El continente antártico y sus mares circundantes constituyen un lugar excepcional en el mundo: un inmenso espacio sin fronteras dedicado a la ciencia y a la conservación.
What happens when the lights in the sky are no longer distant mysteries, but the arrival of beings humanity must learn to recognize, understand, and live beside?
Lichens are fascinating and beautiful organisms able to colonise a vast range of habitats, including seemingly impossible places such as bare icy mountain tops and sun-scorched coastal rocks.
This book is a Weekend Pocketbook on Everything You Should Know About the Biodiversity Crisis, the quiet unraveling of the living world we depend on more than we realize.
No hace falta ser muy mayor para recordar viajes en coche que terminaban con el parabrisas emborronado por las huellas de los insectos voladores que se estrellaban contra él, las luces cubiertas por un bullicio de mosquitos y polillas en las noches de verano o jardines animados por un sinfín de laboriosas y a veces amenazantes abejas.
Evolutionary Community Ecology develops a unified framework for understanding the structure of ecological communities and the dynamics of natural selection that shape the evolution of the species inhabiting them.
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES'A simultaneously stimulating and soothing blend of nature writing and science .
"Armadillos, hormigueros y perezosos (Xenarthra) del Departamento de Caldas: conoce, reconoce y conserva", es una invitación a descubrir la biodiversidad de un grupo evolutivo de mamíferos asombroso y a apoyar iniciativas de educación y conservación.
'A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps' DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTHThere may be no insect with a worse reputation than the wasp, and none guarding so many undiscovered wonders.
The number of species found at a given point on the planet varies by orders of magnitude, yet large-scale gradients in biodiversity appear to follow some very general patterns.
The number of species found at a given point on the planet varies by orders of magnitude, yet large-scale gradients in biodiversity appear to follow some very general patterns.
Mossy greens, conker browns, cream, chocolate and deepest black; add stripes, swirls and splotches and you have some of the most striking wildlife Britain has to offer.
Britain's nature year, from the first flower to the last leafWith a mix of evocative writing, beautiful photographs and facts that are too good to keep to yourself, this book explores 50 magical moments that define our seasons.
'An outstanding book' SpectatorThe story of the short life and tragic death of Bowland Beth - an English Hen Harrier - which dramatically highlights the major issues in UK conservation.
Another volume in the widely-read New Naturalist series, this book is an in-depth study of the natural developments and history of Galloway and surrounding areas.
This latest volume in the New Naturalist series provides a comprehensive study of wildlife conservation in Britain, concentrating on events in the last 30 years.
Sea-Birds introduces us to the sea-birds of the North Atlantic, an ocean in which about half the world sea-bird species have been seen at one time or another.
'Full of wonder and forensic intelligence' Isabella Tree, author of WildingA moving account of Madagascar told by a researcher who has spent over fifty years investigating the mysteries of this remarkable island.
Get to grips with the key concepts that have shaped the way we think about the environment, ecosystems, and biodiversity, and our role in protecting the planet.
Biologist John Spicer shows how closely our future is linked with that of biodiversity while navigating readers through some key problems facing our planet, including mass extinctions, population explosions, habitat destruction, and pollution.
Biologist John Spicer shows how closely our future is linked with that of biodiversity while navigating readers through some key problems facing our planet, including mass extinctions, population explosions, habitat destruction, and pollution.
Das vorliegende Buch erzählt die wahre Geschichte mehrerer handaufgezogener Strassentauben, die eigentlich ausgewildert werden sollten, sich aber nach erfolgreicher Auswilderung und Anschluss an die wilden Tauben, dennoch dafür entschieden, bei ihrem Ziehvater zu leben, ohne aber den Anschluss an die wild lebenden Artgenossen aufzugeben.
