Healthy Bees are Happy Bees is a comprehensive guide to bee health and sickness. It details beekeeping problems, pests, parasites and diseases in depth and offers practical guidance rooted in beekeeping experience about preventing, controlling or...

The Perivale Wood Local Nature Reserve is situated in the London Borough of Ealing in the Watsonian Vice-county of Middlesex. The reserve sits across the parish boundaries of Perivale (strictly Greenford Parva) and Greenford (strictly Greenford...

With all due respect to bees, the termite stands as the world's most important insect. Without termites much of life on Earth would essentially evaporate. And yet an individual termite is practically invisible, not to mention wholly reviled by...

With more than sixty stunning photographs of pillbugs, silverfish, moths, and other household insects, Aliens Among Us depicts a hidden world flourishing in our homes.Over the course of his photography career, Daniel Kariko came to realize that many...

The Inside Out of Flies is a look under the bonnet at the astonishing mechanics of fly anatomy. Erica McAlister reveals the engineering miracles embodied in each species of fly and some of the fascinating implications they hold for human...

This is the go-to photographic guide to all the damselflies and dragonflies recorded in Europe, including the Macaronesian Islands and western TurkeyEurope's Dragonflies is a comprehensive, lavishly illustrated and beautifully designed...

Like the painted lady butterflies that fascinated her as a child in Queensland, Australia, entomologist Elizabeth Bernays has lived a migratory adventure, following her scientific curiosity around the world before landing at the University of...

Altogether 94 additional species are treated in this volume, leading to 1186 species figured in this series. This volume includes more comparison tables in order to facilitate the comparison among species. This volume has its focus on Alvania,...

This monograph contains a taxonomic revision of the living predatory sea snail belonging to the genus Terebra found around Japan.

Jellyfish are, like the mythical Medusa, both beautiful and potentially dangerous. Found from pole to tropic, these mesmeric creatures form an important part of the sea's plankton and vary in size from the gigantic to the minute. Perceived as...

Bivalves are one of the most important groups of marine animals: they are abundant in benthic communities, they are sought after as seafood or ornament, and their shells are almost always conspicuous on the world's beaches.This identification...

The Atlas of the Hoverflies of Greece is the first of a kind within the Mediterranean region. It is the result of decades of research, many travels into the fascinating habitats of Greece (a biodiversity hotspot), visits to world museums, and many...

True ladybirds, classified in the tribe Coccinellini, are easily recognisable by their relatively large and shiny bodies and contrasting colour patterns. They are one of the most widely studied groups of beetles, being of economic importance and used...

Within a period of six years, from 2013 to 2018, the authors travelled 16 times to almost every Iranian province to investigate the indigenous dragonfly fauna. As a result one dragonfly could be described as a new species, Aeshna vercanica, and other...

Britain's Insects is an innovative, up-to-date, carefully designed and beautifully illustrated field guide to Britain and Ireland's twenty-five insect orders, concentrating on popular groups and species that can be identified in the field....

The phylum Mollusca is the second largest group of animals and occur in virtually all habitats. Many non-marine molluscs are threatened with more recorded extinctions than all tetrapod vertebrates combined. This text will provide the first general...

Wetlands is the definitive guide to this fragile ecosystem, providing the most comprehensive coverage and in-depth information available in print. Recently updated and expanded, this latest edition contains brand new information on Wetland Ecosystem...

The Fens are a distinctive, complex, man-made and little understood landscape. Francis Pryor has lived in, excavated, farmed, walked – and loved – the Fen Country for more than forty years: its levels and drains, its soaring churches, its...

The composition of lowland grasslands in Britain and Ireland has changed radically in the last 80 years. Following a foreword by George Peterken and an introduction describing the history and types of lowland grassland and the reasons for change, the...

Increasingly recognized as synonymous with tropical grassy biomes, savannas are found in tropical and sub-tropical climates as well as warm, temperate regions of North America. Savanna Woody Plants and Large Herbivores examines the interactions...

Advances in Ecological Research, Volume 62, the latest release in this ongoing series, includes specific chapters on tropical ecosystems in the 21st century. Chapters in this volume cover topics such as Monitoring tropical insects in the 21st...

This comprehensive book unravels the complexities of the grassland systems of Mongolia and northern China to identify the ways in which policies and incentives can be strengthened to improve grassland condition and herder livelihoods.Through an...

Stuarts’ Field Guide to the Tracks & Signs of Southern, Central and East African Wildlife provides detailed coverage of tracks, droppings, bird pellets, nests and shelters, and feeding signs, not only for mammals, but also for birds,...

Walking the Munros is part of a two-volume describing challenging and inspiring routes to climb Scotland's 282 iconic 3000 ft+ mountains. Walking the Munros, Volume 1 covers the southern, central and western Highlands (south of the Great Glen),...

How many snowflakes are needed to make a snowman? Where is the snowiest place on Earth? When will the last snowflake fall? Snow has a lot in common with religion. It comes from heaven. It changes everything. It creates an alternative reality and...

In the depths of winter in 1705 the young Johann Sebastian Bach, then unknown as a composer and earning a modest living as a teacher and organist, set off on a long journey by foot to Lübeck to visit the composer Dieterich Buxterhude, a distance...

Look out of your window, walk down a country path or go to the beach in Great Britain, and you are sure to see many wild species that you can take home and eat. From dandelions in spring to sloe berries in autumn, via wild garlic, samphire,...

After the disintegration of the most significant relationship of his life, the demons Luke Turner has been battling since childhood are quick to return – depression and guilt surrounding his identity as a bisexual man, experiences of sexual...

This is a collection of powerful images from past years of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition – the most famous and prestigious event of its kind in the world. Taken by photographers who are skilled in storytelling and reportage,...

Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of 15-year-old Dara McAnulty's world. From spring and through a year in his home patch in Northern Ireland, Dara spent the seasons writing. These vivid, evocative and moving diary entries about...

Human beings have been busy dividing and measuring time for thousands of years, sharing the names of days, months or seasons across cultures so that most of the world's population is now bound together by these conventions. But the marks we make...

In his haunting debut Water and Sky, published by Little Toller and Caught by the River in 2014, Neil Sentance explored the history of his family and the landscape which shaped them.Ridge & Furrow continues Neil's project to chart in prose...

Encountering evidence of postmortem examinations – dissection or autopsy in historic skeletal collections is relatively rare, but recently there has been an increase in the number of reported instances. And much of what has been evaluated has...

Thoreau's famous trip through the Maine Woods reissued to entertain, encourage, and inspire contemporary naturalists.Thoreau paints the woods and waterways of Maine with the same loving hand that described his Walden home, and entertains with the...

A trail of a murder leads Domenic Jejeune across a vast continent...Newly estranged from his girlfriend, Lindy Hey, Inspector Domenic Jejeune returns to Southern Ontario, where he receives news that his brother, Damian, has gone missing in Wood...

Walking the Munros is part of a two-volume describing challenging and inspiring routes to climb Scotland's 282 iconic 3000 ft+ mountains. This volume covers the northern Highlands (north of the Great Glen), the Cairngorms and Isle of Skye. 70...

Fifty-year-old canoe racer-turned-explorer West Hansen is planning to kayak the Amazon River when he learns that everyone – cartographers, adventurers, even his own sponsor, National Geographic Society – has misplaced the source of the...

Costa Rica is much more than a verdant paradise. It's a land of diverse landscapes and cultures. This collection of regional guides under the Zona Tropical Publications imprint reveals unknown facets of Costa Rica and helps travelers understand...

Costa Rica is much more than a verdant paradise. It's a land of diverse landscapes and cultures. This collection of regional guides reveals unknown facets of Costa Rica and helps travelers understand what makes this country so unique.This volume...

As official botanist on James Cook's first circumnavigation, the longest-serving president of the Royal Society, advisor to King George III, the "father of Australia", and the man who established Kew as the world's leading botanical...

Costa Rica is much more than a verdant paradise. It's a land of diverse landscapes and cultures. This collection of regional guides reveals unknown facets of Costa Rica and helps travelers understand what makes this country so unique. From the...

The Santubong Peninsula in Malaysia is steeped in history and antiquity and is easily accessible throughout the year. The peninsula harbours mudflats, mangroves forest, mixed dipterocarp and cloud forests that show a vast vegetational diversity...

Chris Townsend embarks on a 700-mile walk along the spine of Scotland, the line of high ground where fallen rain runs either west to the Atlantic or east to the North Sea. Walking before the Independence Referendum of 2014, and writing after the EU...

When Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the national imagination. Everyone remembers the doomed Captain Oates's last words: 'I'm just going outside, and I may be some...

This honest, terrifying as well as humorous account of travelling and working in the magnificence of Antarctica will allow the reader to visualize and feel the harshness and beauty of the great white continent.The main body of Working at the End of...

From the foreword:"Art and science come together rarely; they come together with humour even more rarely. In this book, as in much of Rohan Chakravarty's work, they all meld beautifully, with touches of allure, sensitivity and grace. Here,...

Discover the secret lives of more than 30 extraordinary creatures that share our cities. From red foxes sneaking rides on London buses to leopards prowling the backstreets of Mumbai, Wild In The City explores the clever ways animals have adapted to...

Explore the animal kingdom like never before with the Animal Atlas from Lonely Planet Kids. Unfold maps to reveal animals from every continent and lift the flaps to see their unique environments and habitats.Discover a world of animal facts,...

Bees are one of the hardest working insects on our planet. As they buzz from plant to plant, they spread pollen which helps our food to grow. Without them, the world would be a very different place. Discover all you need to know about bees and their...

An updated classic that recounts the long hunt for Einstein's predicted gravitational waves – and celebrates their recent discoveryIn February 2016, astronomers announced that they had verified the last remaining prediction of...

Agroecology is defined as the application of ecological concepts and principles to the design and management of sustainable food systems. Hence, learning can best be achieved through an experiential approach to the topic.Designed to accompany...

This gripping narrative explores today's scientific pursuit of immortality, with exclusive visits inside Silicon Valley labs and interviews with the visionaries who believe we will soon crack the aging process and cure death.We live in an age...

The final book from Professor Stephen Hawking, the bestselling author of A Brief History of Time and arguably the most famous scientist of our age, Brief Answers to the Big Questions is a profound, accessible and timely reflection on the biggest...

As the central science that bridges biology and physics, chemistry explains the diversity of all things tangible at a molecular level. Chemistry is the science of matter – its composition, structure, properties, and how it changes. Understand...

This textbook takes you from the very first time you open MATLAB through to a position where you can comfortably integrate this computer language into your research or studies. Introduction to MATLAB for Biologists will familiarise you with the...

This fully updated, self-contained textbook covering modern optical microscopy equips students with a solid understanding of the theory underlying a range of advanced techniques. Two new chapters cover pump-probe techniques, and imaging in scattering...

Good storage is the foundation of effective collection care – advancing conservation while promoting accessibility and use. Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage covers all types of collections, including science, fine and decorative art,...

A fascinating look at animals and their unique relationship with humans. Packed full of interesting and strange facts. A perfect gift book for animal lovers, inquisitive readers or those with a sense of humour.What Have Animals Ever Done For Us? is...

Games are everywhere: Drivers manoeuvring in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. A firm negotiating next year's wage is playing a bargaining game. The opposing candidates in an...

This brand new Oxford Dictionary of Agriculture and Land Management addresses the increasing overlap between agricultural sectors and the demands of the management of rural land and property. It covers the main areas of agricultural management,...

Gazetted in 1994, the 1379 ha Tanjung Datu National Park, at the western-most tip of Sarawak, is the smallest national park in the state of Malaysia. Nonetheless, the park is a rich reservoir of biodiversity, from beautiful coral reefs to pristine...

- What are the best means of reducing illegal hunting of primates?- Does changing the type of livestock benefit heathland vegetation?- Does removing the upper layer of peat enhance peatland restoration?- Is flame treatment effective for dealing with...

From cocoa farming in Ghana to the orchards of Kent and the desert badlands of Pakistan, taking a practical approach to sustaining the landscape can mean the difference between prosperity and ruin. Working with Nature is the story of a lifetime of...

A decade ago, The Wilderness Society, the most effective conservation group in Australia's history, plunged into mediocrity and irrelevance. Failing Nature tells the story of how a few bushwalkers and nature lovers organised to prevent a dam on a...

Hal Markowitz has been an internationally popular lecturer and consultant on environmental enrichment for four decades. Enriching Animal Lives is chock full of recipes for enriching lives of a wide range of animals along with a generous sprinkling of...

This book provides an introduction into the diversity of the environmental movement through great characters in the green sector. Green Heroes describes inspiring personal achievements, and at the same time it provides readers with information...

National Parks are Britain's breathing spaces – protected areas enjoyed by the millions of visitors attracted every year by their tranquillity, beauty and landscape. Fifteen National Parks cover a significant share of Britain's total...

Destination Anthropocene documents the emergence of new travel imaginaries forged at the intersection of the natural sciences and the tourism industry in a Caribbean archipelago. Known to travelers as a paradise of sun, sand, and sea, The Bahamas is...

We live in a time of serious environmental catastrophes. Every year we lose thousands of species, even as others slip deeper into danger.The extinction crisis is well known; what is not are stories of people trying to turn the tide. In Rewilding,...

For decades, the Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America has been a popular and trusted guide for birders of all levels, thanks to its famous system of identification and unparalleled illustrations. Now that the American Birding Association...

This is the 2017 version of the the Official list, revised by the Costa Rican Ornithological Association's Committee on Rare Species and Ornithological Registers in Costa Rica - Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica (AOCR).

A bestselling guide since it was first published, Britain’s Birds has quickly established itself as the go-to photographic identification guide to the birds of Great Britain and Ireland – the most comprehensive, up-to-date, practical and...

Birds pervaded the ancient world, impressing their physical presence on the daily experience and imaginations of ordinary people and figuring prominently in literature and art. They provided a fertile source of symbols and stories in myths and...

The bird book for birders and non-birders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly backyard, birds are doing – and why"Can birds smell?" "Is this the same Cardinal that...

Both a love letter and a call to action, this narrative and photographic book chronicles the author and his wife in their quest to see every penguin species on the planet. In the process, he muses about adventure, conservation, and what it is about...

Many birds are shy and easily disturbed. But just like mammals, birds leave clues when they have visited. From footprints and feathers to probe holes and peck marks, bird activity can be spotted in gardens, woodland, sandy beaches and muddy...

Nests are among the most amazing dwelling places in the entire animal kingdom. Few creatures craft sich brilliant and involved homes as birds do. From holes drilled into trees to intrically woven cups, these magnificent structures are worthy of our...

This is a Guide to the best bird sites in the Netherlands, featuring over 100 sites with access details, colour maps, and GPS coordinates. Colour photographs show both sites and birds. The descriptions of habitats and species include advice on fnding...

This report contains the systematic list of bird species observed in Lancashire, north west England, during 2018. Also included is the Lancashire ringing report, a survey of breeding willow tits, and an article on skylark numbers on the Sefton Coast.

Southeast Asia, as covered in this guide, includes Myanmar, Malaysia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Sumatra, Borneo, Cambodia, & the Philippines. From incredible mountains to lush mangroves, a vast range of wildlife can be found throughout this...

A top birding destination, this Caribbean island is home to hundreds of species including many endemics. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes an ecoregion map featuring prominent bird-viewing...

The Hill Mynah in Thailand is an integration of the field, experimental, and laboratory studies conducted from 1987 to 2017 on Gracula religiosa, the hill mynah, a member of the starling family, resident in hill regions of South Asia and Southeast...

Among the Birds of India captures the rich diversity of avian life in the Indian subcontinent in stunning photographs. Some birds pictured are quite common, others much rarer. An independent yet complementary volume to A Photographic Guide to the...

This is the fourth volumes describing the history of American Ornithology at universities, museums, government agencies, societies, and foundations written by key figures at those institutions. Volume 4 contains chapters on: the American...

New enthusiasts are flocking in record numbers to the fascinating pastime of birding. National Geographic has been meeting their need for clear and accurate information for 25 years with its best-selling Field Guide to the Birds of North America. To...

New enthusiasts are flocking in record numbers to the fascinating pastime of birding. National Geographic has been meeting their need for clear and accurate information for 25 years with its best-selling Field Guide to the Birds of North America. To...

Make bird watching in Arizona even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don't live in Arizona. This book...

Make bird watching in New Mexico even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don't live in New Mexico. This book...

The vast transcontinental journeys made every year by millions of feathered migrants were not known to naturalists before the late nineteenth century. Even today, while cutting-edge technology such as geolocators and isotope analysis helps us map...

Twelve birds. One country. A wild Ireland waiting to be discovered.In Ireland Through Birds, Conor O'Brien takes the reader on an ornithological adventure around Ireland in search of twelve of our rarest and most elusive birds. Along the journey...

The QuickTide charts allow for quick and intuitive determination of tide times for a particular date and place. QuickTide North covers the coast of Scotland, nothern England, northern Wales, as well as part of Northern Ireland.Consult the tables to...

The QuickTide charts allow for quick and intuitive determination of tide times for a particular date and place. QuickTide South West covers the coast of  South-West England, South and West Wales, Ireland, and Cherbourg to Gibraltar.Consult the...

The QuickTide charts allow for quick and intuitive determination of tide times for a particular date and place. QuickTide South East covers the coast of South-East England and Belgium to Cherbourg.Consult the tables to determine a date code shown on...

In a handsome paperback volume with flaps, Pakenham embarks on a five-year odyssey to most of the temperate and tropical regions of the world to photograph 60 trees of remarkable personality and presence.Many of these trees were already famous...

Grasses are the most common plants of Germany's flora but are difficult to identify. This standard work allows readers to do so. More than 400 detailed colour illustrations and a detailed key with 350 black and white drawings make the...

Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Algarve is the most comprehensive identification guide to the rich Mediterranean flora of the Algarve region of southern Portugal, including the Cape St. Vincent Peninsula National Park, an area of immense...

Not just another gardening book, Bring Nature Back to your Garden motivates gardeners to adopt a completely different mind-set: instead of growing foreign plants and killing perceived pests, gardeners can benefit from planting indigenous vegetation...

Trees are one of humanity's most constant and most varied companions. From India's sacred banyan tree to the fragrant cedar of Lebanon, they offer us sanctuary and inspiration – not to mention the raw materials for everything from...

The Hello Trees Explorer Kit contain all 10 of the Hello Trees books and comes in a strong plastic box with a carrying strap – perfectly sized for small explorers. The kit is completed with a magnifying glass and a sticker set – so...

The Hello Trees Classroom Pack contains all 10 Hello Trees books plus a Tree Guide. It comes packaged in a sturdy plastic storage box. Also available as an explorer kit that adds a magnifying glass and sticker sheet.Loved by teachers, play leaders...

Orchids of Palau: A Field Guide includes 51 species with photographs and 39 descriptions. These species were selected based upon availability of literature and print quality images. The goal of this field guide is to share existing knowledge about...

Cambridgeshire is a county of diverse lowland habitats and varied geology with a long history of botanical recording. This 1,000-page flora, one of the largest to be published in recent years, covers 2,330 species and hybrids. This is an increase of...

There can be few more striking, instantly recognisable plants than the beautiful spring gentian or the perennial centaury. However, other British and Irish members of the gentian family may be more difficult to identify for a variety of reasons,...

Flowering Plants of Africa is a peer-reviewed biennial series containing colour plates with descriptions of flowering plants of Africa and its neighbouring islands. The journal has become a collector’s item of the African and specifically South...

Jimi Blake has spent the last 25 years discovering stand-out plants which he grows in dynamic and innovative ways at the fabulous Hunting Brook Gardens.As we "walk the garden" in this absorbing book it's impossible not to gasp at his...

Flora Vascular de la Républica Argentina, Volume 20(2) is part of a new Spanish flora that follows up on the Flora Fanerogamica Argentina that was published in 106 fascicles between 1992 and 2008.Volume 20(2) covers 16 families of Dicots with...

This volume of the Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna covers all 78 species found in Sweden within 11 moss genera. They are presented in a systematic order and are described with text, pictures and distribution maps. Identification keys are...

This lavish book displays and describes the characteristics of more than 50 varieties of flower. Exquisite botanical illustrations accompany a lyrical text by nature writer and botanist Michael Scott. Press-out sections enable you to reveal the...

Throughout history, plants have played a key and vital role to our existence. Whether as a foodstuff, medicine, building material, or religious aid, the way that we re-purpose and domesticate plants has shaped a core part of the development of human...

This book is the second supplemental volume to the series Type Specimens in China National Herbarium (PE). It includes 495 type specimens of vascular plants newly published and preserved at the herbarium. These have been obtained through gifts or...

A Garden Guide to Native Plants of Coastal East Africa outlines how and what to plant in order to rejuvenate the coastal East African ecosystem through gardens, school yards, roadways, and public places. The authors have selected some 60 indigenous...

The Ecuadorian members of the tree genus Inga are revised. Eighty-one native species are documented in Ecuador, one of which, I. pellicula T. D. Penn., is described as new to science. Keys to species and subspecific taxa are presented along with...

Orchids of India: A Handbook includes all known species of orchids found in India and enumerates all the 1484 taxa (1430 species, 8 subspecies and 46 varieties).The author's previous book, Orchids of India: A Glimpse, which was published in the...

This book discusses the remarkable plant diversity of the Maltese Archipelago. Despite its relatively small area and long-term human exploitation, many different plant communities occur in this territory. The book presents phytosociological...

The present work represents volume 24 of the projected 27 volumes. It is hoped to cover 18,000 to 20,000 commemorative names covering all fields of botany.Generic names have been used as markers through which light is thrown on the botanical history...

The Arctic is a special world. The Arctic Ocean is covered by white sea ice, and its margins are surrounded by bare terrestrial regions, known as tundra. Tundra is a cold and dry environment without trees, but even in the absence of trees, tundra...

Although rarely seen in the wild, the otter is admired for its playful character and graceful aquatic agility, which were established in the popular imagination through books and films such as Tarka the Otter and Ring of Bright Water. This, however,...

In September 2008 Dorothy, a female chimp in her late forties, died of congestive heart failure at Cameroon's Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center. A photo of Dorothy's funeral, in which Dr. Sherri Speede was cradling Dorothy's head while...

Though moles are rarely seen, they live in close proximity to humans around the world. Gardeners and farmers go to great lengths to remove molehills from their fields and gardens; mole-catching has been a profession for the past two millennia. Moles...

The painted wolf is a unique and remarkable creature. On the one hand it is Africa's most successful predator, yet on the other it is an incredibly social animal, caring deeply for its family's wellbeing in a tightly knit pack. The alpha...

Bob Hayes researched wolves in the Yukon for 20 years. Using a combination of narratives and easy-to-follow essays, his book follows the history of the Yukon wolf from the end of the Ice Age to present day. Bob Hayes also explores his original...

For nearly a quarter century, the polar bears of Churchill in the far north of Manitoba, Canada, were routinely run down and shot by the military, by residents and by conservation officers who were brought in during the late 1960s to protect...

Africa is a true hotspot for snake diversity, with several hundred species. Unfortunately, a scared snake or one that is trodden on may bite, and some species have venom that can prove fatal.The Dangerous Snakes of Africa is an indispensable guide to...

This field guide to the amphibians of western Sarawak describes a total of 95 species, representing over half the described amphibian fauna of Borneo. It is based on the authors' inventories to determine amphibian diversity that were conducted at...

Exactly 20 years after the publication of the 1st edtiion, New World Publications is releasing a new, updated and enlarged 2nd edition of Reef Fish Behavior: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas. The new, 448-page edition includes 588 photos, emphasizes reef...

Striking full colour illustrations and photographs bring this integrated and stimulating survey of marine ecology to life. Through its unique structure, Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts offers a systems-orientated approach from a truly...

The Great Lakes Basin in North America holds more than 20 percent of the world's fresh water. Threats to habitats and biodiversity have economic, political, national security, and cultural implications and ramifications that cross the US-Canadian...

The study of shark biology has benefited in the past decade by the development and rapid expansion of novel techniques that have given new insight into the fields of shark genetics, feeding, foraging, bioenergetics, age and growth, movement,...

One man's bold mission to save the world's last great salmon habitat – before it's too late.In the tradition of Mountains Beyond Mountains and The Orchid Thief, Stronghold is Tucker Malarkey's gripping account of one man's...

This book is a revision of the author's 1962 PhD thesis from the University of Gorakhpur and describes the freshwater fish fauna of the lanlocked Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

A waterproof, pocket-sized photo identification guide of 150 most commonly seen fish in Hawaii that snorkelers and divers can take with them underwater.

This book interprets the relationship between humans and aquatic organisms from ancient times to the present transition of aquariumsWhat is the meaning behind "watching fish"? Beginning with ancient fish pond culture, a unique aquarium...

This compact guidebook by the Shobunsha editorial department selects the best aquaria in Japan to visit. A wide range of popular aquariums in each prefecture as well as popular large spots are included.Summary in...

Japanese Marine Life provides an overview of Japanese marine fauna and flora, including planktonic and benthic organisms. Introducing the curricula of contemporary practical marine training courses offered at a range of Japanese universities, this is...

Animals of the Rocky Shores is written by marine biologists Judy and Bruce Mann and beautifully designed by Di Martin. The writing is easy to understand, with hundreds of photographs that make the text come alive. The photos are taken in the field,...

From the more than one million square miles of the six eastern provinces of Canada 154 species of freshwater fishes have been reported. This edition of Freshwater Fishes of Eastern Canada, originally published in 1954 and made available again via the...

A newly revised and fully updated edition of the market-leading introduction to palaeontology. For this sixth edition, Richard Cowen, the author of the original five editions published between 1990 to 2013, turned to the palaeontology group at the...

Some people are cleverer than others. This everyday observation is the subject of an academic field that is often portrayed as confused and controversial, when in fact, the field of intelligence holds some of psychology's best-replicated...

Return to the Sea portrays the life and evolutionary times of marine mammals, from giant whales and sea cows that originated 55 million years ago whose ancestors walked on land, to deep diving elephant seals and clam-eating walruses of modern times....

Research shows that all humans have a predisposition for music, just as they do for language. All of us can perceive and enjoy music, even if we can't carry a tune and consider ourselves "unmusical". The Origins of Musicality offers...

A cutting-edge exploration of the ancient roots of goodness in civilization, arguing that our genes have shaped societies for our welfare and that, in a feedback loop stretching back many thousands of years, societies have shaped, and are still...

Urban Evolutionary Biology fills an important knowledge gap on wild organismal evolution in the urban environment, whilst offering a novel exploration of the fast-growing new field of evolutionary research. The growing rate of urbanization and the...

Following up on their 2010 book Biology's First Law, in this Element the authors give an exposition of what they believe to be "biology's first law." They have labelled this law the "Zero Force Evolutionary Law" (ZFEL). It...

Working with human remains raises a whole host of ethical issues, from how the remains are used to how and where they are stored. Over recent years, attitudes towards repatriation and reburial have changed considerably and there are now laws in many...

When we think of the forces driving cancer, we don't necessarily think of evolution. But evolution and cancer are closely linked, for the historical processes that created life also created cancer. The Cheating Cell delves into this extraordinary...

Despite a century of study by ecologists, recovery following disturbances (succession) is not fully understood. This book provides the first global synthesis that compares plant succession in all major terrestrial biomes and after all major...

This novel, transdisciplinary work explains how perturbations (defined as strong disturbances or deviations to a system) can affect the population dynamics of social animals, including ourselves.Social responses to perturbations, especially dispersal...

Between 1949 and 1955, the State Department pushed for an international fisheries policy grounded in maximum sustainable yield (MSY). The concept is based on a confidence that scientists can predict, theoretically, the largest catch that can be taken...

In many parts of the world the weather forms a daily topic of conversation, In others it hardly changes from one week to the next. However, human life is governed by the weather which affects much of our activity, from farming to fishing and from...

The North York Moors National Park is full of beautiful and varied landscapes. Heather moorland, pasture-covered dales, enchanting forests and high cliffs combine in a dazzling tapestry. Beneath all these lie the famous Jurassic rocks of North...

Rocks and minerals are naturally occurring compounds formed by intense geological processes in the Earth’s crust such as volcanic eruptions. With striking colour photography of rocks and minerals from around the globe, this detailed and...

Volcanoes are the most awe-inspiring, fascinating and potentially devastating geological phenomena on earth. This large-format book brings together a spectacular collection of Bernhard Edmaier's aerial photographs of volcanoes both active and...

The rocks of northern Scotland tell of turbulent events involving continental collisions that unleashed cataclysmic forces, creating a chain of mountains, the remnants of which we see today on both sides of the Atlantic. Geologists from Victorian...

This book plunges the reader into a many-faceted universe: that of fluorite, the star mineral of so many collections. Its geometrical perfection, made clear in this book, distinguishes it sharply from the living world and is a perpetual surprise and...

How many people can the Earth support? Tucker makes the case that the Earth's 'carrying capacity' is limited to 3 billion humans, and that humanity's century long binge has incurred an unsustainable ecological debt that must be paid...

A profound meditation on climate change and the Anthropocene and an urgent search for the fossils – industrial, chemical, geological – that humans are leaving behind.What will the world look like in ten thousand years – or ten...

A troubling story of the devastating and compounding effects of climate change in the Western and Rocky Mountain states, told through in-depth reportage and conversations with ecologists, professional forest managers, park service scientists, burn...

With predictions of a human population of more than nine billion by the middle of this century and eleven billion by 2100, we stand at a crossroads in our agricultural evolution. In this clear and engaging yet scientifically rigorous book, wildlife...

Fueled partially by large, well-publicized efforts such as the Human Genome Project, genomic research is a rapidly growing area in multiple biological disciplines, including toxicology. Much of this potential, however, has been discussed in the...

This is the story of a family led to confront a crisis they had never foreseen. Of a happy life with two young daughters which suddenly falters, never to be the same again. Aged eleven, the eldest stops eating and speaking, and her younger sister...

Agroecology: A Transdisciplinary, Participatory and Action-Oriented Approach is the first book to focus on agroecology as a transdisciplinary, participatory, and action-oriented process. Using a combined theoretical and practical approach, this...

Plastic has become a ubiquitous part of modern life. A cheap, lightweight material, it is used in everything from food packaging to consumer electronics and microbeads in cosmetic products. However, we are becoming increasingly aware of the problems...

A common perception of global resource scarcity holds that it is inevitably a catalyst for conflict among nations; yet, paradoxically, incidents of such scarcity underlie some of the most important examples of international cooperation. Global...

Roger Hallam is one of the co-founders behind Extinction Rebellion and here publishes its manifesto. In Hallam's words "The climate crisis threatens global social collapse. Within a generation. What to do? Common Sense for the 21st Century...

Bestselling author and co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy Andrew McAfee says there's a new reason for optimism: we're past the point of 'peak stuff' – from here on out, it'll take fewer resources to...

Mark Lynas revisits his eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth, and our civilisation, if current rates of global warming persist. And it's only looking worse.In 2008, Mark Lynas published Six Degrees, a book which charts the...

Packed with simple and practical ways to start reducing the amount of plastic you use, How to Go Plastic Free will show you how to eliminate plastic from your life, one step at a time. With 100 easy-to-follow tips championing the plastic-free cause,...

This book presents a novel way to enable people, regardless of their scale of influence, to take responsibility for global environmental problems including climate change. It introduces a new framework called Planetary Accounting, which allows the...

In a world careening towards climate chaos, nature is dead. It can no longer be separated from society. Everything is a blur of hybrids, where humans possess no exceptional agency that sets them apart from dead matter. But is it really so? In this...

Sometimes solving climate change seems impossibly complex, and it is hard to know what changes we all can and should make to help. The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success offers hope. Drawing on the latest research, Mark Jaccard shows us how to...

This volume offers to general and specialist readers alike the fullest and most complete survey of the development of science in the eighteenth century, exploring the implications of the 'scientific revolution' of the previous century and the...

Most comprehensive, up-to-date, and in-depth account of knowledge of nature in early modern Europe available in English.A comprehensive account of knowledge of the natural world in Europe, ca. 1500-1700. Often referred to as the Scientific...

The sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps, whether swimming vigorously, gambolling amid the waves, attacking ships, or simply displaying themselves for our appreciation, are one of the most visually engaging elements on these maps, and yet...

On April 18, 1906, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco region. The earthquake ignited a series of fires that burned half of the city. The disaster in all its elements – earthquake, fires, and recovery – profoundly disrupted...

Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite consequences for the people who hold them? Philosophers of science Cailin O'Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors,...

An engaging and original history of the first hundred years of DNA, one of the greatest triumphs of modern science.Unravelling the Double Helix covers the most colourful period in the history of DNA, from the discovery of 'nuclein' in the...

Without our realising it, a single, slippery concept has become a secular deity throughout the modern world. We make terrible sacrifices in its name: of our money, our health and our planet. That deity is nature itself.From supermarket shoppers to...

This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of science in the Middle Ages from the North Atlantic to the Indus Valley. Medieval science was once universally dismissed as non-existent - and...

This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to exploring the history of modern science using national, transnational, and global frames of reference. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished...

This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of science, medicine and mathematics of the Old World in antiquity. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most...

City of Beasts explores the role of animals – horses, cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs – in shaping Georgian London. Moving away from the philosophical, fictional and humanitarian sources used by previous animal studies, it focuses on...

What did nineteenth-century cities smell like? And how did odors matter in the formation of a modern environmental consciousness? Smell Detectives follows the nineteenth-century Americans who used their noses to make sense of the sanitary challenges...

Combining colonial history and museum studies, this French-language book explores the history and implications of a particular case of the collection and display of human remains. Ataï was a leader of the indigenous Kanak people of New Caledonia...

This book addresses the topic of the eighteenth-century bird in literature by examining literary representations of birds from across the world in an age of expanding European colonialism. It offers important new perspectives into the ways birds...

Even the most experienced instructor can find teaching cell biology daunting, and most cell biology texts are bogged down in detail or background information. Lost in all the details are the more fascinating material and contemporary advances that...

How do we know what role a particular gene has? How do some genes control the expression of others? How do genes interact to form gene networks?With its unique integration of genetics and molecular biology, Genetic Analysis probes fascinating...

For instructors concerned that the practical skills of biology are lost when the student moves on to the next course or takes their first step into the "real world", Principles of Life, third edition, lays the foundation for later courses...

The Biological Resources of Model Organisms discusses 14 model organisms and are used by thousands of researchers, teachers, and students each year in laboratories and classrooms, around the globe. Though acknowledged in innumerable scientific...

Please note that the hardback published by Souvenir Press (NHBS stock code #230010) does not include the photographic plates, whereas the hardback published by Henry Holt (NHBS stock code #221661) does.In a world where we usually measure animals by...

Genetics is the study of heredity, and reveals how the characteristics of living organisms are determined by the genes passed down the generations. The human genome was mapped in 2003, and this enhanced ability to study our genes is transforming...

In Incredible Journeys, award-winning author David Barrie takes us on a tour of the cutting-edge science of animal navigation, where breakthroughs are allowing scientists to unravel, for the first time, how animals as various as butterflies, birds,...

One of the world's leading experts on genetics unravels one of the most important breakthroughs in modern science and medicine.If our genes are, to a great extent, destiny, then what would happen if mankind could engineer and alter the very...

Endowed with abundant water, extraordinary ecoystems, varied climates and biomes, our planet is teeming with creatures, great and small. What produced this rich diversity? How have so many species formed, evolved and adapted? What effects are humans...

Who are we? What do we value? How do we live here?Guided by parents, carers, teachers and siblings, we learn to answer these questions as we grow up. But it's not just us. Many animals must learn to answer them too.In Becoming Wild, Carl Safina...

Humans have thousands, perhaps millions, of hormones in our bloodstreams. These complex chemical messengers regulate the function of our cells and organs. They keep our bodies working properly, coordinating processes like growth, fertility and...

The Teeth of Mammalian Vertebrates presents a comprehensive survey of mammalian dentitions that is based on material gathered from museums and research workers from around the world. The teeth are major factors in the success of mammals, and...

For the fourth edition of Épidémiologie Appliquée à la Lutte Collective Contre les Maladies Animales Transmissibles Majeures, the different chapters have been reviewed and updated. At a time when many of these...

Quantitative genetics is the study of continuously varying traits which make up the majority of biological attributes of evolutionary and commercial interest. Quantitative Genetics provides a much-needed up-to-date, in-depth yet accessible text for...

DNA, once the exclusive domain of scientists in research labs, is now the darling of popular and social media. With personal genetic testing kits in homes and GMO foods in stores, DNA is an increasingly familiar term. Unfortunately, what people know,...

Over the past twenty years, the study of dinosaurs has changed from natural history to a true scientific discipline. New technologies have revealed secrets locked in the prehistoric bones in ways that nobody predicted – we can now work out the...

This book provides essential information on Mexico's Holocene and Anthropocene climate and vegetation history. Considering the geography of Mexico – which is home to a variety of climatic and environmental conditions, from desert and...

Beasts of Antiquity explores our ever-changing views about the animals of the prehistoric world – how they were related, how they looked, and how they lived. Stem-Birds in the Solnhofen Limestone details the fossil bird-line archosaur species...

Many new names, many new fungi, and new colour plates: The lab manual Food and Indoor Fungi is fully updated. The new book is based on eight previous editions and all of them were needed to come to this edition. The biggest differences between the...

Another 50 sheets in this ongoing series treating the fungi of Catalonia. See below table for a listing of the species treated in this volume. OrdreGènereEspècieSinònimNoms popularsLàminaCol·...