Biodiversity

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week'A subject that could not be more important.

The word 'aliens' can be used in many ways, to invoke fear, dislike and fascination.

A comprehensive, authoritative account of the natural history of the seashore, from earliest times to the present day.

Dragonflies are among the most ancient of living creatures - few insect groups fascinate as much or are more immediately recognisable.

With less than twenty species worldwide and only four British and Irish species, the grouse is surprisingly well-known.

This New Naturalist volume provides a much-anticipated overview of these fascinating birds - the first book on the natural history of British and Irish terns since 1934.

An environmental parable for our times - the story of a beautiful blue bird meeting its nemesis at the end of the 20th-century.

It is accepted wisdom today that human beings have irrevocably damaged the natural world.

News headlines would often have us believe that conservationists are inevitably locked in conflict with the people who live and work on the lands they seek to protect.

Natural Resources Conservation and Advances for Sustainability addresses the latest challenges associated with the management and conservation of natural resources.

'In the gloom it came along the branches towards me, its round, hypnotic eyes blazing, its spoon-like ears turning to and fro independently like radar dishes .

Natural Resources Conservation and Advances for Sustainability addresses the latest challenges associated with the management and conservation of natural resources.

The fossil record offers a surprising image: that of evolutionary radiations characterized by intense increases in cash or by the sudden diversification of a single species group, while others stagnate or die out.

Interest in the use of biomass for non-food applications has grown strongly in recent years, mainly as a consequence of its potential as a prime renewable energy resource.

A major new look at how Africa's geological history, climate, geography and biology resulted in the wonderful diversity of life found there.

This, the most recent contribution to the Tetrahedron Organic Chemistry series, provides an integrated evaluation of the diversity of natural products in relation to biodiversity.

In Lost Wonders Tom Lathan tells ten powerful stories of species that have lived, died out and been declared extinct since the turn of the twenty-first century.