Zoology and animal sciences

This book brings a unique perspective to animal movement studies because all studies come from African tropical environments where the great diversity, either biological and structurally (trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes), present the animals with several options to fulfil their basic needs.

The extraordinary life story of the celebrated naturalist who transformed our understanding of evolutionEnchanted by Daphne is legendary ecologist Peter Grant's personal account of his remarkable life and career.

Big Data trifft Big Beasts: Wie neueste Technologien unser Wissen über das verborgene Leben der Wale radikal verändern.

Charles Foster quería saber cómo es en realidad ser un animal: un tejón, una nutria, un ciervo, un zorro, un vencejo.

Mamíferos, vertebrados fascinantes y diversos, cuyo origen se nos presenta poco claro y se confunde con las épocas en que vivieron los dinosaurios y otros reptiles.

An ambitious and beautifully illustrated account of the evolution and biology of insects.

Want to learn what your pet naturally needs?

With the expansion of human settlements and the environmental changes brought on by human activity and pollutants, toxicology and risk assessment of bird and reptile species is becoming increasingly of interest to toxicologists involved in environmental research.

With the expansion of human settlements and the environmental changes brought on by human activity and pollutants, toxicology and risk assessment of bird and reptile species is becoming increasingly of interest to toxicologists involved in environmental research.

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Human animals are despoiling nature and causing a sixth extinction on Earth.

Climate change is one of the most severe dangers for mankind worldwide.

This volume presents a series of case studies, at different levels of inclusivity, of how organisms exhibit functional convergence as a key evolutionary mechanism resulting in responses to similar environmental constraints in mechanically similar ways.

Esta obra describe los principales aspectos de la ecología y conservación de las aves en dos secciones.

What occupies the mind of an animal?

Ein Buch, das man in Zeiten der Dunkelheit zur Hand nehmen sollteBaek Sehee ist eine erfolgreiche junge Angestellte in der Social-Media-Abteilung eines großen Verlagshauses.

Until the mid-20th century, the thylacine was the world's largest carnivorous marsupial, and its disappearance has left many questions and contradictions.

A fascinating exploration of the octopus from the world-leading marine biologist David Scheel: perfect for fans of 'My Octopus Teacher' and Other Minds.

Why Elephants Cry is a fascinating frolic through the literature and evidence surrounding the use of unusual behavior of animals to measure and predict the environment.

Why Elephants Cry is a fascinating frolic through the literature and evidence surrounding the use of unusual behavior of animals to measure and predict the environment.

This book explores the biology of decapod shrimps, a group of animals known to most people as a nutritious and tasty food item.

Amphibians are the oldest tetrapod group and show an astonishing diversity in lifestyles, many of them being unique.

Amphibians are the oldest tetrapod group and show an astonishing diversity in lifestyles, many of them being unique.

What do the movements of molecules and the migration of humans have in common?

This volume compiles state-of-the-art scientific knowledge on the technologies that are used to quantify and reduce the environmental impact of livestock production in the cattle, pig and poultry industries.

Discover why animals do what they do, based on their genes, physiologies, cultures, traditions, survival and mating advantages, and evolutionary histories-and find out how studying behavior in the animal world helps us understand human behavior.

An authoritative yet highly readable monograph on one of Britain's rarest yet most spectacular breeding birds, the Golden Oriole.

The Manx Shearwater ranks amongst the world's most evocative seabirds.

A comprehensive survey of the valuable work undertaken by Britain's network of bird observatories, with summaries and tables of noteworthy events and much historical background.

Declining bird populations, especially those that breed in North American grasslands, have stimulated extensive research on factors that affect nest failure and reduced reproductive success.

The large and impressive monitor lizard (genus Varanus) has attracted a great deal of interest.

Among all the large whales on Earth, the most unusual and least studied is the narwhal, the northernmost whale on the planet and the one most threatened by global warming.

Described as "e;a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self-educated seers"e; by the San Francisco Chronicle, David Rains Wallace turns his attention in this new book to another distinctive corner of California-its desert, the driest and hottest environment in North America.

More than three hundred million years ago-a relatively recent date in the two billion years since life first appeared-vertebrate animals first ventured onto land.

This stunning field guide provides a comprehensive resource for identifying and appreciating nearly 500 species of spiders.

The microscopic examination of fossilized bone tissue is a sophisticated and increasingly important analytical tool for understanding the life history of ancient organisms.

This is the first scholarly book on the antelope that dominates the savanna ecosystems of eastern and southern Africa.

This engaging and easy-to-use natural history guidebook provides a thorough overview of native and honey bee biology and offers tools for identifying the most common bees of California and the Western United States.

In the time of Lewis and Clark, wolves were abundant throughout North America from the Arctic regions to Mexico.

Have you ever laid eyes on a blue whale?

Oh me, oh my!

Let's talk about the reptiles.

Raise a gaggle of geese, the unsung heroes of the small farm While chickens preen in the spotlight, geese are the historic unsung heroes of small farms and homesteads.

So what does your child do when confronted with a creepy crawlie?

The grasslands is home to different kinds of wildlife.

How do seas differ from oceans?

Penguins, among the most delightful creatures in the world, are also among the most vulnerable.

The coral reefs are very important environmental structures but they need your love and care.