Welcome to the June 2025 edition of the NHBS Monthly Catalogue, which lists all new titles added to our website in the last month.
We start this month with some highly interesting mammal titles. Conservationist Jonathan Slaght, who stunned audiences with his Owls of the Eastern Ice a few years back, is writing Tigers Between Empires: The Journey to Save the Siberian Tiger from Extinction, which is due in November from Allen Lane. That month will also see the publication of Discovering the Okapi: Western Science, Indigenous Knowledge, History, Culture and Conservation by Johns Hopkins University Press and Horses: A 4,000-Year Genetic Journey Across the World by Princeton University Press. Lastly, Oxford University Press has announced the paperback of The Badgers of Wytham Woods: A Model for Behaviour, Ecology, and Evolution for publication in September.
Moving over to birds, November is again the month of focus. Woodpecker expert Gerard Gorman is working on The Pied Woodpeckers: The Natural History of Europe’s Black & White Woodpeckers, to be published by Pelagic Publishing. Madagascar expert Ken Behrens is co-authoring Birds of Madagascar: A Photographic Field Guide, to be published by WILDGuides. Last in this line-up is the 6th edition of Where to Watch Birds in Devon and Cornwall, to be published by Helm.
Herpetologists can look forward to A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Borneo, due in September from John Beaufoy Publishing, and the second edition of The Book of Frogs: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from around the World, due in November from the University of Chicago Press. For fish workers, we have the second edition of the authoritative three-volume set Reef Fishes of the East Indies, published by the University of Hawaii Press.
Entomologists have some particularly strong titles to look forward to. NatureBureau has announced A Photographic Guide to Flies of Britain & Ireland for October, while WILDGuides will publish the 5th edition of Dragonflies of Britain and Ireland in September, and Butterflies of Britain and Western Europe and Their Caterpillars: An Identification Guide in November. The latter is a translation from the French original.
For botanists, we have a rather eclectic list of books. There are several new additions to long-running floras, including the Flora of Iraq, Volume 7, due in June from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; the Botanical Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Native Plants, Volume 2: Rare and Endangered Plants, just published by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Spanish-language Flora Argentina, Volume 18(1), which covers a number dicotyledon families. KNNV has just published the 2nd edition of their flora on algae, Desmids of the Lowlands: Mesotaeniaceae and Desmidiaceae of the European Lowlands. Moving on to mycology, we have Lichens of Britain & Ireland: An Introductory Guide by Bloomsbury and Mushrooms of Alaska by Timber Press, both of which are due in November.
For conservationists and ecologists, we have five books. We are particularly excited about The Biological Recording Handbook: Making Wildlife Count, due in November from Pelagic Publishing. Biological recording might seem mundane, but getting it right is fundamental to ecology and biodiversity studies. Written by Sarah Whild, a seasoned data recorder and current Chair of the National Forum for Biological Recording, we expect this book to be mandatory reading for conservation biologists and ecological consultants. Next to this, Pelagic Publishing is releasing The Nature of Pandemics: Why Protecting Biodiversity is Key to Human Survival in October, while Bloomsbury will publish Coastal Seas, volume 16 of the British Wildlife Collection, in November. The remaining two titles are from Dorling Kindersley: The Ocean Book: The Stories, Science, and History of Oceans has just been released, while the second edition of The Ecology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained is due in November.
A final miscellany of titles covers various areas. Two environmental history titles due in November are The Killing Age: How Violence Made the Modern World from the University of Chicago Press and Fuji: A Mountain in the Making from Princeton University Press. Nature writing is represented by the paperback of John Lewis-Stempel's England: A Natural History, due in July from Penguin Books. In the category of general natural history, HarperCollins is publishing The Life Trilogy box set in November, a special edition reissue of three of Sir David Attenborough's classics: Life on Earth, Living Planet, and The Trials of Life. A noteworthy science biography to look out for is Crick: A Mind in Motion – from DNA to the Brain by Matthew Cobb, which is due in November from Profile Books. The final title spans psychology, neurology, and public health: Nature Within: How the Natural World Shapes Our Minds, Bodies & Health will be published in November by Pelagic Publishing.
As always, if you are looking for a particular title that we do not yet have in our range, or you would like to suggest a title for NHBS to stock, please do get in touch.
Leon Vlieger
Catalogue Editor
A fully revised and updated edition of the bestselling photographic guide.Dragonflies of Britain and Ireland is the only comprehensive photographic field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies of the region. Written by two of Britain's foremost...
This is the first identification guide to the flies of Britain and Ireland ever published. It covers 1200-1300 species with distribution maps and colour photos throughout.
Asian Horseshoe Crabs: Biology, Ecology, Conservation, and Utilization provides the most updated and comprehensive knowledge on this mysterious family of crustaceans, which are often described as "living fossils". As overfishing and...
This book synthesizes the extensive research on the species diversity of Ichneumonidae, offering a comprehensive overview of their host records and biological information in the Middle East and globally. It serves as an invaluable reference for...
This is the first field identification guide to the adult butterflies of Britain and Western Europe that also covers most of their caterpillars and egg types, providing all the tools needed for accurate identification. Comprehensive, practical, and...
Explore the world of extraordinary marine creatures in this beautifully illustrated guide to thirty species of octopuses, cuttlefish, and squids.In Sea Wonders, discover the remarkable characteristics of cephalopods, enigmatic sea creatures with arms...
Biological control is an important component of integrated and ecological pest management programmes. Its importance continues to increase as plant protection is challenged with climate change, invasive species, pesticide resistance, de-registration...
Hesperiidae part 2, the 28th volume of the series Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region, follows two years after the first volume of the series on the subject of this peculiar butterfly family. This new book covers the subfamily...
Land Snails of West Virginia combines historical research and a statewide land snail survey from 2006 to 2015, funded and facilitated by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR). The land snail inventory represented perhaps the most...
This reference book comprehensively delves into the systematics, taxonomy, morphology, ecology, and behaviour of the family Lepidostomatidae (order Trichoptera) in India. The chapters cover biogeography and distribution patterns, conservation status,...
Liam O'Brien has spent three decades chasing, learning about, protecting, occasionally catching, and always loving butterflies. Here, he shares his capacious knowledge of California butterflies through a treasure trove of stories and 700...
This book examines the history of the Italian forest landscape from pre-Roman times to the present. The aim is to demonstrate that all Italian forests have been shaped by human activities through the centuries, and they are an important component of...
This book interprets our natural surroundings in a way that enhances a simple walk in the scenic deciduous woodlands of the Ozark Mountain region. Explanations go beyond trees and their habitat to include other diverse subjects: the leaf litter...
Loving the North Woods is a chronicle of the difficult challenges that led to tremendous conservation achievements in the great North Woods of Maine. Focusing on the remarkable period of activity from 1990 to 2015, during which historic achievements...
Mount Fuji is everywhere recognised as a wonder of nature and an enduring symbol of Japan. Yet behind the picture-postcard image is a history filled with conflict and upheaval. Violent eruptions across the centuries wrought havoc and instilled fear....
A comprehensive survey of exemplary wetlands that highlights their importance for local livelihoods as well as for global biodiversity.Covering twelve mountainous regions ranging from medium to high altitudes, Wetlands of Mountainous Regions provides...
A comprehensive survey of exemplary wetlands that highlights their importance for local livelihoods as well as for global biodiversity.Covering 17 different regions, Wetlands of Tropical and Subtropical Asia and Africa provides detailed information...
Rich and diverse but often unloved, Aotearoa's wetlands are the most vulnerable of their ecosystems. Only a tiny fraction of their original extent remains, and we continue to lose this vital habitat. The race is on to discover more about them...
Our countryside is iconic: a series of distinctive habitats that unite to create a landscape that is unique for the rich diversity of our flora and fauna. In England, his most magisterial book to date, John Lewis-Stempel explores each in turn, taking...
'When the snow falls quickly, it brings dramatic change. Hare, rabbit and bird tracks become visible in the lanes and fields.'Winter's Song is the final book in a stunning seasonal quartet from beloved printmaker and illustrator Angela...
When you think about it, what do you really know about sharks? Do you think of them as dangerous, human-hunting beasts? Sharks are actually quite gentle creatures, and their diets definitely don't include humans. We're not nearly tasty enough...
This 10-year anthology book turns the attention to the most trafficked mammal in the world, the pangolin and includes the nine previous species covered in the Remembering Wildlife series: elephants (including African and Asian), rhinos, great apes,...
Francis Crick was a restless, relentless thinker, as fascinated by Beat poetry and psychedelics as the genetic meaning of life and the inner workings of the brain. Yet for all his drive, he was driven by collaboration: with Jim Watson on DNA, with...
David Attenborough's Life Trilogy is a complete introduction to the animals and plants found on Earth. The three books – published to accompany the classic BBC TV series – are essential reading for anyone interested in the...
The Incredible Octopus combines amazing photos with in-depth facts to get children aged 7 and up excited about octopuses and the underwater world in which they live. Readers are introduced to the fascinating biology of the octopus, from its three...
A sweeping history of ancient exploration, the first full-scale account in over a century.Odysseus. Jason and the Argonauts. Heracles. Greek mythology is full of tales of heroes setting out for the unknown. Such tales reflected and instilled a sense...
Immerse yourself in the wonders of Maryland's diverse ecosystems with The Maryland Master Naturalist's Handbook. Edited by seasoned environmentalists McKay Jenkins and Joy Shindler Rafey, this essential guide explores the intricate tapestry...
The tenth edition of this popular atlas from the prestigious and authoritative Times Atlas range. This world atlas contains the breadth, scale and detail to make it an ideal reference resource for school, home and business.The atlas has been brought...
In this thoroughly updated fourth edition, a trusted editor offers a comprehensive guide to selecting-and working with-a book publisher.For more than two decades, writers have turned to William Germano's Getting It Published as a guide to the...
The only text to focus on study and communication skills specifically for bioscience students, helping them get the most out of their degree, and develop the skills and experience that will make them more employable after graduation.Written in an...
A global energy revolution is unfolding before our eyes: ever-growing numbers of electric vehicles on our roads, laptops that last all day on a single charge and solar panels on our roofs, all reliant on lithium-ion batteries. This revolution is...
Biological recording is the discipline of writing down natural history observations of a correctly identified species, in a specific location, on a specific date, by a named individual. Simple enough, you may think. But these four pieces of data each...
Blending deep experience, evidence-based advice, and good humour, this is an invaluable resource for everyone involved in developing good scientific writers.Every scientist eventually teaches scientific writing or mentors junior scientists as they...
In 2018, Katie and her boyfriend, Luke, moved to Asturias, Northern Spain, in search of a home. As conservation storytellers, they were drawn to the story of the Iberian wolf – a much-maligned creature facing relentless persecution right on...
The remarkable conservation story of one of the world's most iconic animals by Jonathan Slaght, best-selling author of Owls of the Eastern Ice.Deep in the snowy forests of Northeast Asia roams the majestic and revered Amur tigers, more popularly...
Our knowledge of living organisms is still very limited, with less than 20% of the world's species known to date. It is therefore essential to increase our efforts to inventory biodiversity. This is the goal of scientific research, but it is also...
Zoo Animal Welfare unpicks the different concepts of welfare in the zoo and aquarium, considering how enclosure design, nutrition, conservation activities, visitor engagement and daily husbandry all need to have a welfare focus to be relevant to the...
NHBS acknowledges that the author's views put forward in this book run counter to the views of many conservationists and NHBS itself, but we strongly believe that well-argued and factual contributions to the debate should not be silenced and are...
In Wild on Purpose, Sean Gerrity asks us to radically reimagine the future of conservation – and the role each of us can play in making a wilder, more sustainable world.In 2001, a small team of ordinary citizens left their secure jobs to...
The first documentary history of wildfire management in the United States, Burn Scars probes the long efforts to suppress fire, beginning with the Spanish invasion of California in the eighteenth century and continuing through the US Forest...
In the world of Texas conservation, the figure of Andrew Sansom looms large. Few can match Sansom's contributions to the natural landscape of Texas, such as the over 500,000 acres of state parks and wildlife management areas he helped protect...
This book offers a fresh perspective on the Habitats Directive's rules on designating Natura 2000 – the European biodiversity conservation network. Although the Habitats Directive came into force in the early 1990s, the network lacks...
When will the next pandemic arrive? For wildlife, it's already here.The Nature of Pandemics explores an unspoken truth: how our actions are driving wildlife pandemics across the world. Highlighting the interconnectedness of human, (non-human)...
Global Biome Conservation and Global Warming Impacts on Ecology and Biodiversity, Volume 2: Terrestrial Biomes explores the effects of anthropogenic activities on Earth's terrestrial biomes, species, and climate. The book summarises...
Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are on any birdwatcher's destination list, renowned for rare vagrants, wintering Avocets, seabirds and the UK's only Cirl Buntings. A wealth of habitats, from wide open beaches and towering sea cliffs...
The most comprehensive single-volume field guide to Madagascar’s unique birdsMadagascar supports six endemic bird families and over 100 endemic bird species, making the “eighth continent” a magnet for birders and naturalists from...
An elegant and beautiful gift for bird lovers, The Illuminated Book of Birds showcases Robin Crofut-Brittingham's world-class art combined with fun facts about birds from around the world.The Illuminated Book of Birds is a stunning, one-of-a-kind...
This pocket book (measuring a mere 132 × 120 mm) introduces the main bird species of the forests and scrublands of Chile, including their taxonomic descriptions, geographic distribution, habitats, and other important information.
A powerful photographic journey that celebrates the healing power of birds.Melissa Hafting is an ethical, passionate, and respected birder, photographer, and mentor. Her love for birding has helped shape who she is and has helped with her mental...
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, it was common practice for milliners to decorate women's hats with birds' feathers and plumes--and sometimes with the birds themselves. Huge numbers of birds were killed for this fashionable enterprise...
"I never did see huia foraging about on the trunk of a tall tree fern, but I knew a man who had."– Ray Ching, 2024The beautiful forest-dwelling huia, presumed extinct for these hundred or more years, holds a special place in the...
A resonant hammering from the canopy, a flicker of black and white with a flash of red: surely the archetypal image of a woodpecker? This book describes the natural history of five European species, the so-called pied woodpeckers: Middle Spotted...
Pocket guide (measuring a mere 130 × 118 mm) with colour photos, brief bilingual descriptions and distribution maps.
Volume 8 covers the families Rosaceae, Chrysobalanaceae, and Neuradaceae.
Investigators of freshwater ecosystems inevitably are faced with various microphytes. It is generally accepted that algal species (among which phytoplankters) are important indicators of water quality. In particular, desmids (a group of...
Volume 18, part 1 includes 27 families belonging to the orders Berberidopsidales, Brassicales, p.p., Malpighiales, p.p., Malvales, p.p., Myrtales, p.p., Picramniales, Santalales, and Sapindales, for a total of 95 genera and 275 species. All genera...
Due to the great diversity of benthic diatoms, the study of diatoms in the context of water monitoring requires comprehensive knowledge of the species. This identification book, funded on behalf of the German Federal/State Working Group on Water...
A beautifully illustrated guide to the marvellous and varied world of trees, and a fascinating introduction to the hidden secrets of 52 British species. Botanist and ecologist Ros Bennett has spent a lifetime helping people understand and identify...
An intuitive introduction to 200 of the most common and conspicuous species that beginners can learn to identify with nothing more than a magnifying lens and some practice.Lichens can be found all around us throughout the year. They colour our...
This appealingly illustrated book is the second volume of the Botanical Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Native Plants. It presents a meticulously curated collection of 20 rare and endangered native plant species found in Hong Kong, featuring...
This exciting new textbook presents current knowledge of plant biology, highlighting important topics for future development and research. Starting with the evolutionary history of plants, the book addresses the dynamic nature and regulation of plant...
Volume II (1) deals with the non-Spanish-speaking countries. Brazil and the three Guianas. The territories occupy almost exactly 50% of South America's land area of 18,200,000 square kilometres and are home to 52% of its population of...
As one of the world's most vulnerable countries to climate change, Iraq is committed to protecting its natural resources. The Flora of Iraq volumes serve as an invaluable resource for understanding and conserving the plant diversity of Iraq....
The edited volume deals with the origin, evolution, genetic diversity, commercial, and cultural aspects of selected tree species such as Rubber, Pine, Poplar, Almond, Cashew, Teak, Olive, Eucalyptus, Mango, Jack, Fig, Sandalwood and Ashoka. It covers...
Volume 31 covers a number of subfamilies in the family Poaceae: Pharoideae, Oryzoideae, Pooideae, Aristidoideae, and part of the Panicoideae.
Volume 16 covers the eight families Myrsinaceae, Sapotaceae, Ebenaceae, Styracaceae, Symplocaceae, Oleaceae, Salvadoraceae, and Apocynaceae.
A comprehensive reference on the characteristics of rhizomes, stems growing roughly horizontally below ground level, important for perennial and hard-to-control weeds and for the propagation of some commercially important crops.Rhizomes describes and...
This book provides updated descriptions of the geographic distribution, identification (with more than 140 colour photographs), conservation, and propagation of 46 threatened Chilean plant species growing between the Coquimbo and Magallanes Regions.
A common group of plants in the Midwest's natural areas, the oval sedges supply food for wildlife while their roots bind the soil and their vegetation creates habitat. Carex of Illinois and Surrounding States: The Oval Sedges offers a guide to...
Many gardeners in the southwest USA are perfectly satisfied with beautiful, ornamental plants and cultivate lush lawns despite the environmental consequences of doing so. Other gardeners, however, have moved to embrace pollinator plants that provide...
An innovative guide to the native plants of the coastal dry belt, or "rain shadow" of the Pacific Northwest, including southeast Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and some parts of the mainland coast, such as Port Angeles and Bellingham,...
Symmetry and the causes of shifts in different types of symmetries in flowers follow specific patterns that are ruled by developmental and genetic factors. Using a unified system of phyllotaxic equations (phyllotaxis being the arrangement of leaves...
An up-to-date, beautifully illustrated, and beloved guide to six hundred of the world's most fascinating frogs.With almost 9,000 known species, frogs display a stunning array of forms and behaviours. A single gram of the toxin produced by the...
A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Borneo is a fully comprehensive guide to the 321 species of reptile recorded from Borneo, covering crocodiles, turtles, lizards and snakes. With photographs from the author and other top nature photographers, each...
This book comprehensively explores Asian Cobras, covering their evolutionary history, geographic distribution, venom characteristics, pathophysiology of envenomation, and treatment strategies. The introductory chapters focus on venomous snakes,...
An award-winning guide, written and illustrated by a father-and-son duo, is now available in a new paperback edition, with a new foreword by Sy Montgomery.Most anglers are well aware of the popular game fish that inhabit the Northeast, including the...
Reef Fishes of the East Indies is an essential reference for biologists, naturalists, and scuba divers. Though there are many other reef fish identification guides available, this is the only reference that covers every known reef fish species from...
A beautifully illustrated exploration of the habitats, communities and species hidden just below the British seashore.The shoreline around the British Isles provides tantalising, twice-daily glimpses of the wonders in our seas, but reveals very...
What will robots discover as they gather life-supporting data and resources from the depths of Earth's oceans to the reaches of deep space?Below the waves, the ocean remains a largely undiscovered realm, with only 25% of its features mapped in...
The inspirational story of grassland rivers – and the people who paddle and protect them.The North American grasslands that once covered vast areas of the central United States are now its most endangered ecosystems. But not far from any spot...
Lake Ohrid, on the border of North Macedonia and eastern Albania, is home to one of the richest diatom communities of any freshwater ecosystem. Alongside generalist species, the lake hosts a remarkable number of endemic and relict species. This...
Immerse yourself in this beautiful, absorbing guide to the marine world.Earth owes its identity as the blue planet to the vast oceans of water that cover almost 70 per cent of its surface. Home to an abundance of marine life and vital in regulating...
This is the second of three books that together provide an integrated picture of the Aegean Sea, presenting the natural components of the system (Book I and Book II) as well as the human presence in the extended area (Book III).The Aegean Sea, also...
This is the first of three Books that together provide an integrated picture of the Aegean Sea, presenting the natural components of the system (Book I and Book II) as well as the human presence in the extended area (Book III).The Aegean Sea, also...
Ocean: The Secret of Planet Earth provides the basic facts for understanding the oceans, their properties and their importance to people throughout the ages. The long relationship between the ocean and humanity is now at a...
Stretching nearly thirty kilometres from the Wicklow Mountains to the Grand Canal Dock, the River Dodder offers a serene escape into nature in our capital city. In Wild Waterways, Robert O'Leary showcases the river's rich biodiversity through...
The aquatic habitats of the Amazon region are subject to natural daily and seasonal variations in the physico-chemical properties of the water. The organisms that inhabit these habitats have developed adaptations to cope with these natural events....
This book covers Troutall members of the trout and salmon genus (Salmo) in detail. The book showcases the numerous taxa (species, varieties, morphs, forms, etc.) and highlights their plasticity. Each species' chapter includes informative text:...
We know much about our history from bones and DNA, but these studies do not tell us about the characteristics that are not preserved in the fossil record – the fleshy parts and behaviours. Evolutionary biologists are more interested in the...
This text builds upon the over 1500 papers published in peer-reviewed journals revealing that there are more than 200 biological codes in living systems. This book shows how this discovery argues that coding is a new mechanism of life. The...
Introduce students to the diversity embraced by the discipline of biogeography, revised and updated throughout.Biogeography: Space, Time, and Life provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of large-scale geographic distributions of life,...
Get to grips with the key concepts that have shaped the way we think about the environment, ecosystems, and biodiversity, and our role in protecting the planet.The second edition is packed with short, pithy explanations of more than 90 of the key...
Modelling Invasive Alien Plant Species: Fuzzy Based Uncertainty presents the application of different fuzzy set theory techniques in developing risk assessment models for invasive plant species – those whose introduction and spread outside...
The notion of a living world is one of humanity's oldest beliefs. Though once scorned by many scientists, the concept of Earth as a vast interconnected living system has gained acceptance in recent decades. Life not only adapts to its...
Theoretical ecology explores the mechanisms that structure ecological communities using a variety of mathematical and computational tools. Theoretical Ecology shows you how to translate ecological problems into mechanistic models using both...
Appetite Interrupted: The Role of Predators in Shaping the Behavioral Ecology and Physiology of Satiety examines the mechanisms that suppress feeding in vertebrate animals within the physiological and ecological contexts that drove their evolution....
This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, methods and applications of chemical ecology, covering such topics as chemical signalling, predator-prey interactions, host plant selection and chemical defence. The book takes the...
Lakes are among the US Upper Midwest's greatest treasures and most valuable natural resources. The Great Lakes define the region, and thousands of smaller lakes offer peace, joy, and recreation to millions. And yet, in large part because of the...
An engaging and thought-provoking introduction to river scienceWhen we look at a river, either up close or while flying over a river valley, what are we really seeing? Following the Bend takes readers on a majestic journey by water to find answers,...
At 255 miles long, the Pennine Way is the oldest official long-distance footpath in the UK and stretches from Edale, in the heart of the Peak District, to Kirk Yetholm, just over the Scottish Border in the shadow of the Cheviot Hills. This book will...
When geologist Roseanne Chambers made her first visit to Machu Picchu in 2006, it sparked a deep fascination with the geology and culture of the Peruvian Andes. Amid the plethora of information available about the Andes Mountains, as well as the...
Sea Change is the captivating, deeply human tale of how fishermen – along with some unlikely allies – helped carry out the biggest conservation success story you've never heard of.Exploring a victory for the world's most vital...
This richly illustrated book reviews the geology, tectonics, sedimentary basins and strategic resources of North Africa in 21 chapters. Chapter 1 is a regional synthesis. Chapter 2 examines the deep crustal and upper mantle structure. Chapter 3...
Finance. Climate. Food. Work. How are the crises of the twenty-first century connected? In Capitalism in the Web of Life, Jason W. Moore argues that the sources of today's global turbulence have a common cause: capitalism as a way of organizing...
Energy is vital for a good standard of living, and affordable sources of power that do not cause climate change or pollution are crucial. Renewable energy is recognised as providing the answer, with countries from around the world deciding at COP28...
A landmark collection of Pulitzer Prize-winner Elizabeth Kolbert's most important pieces about climate change and the natural world"To be a well-informed citizen of Planet Earth," Rolling Stone has advised, "you need to read...
A critical examination of how inequality and cultural inertia hinder meaningful climate action.The challenges of climate change, like so many issues today, are not evenly distributed across social and economic lines. In this sobering exploration of...
If crisis defines our era, we need a coherent socialist policy in response. Ståle Holgersen delves into today's economic and ecological crises to demonstrate that they are not exceptions to an otherwise functioning system but integral to...
After decades of debate about global warming, the fact of the climate crisis is finally widely accepted. People at all scales – from the household to the global market – are attempting to govern climate to deal with its causes and...
The Age of Capitalism, Consumer Culture, and the Collapse of Nature in the Anthropocene argues that the stability of post-industrial, postmodern society is threatened by the convergence of three distinct, yet interrelated, crises: environmental...
Reconnecting with Nature is the most important public health intervention of our time. Science has shown how our bodies are shaped by our environment – yet we still see ourselves as separate from the natural world. To protect human health, we...
Dire reports of surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon appear often in international headlines, with commentators decrying the destruction of tree-covered habitats as an act of environmental vandalism. Although forest losses are alarming,...
River of Renewal tells the remarkable story of the Klamath Basin, a region of the Pacific Northwest spanning the Oregon-California border. Indian reservations are at the headwaters, along the estuary, and across the major tributary of the Klamath...
A small river in a big city, the Don River Valley is often overlooked when it comes to explaining Toronto's growth. With Reclaiming the Don, Jennifer L. Bonnell unearths the missing story of the relationship between the river, the valley, and the...
Drawing on the author's work with primates – as well as on psychological experiments, language and anecdote – this book explores the widespread idea that humans are superior to animals, and argues that we need to divest ourselves of...
Sugar was once the most powerful commodity on earth. It shaped world affairs, influenced the economic policies of nations, drove international trade and left a legacy of suffering that still resonates today. But how did a substance that began as an...
How twentieth-century scientists used proxies to understand historic climates, shaping scientific analyses of the past and the future.Unlike our daily reckoning with the weather, our experience of climate must be mediated through tools that record...
A bracing account of how our current planetary crisis emerged from the worst cataclysmic destruction in human history, which Clifton Crais terms the Mortecene – the killing age.We are used to speaking of the Anthropocene and the outsized impact...
The North Sea, a maritime highway and the edge of the nation of islanders with a proud sea-faring past. Running from Kent and the Rhine estuary to the Norwegian coast and the tip of the Shetland islands, it has been home to warring tribes, foreign...
An unsettling account of the colonisation of Patagonia – and the story of the world-renowned scientist who witnessed it.In December 1832, Charles Darwin sailed into Tierra del Fuego, at the tip of South America, where he first encountered...
Scholars have paid ample attention to Aristotle's works on animals. By contrast, they have paid little or no attention to Theophrastus' writings on plants. That is unfortunate because there was a shared research project in the early Peripatos...
Medieval kingdoms. Notorious pirate towns. Drowned churches. Crocodile-infested swamps. Lost to the Sea is an exhilarating voyage around the ever-shifting shores of the British Isles, and a haunting ode to our profound relationship with the sea.On a...
The Victorians: A Botanical Perspective, Volume 1 offers a unique re-evaluation of the Victorian Age and presents a new historiography based on plants. It examines the use of gutta-percha in the development of electrical measurements; provides a...
This book explores the relationships between empire, natural history, and gender in the production of geographical knowledge and its translation between colonial Burma and Britain. Focusing on the work of the plant collector, botanical illustrator,...
An apartment in the middle of Berlin. Birds in every room. A nightjar breeds on the carpet, a woodpecker hacks holes in the cupboard, a swift circles through the living room. A real scenario. It was 100 years ago. This book tells the life story of...
The history of science is echoed in the development of its language and the names chosen for its technical terms. The Names of Science examines in detail how, over time, new words have entered the scientific lexicon and how some of them, but far from...
This book takes a thematic approach to the global history of water, covering a wide range of human interactions with water and the ways in which it carries both life and death.Water is one of the most common and valuable natural resources for the...
An esteemed historian explores the natural and social dynamics of the ancient coastline, demonstrating for the first time its integral place in the world of Mediterranean antiquity.As we learn from The Odyssey and the Argonauts, Greek dramas...
Gain the working anatomic knowledge that is crucial to your understanding of the veterinary basic sciences with Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy, 5th edition. By focusing on the essential anatomy of each species, this well-established book details...
The surprising, fascinating, and remarkable ways that animals use creativity to thrive in their habitatsMost of us view animals through a very narrow lens, seeing only bits and pieces of beings that seem mostly peripheral to our lives. However,...
Bacteria are the most ubiquitous life-forms on Earth, and are studied extensively to gain insight into their function and understand how they interact with their environment. In recent years, bacterial biophysics has added a new dimension to this...
There are arguably few areas of science more fiercely contested than the question of what makes us who we are. Are we products of our environments or our genes? Is nature the governing force behind our behaviour, or is it nurture? While it is now...
In 1665, an infectious disease swept through the British capital and claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people. It would take another two hundred years for the cause of the Great Plague of London to be confirmed: a powerful bacterium called...
How and why did humans begin to treat sick and injured animals? And how did those practices, and the associated attitudes, evolve from prehistory to the present day? To answer these questions, Dr. Schott shares stories of 22 different animal healers...
On Epigenetics and Evolution, a new volume in the Translational Epigenetics series, introduces key themes from current epigenetic evolution research, with contributions from leading scientists around the world that investigate the role of epigenetic...
Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, third edition, brings together the multidisciplinary expertise needed to understand the history of humans, life, environmental, and climate change to understand what we may expect over the coming decades. Since the...
An up-to-date edition of the indispensable guide to analysing palaeontological dataPalaeontology has developed in recent decades into an increasingly data-driven discipline, which brings to bear a huge variety of statistical tools. Applying...
Deconstructing Dinosaurs takes a fresh look at the history of the German Tendaguru Expedition (1909–1913), using recently uncovered sources to reveal how Berlin's Natural History Museum appropriated and extracted 225 tonnes of dinosaur...
Professor Gerta Keller is at the centre of what has been called the nastiest feud in science, a contentious debate popularly known as "The Dinosaur Wars" over what triggered the fifth mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Era...
The Cenozoic history of South America's fauna mainly rests on the evidence yielded by the study of fossilised mammals. Following on from the work of William D. Matthew, George G. Simpson coined the term "Splendid Isolation" to describe...
Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms, usually less than a millimetre in size, and their fossil records extend back in geological time some 500 million years. Some foraminifera have grown to over 10 centimetres; these are informally called...
From the leading experts on Northwest mycology comes the definitive guide to Alaskan mushroomsMushrooms of Alaska is a comprehensive field guide to the most conspicuous, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms found in the Last Frontier....
The bears of the world – from the polar bears of the Arctic to the Andean bear of South America – are among the most studied and loved of all wild creatures. In this revised and updated edition, Gary Brown collects what is known about the...
The badgers of Wytham Woods (Oxford, UK) have been studied continuously and intensively by David Macdonald for almost 50 years (25 of them with his former student and co-author Chris Newman), generating a wealth of data pertaining to every facet of...
A debut memoir from one of the first women in the United States to study wild wolves in their natural habitat – a story of passion, resilience, and determination.Called the Jane Goodall of wolves, world-renowned wildlife biologist Diane Boyd...
Dogs are our constant companions: models of loyalty and unconditional love for millions around the world. But these beloved animals are much more than just our pets – and our shared history is far richer and more complex than you might...
From one of today's leading experts on ancient DNA, a sweeping genetic history that unravels the mystery of where horses were first domesticated.Ludovic Orlando garnered world acclaim for helping to rewrite the genomic history of horse...
The amazing chronicle of a primate scientist's fifty-year journey studying baboons – and what her findings can tell us about primates, resilience, and human coexistence.In 1972, renowned anthropologist Shirley C. Strum travelled to Kenya to...
The captivating history of the okapi and its symbolic role in science, culture, and conservation.In Discovering the Okapi, Simon Pooley offers a fascinating portrait of the okapi – an elusive short-necked giraffid with zebra stripes, surviving...
A fascinating story of the movement to protect the jaguar, and the man who devoted his life to saving the species.Once indigenous to North America, the jaguar is the largest cat in the Western Hemisphere. A resilient and efficient predator, it is one...
Squirrels are a common sight, seemingly everywhere in wild and urban nature. Their chattering antics in city parks delight us while their raids on our backyard gardens and birdfeeders never fail to exasperate. But squirrels are more than amusing...
This book explores the evolutionary history and conservation challenges of red pandas in the Indian Himalayas. Through fascinating storytelling combined with scientific rigor, the book encourages readers to discover the genetic saga of the red panda,...
The Bears of Grand Teton is the first comprehensive history of bears, black and grizzly, and their interactions with people in Grand Teton National Park and the surrounding area of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It is also a personal account by Sue...
