Zoology and animal sciences

A captivating AZ treasury about birds and birdingBirdpedia is an engaging illustrated compendium of bird facts and birding lore.

An insider's view on bringing extinct species back to lifeCould extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life?

Discovering the secrets of animal movement and what they can teach usInsects walk on water, snakes slither, and fish swim.

Parrots of the Wildis an exhaustive compendium of information about parrots, from their evolutionary history to their behavior to present-day conservation issues.

This book, by Australia's ladybird beetle specialist, Dr Adam Slipinski, illustrates Australia's diverse and fascinating ladybird beetle fauna - the commoner spotted species and the many others that are striped, glossy, and even very hairy.

This book, by Australia's ladybird beetle specialist, Dr Adam Slipinski, illustrates Australia's diverse and fascinating ladybird beetle fauna — the commoner spotted species and the many others that are striped, glossy, and even very hairy.

Fur seals and sea lions are charismatic, large carnivores that engage us with both their skill and playful antics.

Fur seals and sea lions are charismatic, large carnivores that engage us with both their skill and playful antics.

Australian High Country Raptors covers raptor species that regularly breed in the high country above 600 metres, from Goulburn in New South Wales down to the hills outside Melbourne, Victoria.

Rays are among the largest fishes and evolved from shark-like ancestors nearly 200 million years ago.

Frogs are remarkably variable creatures.

This book tells the fascinating success story of saving the flightless Woodhen of Lord Howe Island.

This book tells the fascinating success story of saving the flightless Woodhen of Lord Howe Island.

Interest in the conservation and welfare of Australian native wildlife continues to grow.

Interest in the conservation and welfare of Australian native wildlife continues to grow.

The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012 is the first review to assess the conservation status of all Australian mammals.

Environmental and public health problems arising from the use of chemical insecticides have led to an increasing demand for alternatives for insect pest control.

Oribatid mites are ancient, minute arthropods that live in soil, plant litter, mosses and lichens, and on trees and shrubs.

This Checklist brings together for the first time the names of all 2620 described species of mites that are known to occur in Australia.

Water mites are a dominant feature of the fauna of all freshwater ecosystems.

This is the first monograph on the Australian genera of Elateridae - click beetles.

The Lauxaniidae are one of the largest families of acalyptrate Diptera (series Schizophora) and are distributed in all the major zoogeographical regions of the world.

This volume completes the revision of the oecophorine genera of Australia, a subfamily which has diversified enormously in this country and represents some 20% of the Australian lepidoptera.

This book brings together exciting accounts of life history strategies of a range of species, as well as background information on general butterfly behaviour, taxonomy and evolutionary aspects.

The present volume presents a revision of the Wingia group of 91 genera, a group which appears to be almost entirely endemic to Australia.

The introductory chapters of this book give a detailed review of the phylogeny, morphology, classification and biology of Tineidae on a worldwide scale.

Hepialidae (ghost moths or swifts) are, in terms of diversity and distribution, the most successful group of homoneurous primitive moths.

The Chironomidae popularly are called "e;non-biting midges"e; to distinguish them from their biting relatives.

This second volume of colour plates features the remaining 328 plates of the series, or 2624 individual photographs to bring the total number of coloured illustrations of the series to 5036.

Volume V features the first 304 of the total 632 colour plates of the series, each consisting of 8 photographs and generally illustrating 4 species in dorsal and lateral aspects, respectively.

This volume deals with the second Division of the Curculionoidea, the Heteromorphi, which stand between the primitive families and the more advanced remainder of the groups, as well as the first group of the advanced weevils, or Division Gonatoceri.

This volume covers the remainder of the primitive weevils (Division Orthoceri), namely the families Brentidae, Eurhynchidae and Apionidae.

In Volume I, the primitive weevil families Anthribidae, Belidae, Nemonychidae, Caridae, Rhynchitidae and Attelabidae are treated.

This volume is the first comprehensive account of the formation of CSIRO Entomology and the Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) and covers the growth of this national collection over its first 65 years.

This third volume in the series will assist with identification and study of this important genus.

This volume covers three subfamilies, all endemic to Australia.

This volume deals with the shield-backed katydids, the Tettigoniinae, covering 17 genera and 72 species.

Environmental and public health problems arising from the use of chemical insecticides have led to an increasing demand for alternatives for insect pest control.

Oribatid mites are ancient, minute arthropods that live in soil, plant litter, mosses and lichens, and on trees and shrubs.

This Checklist brings together for the first time the names of all 2620 described species of mites that are known to occur in Australia.

Water mites are a dominant feature of the fauna of all freshwater ecosystems.

This is the first monograph on the Australian genera of Elateridae - click beetles.

The Lauxaniidae are one of the largest families of acalyptrate Diptera (series Schizophora) and are distributed in all the major zoogeographical regions of the world.

This volume completes the revision of the oecophorine genera of Australia, a subfamily which has diversified enormously in this country and represents some 20% of the Australian lepidoptera.

This book brings together exciting accounts of life history strategies of a range of species, as well as background information on general butterfly behaviour, taxonomy and evolutionary aspects.

This is the second of a three volume series revising the entire Australian fauna of Oecophorinae and includes three major groups of genera – the Chezala Walker, Philobota Meyrick and Eulechria Meyrick groups.

The present volume presents a revision of the Wingia group of 91 genera, a group which appears to be almost entirely endemic to Australia.

The introductory chapters of this book give a detailed review of the phylogeny, morphology, classification and biology of Tineidae on a worldwide scale.

Hepialidae (ghost moths or swifts) are, in terms of diversity and distribution, the most successful group of homoneurous primitive moths.

This second volume of colour plates features the remaining 328 plates of the series, or 2624 individual photographs to bring the total number of coloured illustrations of the series to 5036.