Wildlife: general interest

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The Times Nature Book of the Year 2020Winner of the PEN/E.

**Winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2018 and the Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year 2019**'Weymouth combines acute political, personal and ecological understanding, with the most beautiful writing reminiscent of a young Robert Macfarlane.

Dive in to this breathtaking read about the world's oceansExplore the last wilderness left on Earth, with an enhanced and updated edition of this exhaustive guide to the underwater world.

Why has the academy struggled to link advocacy for animals to advocacy for various human groups?

This is the seventh book by Ted and Alex Wnorowski in the series of comprehensive travel guidebooks to birdwatching destinations in Australia.

A deep knowledge of our natural environment is no longer a vital part of everyday survival, certainly for those of us living in cities and working in weatherproof offices.

The Biology of Sharks and Rays is a comprehensive resource on the biological and physiological characteristics of the cartilaginous fishes: sharks, rays, and chimaeras.

A welcome dive into the world of aquarium craft that offers much-needed knowledge about undersea environments.

Big cats-tigers, leopards, and lions-that make prey of humans are commonly known as "e;man-eaters.

The Deer and the Tiger is Schaller's detailed account of the ecology and behavior of Bengal tigers and four species of the hoofed mammals on which they prey, based on his observations in India's Kanha National Park.

Whether we live in cities, in the suburbs, or in the country, birds are ubiquitous features of daily life, so much so that we often take them for granted.

In the nineteenth century, richly-drawn social fiction became one of England's major cultural exports.

At the center of Stefan Bargheer's account of bird watching, field ornithology, and nature conservation in Britain and Germany stands the question of how values change over time and how individuals develop moral commitments.

Elephants have fascinated humans for millennia.

In this lavishly illustrated, first-ever book on how spider webs are built, function, and evolved, William Eberhard provides a comprehensive overview of spider functional morphology and behavior related to web building, and of the surprising physical agility and mental abilities of orb weavers.

Evolutionary maternal effects occur whenever a mother's phenotypic traits directly affect her offspring's phenotype, independent of the offspring's genotype.

Understanding the chimpanzee mind is akin to opening a window onto human consciousness.

At the center of Stefan Bargheer's account of bird watching, field ornithology, and nature conservation in Britain and Germany stands the question of how values change over time and how individuals develop moral commitments.

Scores of wild species and ecosystems around the world face a variety of human-caused threats, from habitat destruction and fragmentation to rapid climate change.

The cougar is one of the most beautiful, enigmatic, and majestic animals in the Americas.

The second largest order of mammals, Chiroptera comprises more than one thousand species of bats.

Dependent on a shrinking supply of bamboo, hunted mercilessly for its pelt, and hostage to profiteering schemes once in captivity, the panda is on the brink of extinction.

In Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight, the world's leading experts synthesize current knowledge of butterflies to show how the study of these fascinating creatures as model systems can lead to deeper understanding of ecological and evolutionary patterns and processes in general.

In the late eighteenth century, the British took greater interest than ever before in observing and recording all aspects of the natural world.

At dawn on a brutally cold January morning, Joel Berger crouched in the icy grandeur of the Teton Range.

The pigeon is the quintessential city bird.

Descubra os fundamentos essenciais para manter seu cavalo saudável e feliz com este guia abrangente sobre saúde e bem-estar equino.

Marine pollution occurs today in varied forms--chemical, industrial, and agricultural-and the sources of pollution are endless.

Marine pollution occurs today in varied forms--chemical, industrial, and agricultural-and the sources of pollution are endless.

Dirty, Sacred Rivers explores South Asia's increasingly urgent water crisis, taking readers on a journey through North India, Nepal and Bangladesh, from the Himalaya to the Bay of Bengal.

Dirty, Sacred Rivers explores South Asia's increasingly urgent water crisis, taking readers on a journey through North India, Nepal and Bangladesh, from the Himalaya to the Bay of Bengal.

America is a nation of ardent, knowledgeable birdwatchers.

When most Americans think of environmentalism, they think of the political left, of vegans dressed in organic-hemp fabric, lofting protest signs.

When most Americans think of environmentalism, they think of the political left, of vegans dressed in organic-hemp fabric, lofting protest signs.

This is the first guide yet produced to the amphibians and reptiles of New York State, a large and heavily populated state that hosts a surprisingly diverse and interesting community of amphibians and reptiles.

Bobcat: Master of Survival tells the story of the most adaptable and resilient wild feline in the world.

This book serves as an advanced text on fisheries and fishery population dynamics and as a reference for fisheries scientists.

When we think of the key figures of early American history, we think of explorers, or pilgrims, or Native Americans--not cattle, or goats, or swine.

America is a nation of ardent, knowledgeable birdwatchers.

One of the only books to treat the whole spider, from its behavior and physiology to its neurobiology and reproductive characteristics, Biology of Spiders is considered a classic in spider literature.

Which species of sharks live within 500 nautical miles of North American shores, and what do we know about them?

When Charles Darwin, then age 22, first saw the HMS Beagle, he thought it looked "e;more like a wreck than a vessel commissioned to go round the world.

Anaconda tells the unexpected story of the world's largest snake.

Anaconda tells the unexpected story of the world's largest snake.

Butterfly enthusiasts, nature lovers, and curious general readers will perhaps be surprised to learn that Florida's butterfly fauna is unique--and that, until the appearance of this volume, there has been no adequate field guide for the butterflies of this region.

A logo on products ranging from chopsticks and toilet paper to cell phones and automobiles, the panda is one of the most ubiquitous images in China and throughout the world.

A logo on products ranging from chopsticks and toilet paper to cell phones and automobiles, the panda is one of the most ubiquitous images in China and throughout the world.