A 'compelling, arresting' (New Scientist) behind-the-scenes tour through the world's greatest natural history museums, revealing their hidden secrets Zoologist Jack Ashby spends his life working in Britain's natural history museums, and in Nature's Memory he guides us through a series of extraordinary collections, from marvellous mounted whale skeletons and impossibly tiny insect cabinets to buried treasures in vast museum storehouses.
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BEST BOOKS OF 2018**Join renowned naturalist Peter Marren on an exciting quest to see every species of wild plant native to Britain.
Sink into the strange and wonderful world of 5000 Facts About Crabs and Lobsters — an encyclopedic deep-dive into the armored, sideways-walking, claw-snapping wonders of the ocean floor.
La sequia es la amenaza climatica mas comun en la agricultura; a escala global, esta amenaza es mayor que la de ciclones, inundaciones y tormentas, y representa una de las causas mas importantes de malnutricion y pobreza rural, pero sus efectos pueden ser minimizados si se conocen las zonas mas susceptibles, ante su intensidad y periodicidad, para hacerle frente mediante medidas preventivas, asi como medidas mitigantes y correctivas in situ (parcelas).
For thousands of years, earthquakes have terrified human beings—seen first as the footsteps of angry gods, the rage of monstrous serpents beneath the earth, or the punishment of forgotten sins.
Las sutiles claves para descifrar el calendario de la naturalezaCuando sabemos que buscar en la naturaleza, las estaciones que antes permanecian ocultas brillan con intensidad.
In "e;Die schopferische Kraft der Blumen"e; definiert der Biologe David Haskell unser Verstandnis von Blumen neu und stellt sie ins Zentrum der Evolution.
An elegant and imaginative account that readdresses the place of the wolf in modern Scotland from "e;the best nature writer working in Britain today"e; (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
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