Climate Change

Chandra Prakash Kala and Chandra Shekhar Silori

Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of natural resources have remained one ot the key challenges for development agencies and concerned stakeholders for decades. The huge threat ot climate change has only added to this complexity ... ....

Cloning Wild Life

Zoos, Captivity, and the Future of Endangered Animals

Carrie Friese

The natural world is marked by an ever-increasing loss of varied habitats, a growing number of species extinctions, and a full range of new kinds of dilemmas posed by global warming. At the same time, humans are also working to actively ... ....

Concepts and Values in Biodiversity

Dirk Lanzerath and Minou Friele

Biodiversity may refer to the diversity of genes, species or ecosystems in general. These varying concepts of biodiversity occasionally lead to conflicts among researchers and policy makers, as each of them require a customized type of ... ....

Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology

Steve Wolverton and R Lee Lyman

Until now, the research of applied zooarchaeologists has not had a significant impact on the work of conservation scientists. Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology is designed to show how zooarchaeology can productively ... ....

Design for Biodiversity

A Technical Guide for New and Existing Buildings

Carol Williams, Kelly Gunnell and Brian Murphy

The built environment has the potential to have a major impact on biodiversity, not least with the increasingly demanding requirements to design more energy efficient and airtight buildings, leaving less space for species to inhabit. ....

Free-Ranging Dogs and Wildlife Conservation

Matthew E Gompper and Luigi Boitani

Dogs are the world's most common and widespread carnivores and are nearly ubiquitous across the globe. The vast majority of these dogs, whether owned or un-owned, pure-bred or stray, spend a large portion of their life as unconfined ... ....

Himalayan Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation and New Tools in Biotechnology

JP Bhatt, Madhu Thapliyal and Ashish Thapliyal

From the preface: "Many parts of the indian subcontinent are known for their rich biodiversity. Among these areas, the Himalayan belt harbors a considerable number of endemic species and also supports one of the largest ...

Hunting the Hunters

At War with Whalers in the Southern Ocean

Laurens de Groot

Laurens de Groot was a detective for the Dutch police, specializing in organized crime and environmental pollution. He was rapidly promoted through the ranks, but became increasingly disillusioned with failed prosecutions and minimal ... ....

Indigenous Knowledge and the Environment in Africa and North America

David M Gordon and Shepard Krech

Indigenous knowledge has become a catchphrase in global struggles for environmental justice. Yet indigenous knowledges are often viewed, incorrectly, as pure and primordial cultural artefacts. This collection draws from African and North ... ....

Keeping and Breeding Amphibians

Caecilians, Newts, Salamanders, Frogs and Toads

Chris Mattison

Amphibians are creatures which live their lives partly in water and partly on land, generally with a larval aquatic phase and an adult life on land. This can pose particular problems when it comes to their care in captivity. Compared to ... ....

Nature in the Balance

The Economics of Biodiversity

Dieter Helm and Cameron Hepburn

Nature in the Balance: The Economics of Biodiversity sets out the building blocks of an economic approach to biodiversity, and in particular brings together conceptual and empirical work on valuation, international agreements ... ....

Rapid Biological Inventories, Volume 24

Peru: Cerros De Kampankis

Nigel Pitman

The Kampankis Mountains are a knife-thin ridge in northern Peru that rises 1,435 meters above the surrounding Amazon lowlands. For three weeks, a group of researchers explored both the biological diversity and cultural values of the ... ....

Resource Utilization, Land Use, in Relation to Environmental Impact in India

Sriparnar Sarkar and Rubi Sanyal

This book consists of a collection of papers presented during the course of the UGC-Sponsored National Seminar in Geography, organized by the Department of Geography, Prasannadeb Women's College, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, during 26th ... ....

Shaping Kruger

The Dynamics of Managing Wildlife in Africa's Premier Game Park

Mitch Reardon

Shaping Kruger: The Dynamics of Managing Wildlife in Africa's Premier National Park by Mitch Reardon is most interesting to read, with tales of incidents that have occurred over the last century as wildlife in Kruger has been ... ....

Species Extinction in Meghalaya

D Marngar and RD Lyngdoh

Papers presented at the Regional Seminar on Environmental Problems: Extinction of Biological Species in North East India, held at Shillong on 17th September 2009.

Sprint of the Blackbuck

Writings on Wildlife and Conservation in South India

S Theodore Baskaran

The Blackbuck is the quarterly journal of the Madras Naturalists' Society – a group of wildlife enthusiasts, both amateur and professional – which first appeared in the early 1980s. Devoted to the preservation of ... ....

The Green Iguana Manual

Philippe de Vosjoli

From the foreword: "The Green Iguana Manual is an expanded and revised edition of The General Care and Maintenance of Green Iguanas which was initially published in 1990. Some of the information is ...

Voices and Images of Nunavimmiut: Environment: Renewable Resources and Wildlife Protection

Minnie Grey and Marianne A Stenbaek

Voices and Images of Nunavimmiut: Environment: Renewable Resources and Wildlife Protection, the fifth in a series anthologizing writings by Inuit in Nunavik over the last thirty-five years, presents articles on renewable ... ....

Zookeeping

An Introduction to the Science and Technology

Mark D Irwin, John B Stoner and Aaron M Cobaugh

Zookeepers are responsible for the care and welfare of animals in zoos and aquariums and also serve as public ambassadors for the animals. As species extinction, environmental protection, animal rights, and workplace safety issues come ... ....

An Observer's Guide to Clouds and Weather

A Northeastern Primer on Prediction

Toby N Carlson, Paul Knight and Celia Wyckoff

Today, most people look down when they want to check the weather, peeking at cell phones or popping open a browser, instead of looking up at one of the most accessible weather predictors of all-the sky. Knowing what the atmosphere has ... ....

Bring Me Sunshine

A Windswept, Rain-Soaked, Sun-Kissed, Snow-Capped Guide to Our Weather

Charlie Connelly

We talk about the weather a lot. It exasperates, confounds and on occasion delights us. Our national conversation is dominated by the weather, but how much do we really know about it? In Bring Me Sunshine, Charlie Connelly sets ... ....

Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century

Neil S Forkey

Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an ideal foundation for undergraduates and general readers on the history of Canada's complex environmental issues. Through clear, easy-to-understand ... ....

Climate Governance in the Developing World

David Held, Charles Roger and Eva-Maria Nag

Since 2009, a diverse group of developing states that includes China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Costa Rica has been advancing unprecedented pledges to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, offering new, unexpected signs of climate leadership. ....

Climate and Human Migration

Past Examples, Future Challenges

Robert McLeman

Studies warn that global warming and sea level rise will create hundreds of millions of environmental refugees. While climate change will undoubtedly affect future migration patterns and behavior, the potential outcomes are far more ... ....

Designing Wastewater Systems According to Local Conditions

Enhancing the Chance of Success

David M Robbins

Designing Wastewater Systems According to Local Conditions is a practical handbook providing a step-by-step approach to the techniques used for characterizing wastewater sources and investigating sites where collection, treatment ... ....

Earth Repair

A Grassroots Guide to Healing Toxic and Damaged Landscapes

Leila Darwish

Millions of acres of land have been contaminated by pesticides, improperly handled chemicals, dirty energy projects, toxic waste, and other pollutants in the United States and Canada. This toxic legacy impacts the environment, our health ... ....

Essentials of the Earth's Climate System

Roger G Barry and Eileen A Hall-McKim

This concise introduction to modern climatology covers the key topics for intermediate undergraduate students on one-semester courses. The treatment of topics is non-mathematical wherever possible, instead focusing on physical processes ... ....

Extreme Ocean Waves

Efim N Pelinovsky and Christian Kharif

Extreme, freak or rogue waves are produced by a number of physical mechanisms that focus the water-wave energy into a small area, due to wave instability, chaotic behaviour, dispersion (frequency modulation), refraction ...

Handbook of Environmental Odour Management

Franz-Bernd Frechen, Richard M Stuetz, Anton P Van Harreveld and Jean-Michel Guillot

Complaints due to odour annoyance have become a major issue for wastewater treatment plant, waste management, landfill, intensive livestock and other industrial operators as the repeated release of unpleasant odorous emissions can constitute ... ....

Handbook of Toxicology

Michael J Derelanko and Carol Auletta

This third edition of a classic volume, Handbook of Toxicology, contains contributions from experts who provide both fundamental and applied information. Providing a fresh perspective on several topics, this edition contains ... ....

Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations

Frank R Spellman

This completely revised and updated third edition of a bestseller continues to be a thorough compilation of water science, treatment information, process control procedures, problem-solving techniques, safety and health information, and ... ....

Historical Variability of Rainfall in the African East Sahel of Sudan

Implications for Development

John F Hermance

The northward migration of the African monsoon rains in summer, associated with the seasonal march of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) across the plains south of the Sahara, is the most critical asset for the livelihoods of individual ... ....

Living on the Real World

How Thinking and Acting Like Meteorologists Will Help Save the Planet

William H Hooke

Every day meteorologists sift through a deluge of information to make predictions that help us navigate our daily lives. Instead of being overwhelmed by the data and possibilities, they focus on small bits of information while using frequent ... ....

Media and the Politics of Arctic Climate Change

When the Ice Breaks

Miyase Christensen, Annika E Nilsson and Nina Wormbs

The Arctic sea-ice reached record lows in 2007, and again in 2012. In the international news media, these moments were reflected via striking images of polar bears, crumbling ice chunks and the use of more alarmist metaphors about global ... ....

Natural Disasters and Adaptation to Climate Change

Sarah Boulter, Jean Palutikof, David John Karoly and Daniela Guitart

Natural Disasters and Adaptation to Climate Change presents eighteen case studies of natural disasters from Australia, Europe, North America and developing countries. By comparing the impacts, it seeks to identify what moves people ... ....

Physiological, Developmental and Behavioral Effects of Marine Pollution

Judith S Weis

Synthesizing decades of work, but up-to-date, Physiological, Developmental and Behavioral Effects of Marine Pollution focuses on organism-level responses to pollutants by marine animals, mainly crustaceans, molluscs, and fishes. ....

Principles of Environmental Physics

Plants, Animals and the Atmosphere

John Monteith and Mike Unsworth

Principles of Environmental Physics provides a basis for understanding the complex physical interactions of plants and animals with their natural environment. It is the essential reference to provide environmental and ecological ... ....

Recycling Reconsidered

The Present Failure and Future Promise of Environmental Action in the United States

Samantha MacBride

Recycling is widely celebrated as an environmental success story. The accomplishments of the recycling movement can be seen in municipal practice, a thriving private recycling industry, and widespread public support and participation. ....

Terrestrial Biosphere-Atmosphere Fluxes

Russell K Monson and Dennis Baldocch

Fluxes of trace gases, water and energy – the 'breathing of the biosphere' – are controlled by a large number of interacting physical, chemical, biological and ecological processes. In this interdisciplinary book, the ... ....

The Carbon Crunch

How We're Getting Climate Change Wrong - and How to Fix it

Dieter Helm

Despite commitments to renewable energy and two decades of international negotiations, global emissions continue to rise. Coal, the most damaging of all fossil fuels, has actually risen from 25 per cent to almost 30 per cent of world energy ... ....

The Climate Modelling Primer

Kendal McGuffie

As a consequence of recent increased awareness of the social and political dimensions of climate, many non-specialists discover a need for information about the variety of available climate models. A Climate Modelling Primer, Fourth Edition ... ....

The Fate of Greenland

Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change

Philip Conkling, Richard Alley, Wallace Broecker, George Denton and Gary Comer

Viewed from above, Greenland offers an endless vista of whiteness interrupted only by scattered ponds of azure-colored melt water. Ninety percent of Greenland is covered by ice; its ice sheet, the largest outside Antarctica, stretches .. ....

The Future of Nature

Documents of Global Change

Libby Robin, Sverker Sorlin and Paul Warde

The Future of Nature provides a comprehensive overview of the science behind environmental prediction and how, as predictions about environmental change have been taken more seriously and widely, they have affected politics ... ....

Uncertainty in Wastewater Treatment Design and Operation

Addressing Current Practices and Future Directions

Evangelina Belia, Marc B Neumann and Lorenzo Benedetti

Uncertainty in Wastewater Treatment Design and Operation aims to facilitate the transition of the wastewater profession to the probabilistic use of simulators with the associated benefits of being better able to take advantage of ... ....

Voices and Images of Nunavimmiut: Environment: Contaminants, Land Use and Climate Change

Minnie Grey and Marianne A Stenbaek

Voices and Images of Nunavimmiut: Environment: Contaminants, Land Use and Climate Change, the sixth in a series anthologizing writings by Inuit in Nunavik over the last thirty-five years, presents articles on environmental ... ....

Why We Argue about Climate Change

Eric Knight

A new perspective on a diabolical problem. Climate change is one of the most polarising issues of our time, but it doesn't have to be that way. In Why We Argue about Climate Change, Eric Knight unpicks the misconceptions ... ....

10 Billion

Stephen Emmott

Deforestation. Desertification. Species extinction. Global warming. Growing threats to food and water. The driving issues of our times are the result of one huge problem: Us. Just over two hundred years ago, there were one billion ... ....

21st Century Atlas of the Moon

Charles J Wood and Maurice JS Collins

The Moon is the most fascinating object in the night sky, and although less dramatic, it is often unobtrusively present during the day. With a small telescope tens ofthousands of features can be observed, some as small as a few kilometers ... ....

30-Second Astronomy

The 50 Most Mindblowing Discoveries in Astronomy, Each Explained in Half a Minute

Francois Fressin and Martin Rees

How hot is Venus? Can you distinguish between a pulsar and a quasar? Is there a universe or a multiverse? Where do we fit into the infinitely grand scheme of things? How do we map the Cosmic Microwave Background? Most tantalizing of all ... ....

Apollo

The Epic Journey to the Moon, 1963-1972

David West Reynolds, Wally Schirra and Gene Cernan

Featuring a wealth of rare photographs, artwork, and cutaway illustrations, Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon, 1963-1972 recaptures the excitement surrounding the world's most renowned space program.

Astronomy Photographer of the Year, Collection 2

Harper Collins

All the winning and shortlisted images from the 2013 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, which is organized by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. All winning, runner-up, highly commended entries and shortlisted images ... ....

Black Holes: A Very Short Introduction

Katherine Blundell

Black holes are a constant source of fascination to many due to their mysterious nature. Black Holes: A Very Short Introduction, addresses a variety of questions, including what a black hole actually is, how they are ... ....

Celestial Messengers

Cosmic Rays: The Story of a Scientific Adventure

Mario Bertolotti

Celestial Messengers describes from a historical point of view how cosmic rays were discovered. Celestial Messengers describes the research in cosmic rays. The main focus is on how the knowledge was gained, describing ... ....

Chemistry for the Biosciences

The Essential Concepts

Jonathan Crowe

Chemistry for the Biosciences introduces the essential concepts of chemistry central to understanding biological systems. With an emphasis on straightforward explanations, it features biological examples illustrating how integrated ... ....

Chemistry: Principles and Reactions (International Edition)

William Masterton and Cecile Hurley

Discover all of the fundamental topics of general chemistry with this brief, reader-oriented book. Masterton/Hurley/Neth's Chemistry: Principles and Reactions, 7e, International Edition provides a clear, concise presentation ... ....

Do Dogs Dream?

Nearly Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know

Stanley Coren

In a conversational Q&A format, a leading dog expert answers the most commonly asked questions about how dogs think and act. Do dogs dream? Can they recognize themselves in the mirror or understand what they're seeing ...

Dreams of Other Worlds

The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration

Chris Impey and Holly Henry

Dreams of Other Worlds describes the unmanned space missions that have opened new windows on distant worlds. Spanning four decades of dramatic advances in astronomy and planetary science, Dreams of Other Worlds tells the ... ....

Earth: The Definitive Visual Guide

Dorling Kindersley (DK)

Earth: The Definitive Visual Guide is a breathtaking and inspirational exploration of planet Earth. From the fiery mass of the Earth's core to the tip of the highest ice-capped mountain, discover every aspect of our planet ... ....

Essentials of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

B Ronald Frost and Carol D Frost

All geoscience students need to understand the origins, environments and basic processes that produce igneous and metamorphic rocks. This concise textbook, written specifically for one-semester undergraduate courses, provides students with ... ....

Europa

Robert T Pappalardo, William B McKinnon and Krishan Khurana

Few worlds are as tantalizing and enigmatic as Europa, whose complex icy surface intimates the presence of an ocean below. Europa beckons for our understanding and future exploration, enticing us with the possibilities of a water-rich ... ....

Geologic History of Florida

Major Events That Formed the Sunshine State

Albert C Hine

Geologic History of Florida covers the complete geologic history of the Sunshine State – a saga approximately 700 million years long. Albert Hine takes the reader on a journey that begins at the Earth's South Pole during ... ....

Imaging the Southern Sky

An Amateur Astronomer's Guide

Stephen Chadwick and Ian Cooper

Imaging the Southern Sky is not about imaging from the southern hemisphere, but rather about imaging those areas of the sky that lie south of the celestial equator. Many of the astronomical objects presented are also accessible ... ....

Inorganic Chemistry

Mark Weller, Tina Overton, Jonathan Rourke, Fraser Armstrong and Peter Atkins

Leading the reader from the fundamental principles of inorganic chemistry, right through to cutting-edge research at the forefront of the subject, Inorganic Chemistry, Sixth Edition is the ideal course companion for the duration ... ....

Landforms and Landscapes of France

Monique Fort and Marie-Francoise Andre

The Landforms and Landscapes of France provides an informative and attractive overview of the most scenic landscapes of France. The geodiversity of France is emphasized, for example the glacial landscapes of the Mont-Blanc Massif ... ....

Mars Rovers Manual

1997-2013 (Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity)

David Baker

Is there life on Mars? This age-old question has prompted many missions to Mars, with the most recent rover, Curiosity, having safely landed in August 2012 amid a blaze of publicity. Mars Rovers Manual covers the development ... ....

Mineralogie de la France

Eric Asselborn

A reference work the minerals commonly found in France.

Observing the Sun

A Pocket Field Guide

Jamey L Jenkins

Observing the Sun is for amateur astronomers at all three levels: beginning, intermediate, and advanced. The beginning observer is often trying to find a niche or define a specific interest in his hobby, and the content of this ... ....

Our Beautiful Moon and Its Mysterious Magnetism

A Long Voyage of Discovery

Mike Fuller

Our Beautiful Moon and Its Mysterious Magnetism is a summary of the history of discovering the moon. The author has been involved in the Apollo program, working with its samples and this book covers these efforts. It describes ... ....

Our Sun

Biography of a Star

Christopher Cooper

Our sun is one star among 50 billion in the galaxy. Our galaxy is only one among 50 billion in the universe. With a vastness this incomprehensible, it is easy to feel like we are mere specks of sand on an endless shore. But our sun is ... ....

Philip's Stargazing with Binoculars

Robin Scagell and David Frydman

Philip's Stargazing with Binoculars, fully revised and updated for this new edition, is a practical guide describing the wide range of objects that anyone can observe in the night sky using normal binoculars. It gives clear ... ....

Planetary Climates

Andrew P Ingersoll

This concise, sophisticated introduction to planetary climates explains the global physical and chemical processes that determine climate on any planet or major planetary satellite – from Mercury to Neptune and even large moons ... ....

Planisphere and Starfinder

The Complete Beginner's Guide to Exploring the Night Sky

Carole Stott

This is the complete beginner's guide to navigating the night sky. Star clusters, nebulae, galaxies and all 88 major constellations are now within reach with Planisphere and Starfinder. Stargaze through the year using the ... ....

Protostars and Planets V

Bo Reipurth, David Jewitt and Klaus Keil

Increasing discoveries of new planets beyond our solar system are invigorating the quest for new knowledge and understanding of the birth of stars and planets. This new volume in the Space Science Series, with 249 contributing ... ....

Reality Check

How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future

Donald R Prothero and Michael Shermer

The battles over evolution, climate change, childhood vaccinations, and the causes of AIDS, alternative medicine, oil shortages, population growth, and the place of science in our country – all are reaching a fevered pitch.

Rise of the Continents (Region 2 & 4)

Iain Stewart

250 million years ago, the Earth looked like something from another solar system. The continents we know today were concentrated into a single giant landmass – Pangaea – surrounded by Panthalassa – an immense ocean. ....

Science Year by Year

The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Discoveries that Changed the World

Robert Winston

This is the ultimate guide to the discoveries that changed the world. From the discovery of the wheel to the worldwide web our thirst for innovation is what makes us human. Science Year by Year takes a fascinating look at our ... ....

Seismic Events in Glaciers

Marek Gorski

The occurrence of seismic events in glaciers has been an issue in the scientific literature since the early 1950s, following Seismic Events in Glaciers about icequakes in Baffin Island. Targeted seismological studies were undertaken ... ....

Shore to Summit

A Photographic Guide to the Geology of Britain and Ireland

Fran Halsall

From the White Cliffs of Dover to The Old Man of Hoy, from the Giant's Causeway to the peaks of Snowdonia, some of the world's most striking and varied landforms are found in Britain and Ireland. In Shore to Summit ... ....

Sounds of the Wild

Jan Pedersen, Christopher Westhorp and Greg McIvor