Reprint of this handbook, originally published in 1989.Aphids and their colonies are excellent arenas in which to observe predators in action. A range of insects come to eat or parasitise the aphids or to drink their honeydew.

Since the publication of volume 1 in 2012, Andrew Duff's Beetles of Britain and Ireland has become the definitive beetle fauna for the British Isles, being the first comprehensive account since Joy's A Practical Handbook of British Beetles,...

The first edition of this checklist (published by the Royal Entomological Society) re-set the standard for British lepidopterists by bringing the scientific nomenclature up to date, adopting an internationally accepted taxonomic arrangement of...

Recent biodiversity studies, reported here for the first time, have shown that the molluscan fauna of the Gulf of Mexico is far richer and more complex than previously thought. As a result of these new discoveries, the Gulf malacofauna is shown to...

This warm-hearted book offers fascinating science and captivating storytelling to persuade readers to fall in love with – or at least tolerate – these eight-legged wonders.This book unveils the remarkable lives of one of the most...

From one of America's leading entomologists comes a buzz-worthy exploration of the many ways insects have affected human society, history, and cultureInsects surround us. They fuel life on earth through their natural biological functions as...

Expert beekeeper and swarm-catcher Hilary Kearney offers a unique window into the social lives and biology of these remarkable creatures, accompanied by the photos of world-renowned bee photographer Eric Tourneret.Readers will be awestruck by the...

The ground beetle genus Pheropsophus remains poorly known and great confusion reigns here because the only comprehensive work concerning it is that of Chaudoir, published in 1876, which mainly uses colouring to distinguish species. The present...

Authors John E. Copeland and Stan C. Kunigelis explore a unique but important class of animals that may be unfamiliar to many readers: freshwater sponges. Freshwater Sponges of Tennessee provides comprehensive information about sponges in Tennessee...

The previous German work on leeches, Der Medizinische Blutegel und seine Verwandten, written by Konrad Herter in 1968, was based on the knowledge available in the 1930s. This new version shows the current state of knowledge and the sometimes serious...

Aphids (order Hemiptera) are small parasites of plants that occur worldwide and feed mostly on the phloem sap of the plants they inhabit. They are the main pests of a wide range of crops, causing not only physical damage but also transmitting plant...

The Lower Rio Grande Valley on the border of Texas and Mexico is an ecologically unique region acclaimed for its biodiversity and great conservation value. The Valley harbours a multitude of wild bee species rarely seen north of Mexico – many...

More than 4700 nominal family-group names (including names for fossils and ichnotaxa) are nomenclaturally available in the order Coleoptera. Since each family-group name is based on the concept of its type genus, the authors argue that the...

This myrmecological atlas is the result of a five-year research project (2013–2017) conducted throughout the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and targeting all possible types of habitats in order to obtain the best possible representation of the fauna...

The distribution atlas presented here recollects all published data concerning the presence of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia und Halacaridae) along with an extended set of new records derived from projects of the Luxembourg Institute of Science...

Volume 166 of Zoologica represents the first extensive comparative study of the egg surface morphology of stick and leaf insects (Phasmatodea). The eggs of 314 representative species are compared and described in detail, with a particular focus on...

This booklet is a review of bumblebees in Worcestershire by the Worcestershire Recorders and includes distribution maps and colour photos.

The fundamental ecological, cultural and economic roles of insects give them central importance in the functioning of terrestrial and inland water ecosystems worldwide. Insect declines, from a variety of anthropogenic threats, erode these services...

This book combines chapters emphasising mathematical, statistical, and computational modelling applied to insect populations, particularly pests or natural enemies in agricultural landscapes. There is a gap between agricultural pest experimentation...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the essential role of trees and forests in cities and examines the creative approaches cities around the world are taking to protect trees and expand their urban forests.Moving beyond the view that trees...

This is the first comprehensive international atlas featuring all ecological services provided by Ramsar wetlands, with complete views of all Ramsar sites, through remote sensing and mapping. Written by an international expert on wetlands and remote...

This book examines the economic costs and benefits of the ecological restoration of estuaries, utilizing case studies from South Africa.Estuaries are important ecosystems from both an ecological and human perspective. Yet, in many parts of the world...

Based on over eighty hours of interviews with Lovelock and unprecedented access to his personal papers and scientific archive, Jonathan Watts has written a definitive and revelatory biography of a fascinating, sometimes contradictory man.James...

Daring French Explorations is an exceptional homage to adventure. Intrepid French mariners – including legendary explorers Lapérouse, Bougainville, and Dumont d'Urville, and unsung sailors La Barbinais, Pagès, and Roquefeuil...

In the tradition of Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma, Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief, and Mark Kurlansky's Cod – a renowned culinary adventurer goes into the woods with the iconoclasts and outlaws who seek the...

Limestone Country is an account of a long-standing love affair with this sedimentary rock, largely calcium carbonate, that time and water have made out of bones and shells. It is a love letter to limestone, describing the farming, wildlife, culture...

The riveting story of one of the greatest but least-known sagas in the history of exploration from David Roberts, the "dean of adventure writing".By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had...

Victoria's South-West is an iconic region of Australia that includes the exceptional landscape features of the Grampians-Gariwerd, the Victorian Volcanic Plain with crater lakes and cones, the forests of the Great Dividing Range, and Melbourne...

Paolo Cognetti marked his 40th birthday with a journey he had always wanted to make: to Dolpo, a remote Himalayan region where Nepal meets Tibet. He took with him two friends, a notebook, mules and guides, and a well-worn copy of The Snow Leopard....

Did a red fox pass this way? Could that be a bobcat print there in the dirt? Do those tracks belong to a domestic dog or a coyote? Combining lyrical memoir with an introduction to wildlife tracking (rather than a straight-up field guide to animal...

From the Roman period to the modern day, Dr Twigs Way journeys through the individual histories of bizarre garden pets and their often bizarre owners. From armadillos kept by merchants in London to Queen Charlotte's filthy-tempered zebra. These...

For over two decades, Lara Maiklem has been scouring the banks of the tidal Thames looking for objects – lost or discarded – that tell forgotten stories. In this charming sequel to the bestselling Mudlarking, Lara widens her search beyond...

The world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent with 1.3 billion inhabitants, Africa offers a diversity of culture and landscape rarely seen elsewhere – ranging from the Ancient Egyptian kingdom of the pharaohs on the banks of...

This children's book tells the inspiring true story of how an activist in the Amazon worked with other Indigenous communities to protect and preserve their sacred lands and forests.Patricia (Paty) Gualinga grew up in her Kichwa village in the...

Hungarian photographer Camilla "Ylla" Koffler (1911-55) devoted herself exclusively to animal portraiture at a time when no one had thought of only photographing animals. Driven by her symbiotic relationship with animals, she created a...

Botswana Self-Drive is a complete and expansive book on travelling through Botswana. The authors have included details and information which will make any visitor's trip simple and hassle-free. Their trademark route ratings, so popular in the...

The Yorkshire coastline is the second most visited tourist destination in England – and here is a walking guide to its entire length. From Redcar all the way south to Bridlington, and then on along Spurn Point on the Humber, is magnificent...

The role of resident vet in the British Overseas Territories of the Falklands, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha and Ascension encompasses the complexities of caring for the world's oldest land animal – a 200-year-old giant tortoise – and...

The very first guidebook written just for snorkelers exploring these unique ecosystems.The chilly waters surrounding Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands in British Columbia, Canada are rich in colourful and diverse marine life. Scuba divers have...

This much-needed guide is a comprehensive resource of the 662 species of amphibians, reptiles, mammals, marine mammals, and birds (including seabirds) found throughout Victoria. It is some 25 years since the publication of a guide to the mammals of...

This is the second updated edition of an important, popular reference book that provides standard sampling methods recommended by the American Fisheries Society (AFS) for assessing and monitoring freshwater fishes in North America. Involves...

The National Museum of Natural History of Luxembourg has, in its reserves, important collections relating to zoology, botany, geology or mineralogy. The Museum’s zoology teams have been revising the content of these collections for several...

From earthquakes to the northern lights and tsunamis to glacier movement, the author explains thousands of phenomena in the world around us. All of this is done using language that is simple and understandable. At the same time, this book does not...

This volume contains the following three contributions:La collection des oiseaux du Musée national d’histoire naturelle de Luxembourg (p. 9-192)At the end of January 2022, the bird collection of the National Museum of Natural History in...

This accessible and entertaining book explores the fundamental connections between life and information and how they emerged inextricably linked, taking the reader on a journey through all the major evolutionary transitions. It records the entire...

This book provides an introduction to the role of diversity in complex adaptive systems. A complex system – such as an economy or a tropical ecosystem – consists of interacting adaptive entities that produce dynamic patterns and...

Spin glasses are disordered magnetic systems that have led to the development of mathematical tools with an array of real-world applications, from airline scheduling to neural networks. Spin Glasses and Complexity offers the most concise, engaging,...

Biology: 100 Ideas in 100 Words offers the essential facts at your fingertips, satisfying your scientific curiosity and helping you to understand the biggest concepts in biology in concise, 100-word summaries.One of the titles in a cutting-edge new...

This book provides a short, hands-on introduction to the science of complexity using simple computational models of natural complex systems – with models and exercises drawn from physics, chemistry, geology, and biology. By working through the...

From the team behind BBC Radio 4's award-winning nature and comedy series Nature Table.Did you know that a housefly buzzes in the key of F? A cockroach can live for a week without its head, before dying of starvation? Slugs have four noses? So,...

Chaos and Dynamical Systems presents an accessible, clear introduction to dynamical systems and chaos theory, important and exciting areas that have shaped many scientific fields. While the rules governing dynamical systems are well-specified and...

First published to coincide with the centennial of the National Parks Service, this unique collection by a single photographer has been updated in this second edition to include information on all sixty-three US National Parks.In 2007, award-winning...

New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world...

Famous for their geographic isolation and high proportion of endemic species, the Galápagos Islands have long been promoted as the premier destination for tourists and scientists seeking to escape humanity's impact on the world. This...

What's to be done when only three spotted owls are left in Canada's wild? When wolves eat endangered caribou, cormorants kill rare trees, and housing developments threaten a tiny frog?Environmental journalist Sarah Cox has witnessed what...

A riveting exploration of one of the most important dilemmas of our time: will digital technology accelerate environmental degradation, or could it play a role in ecological regeneration?At the uncanny edge of the scientific frontier, Gaia's Web...

This book examines interactions between human communities and the global biodiversity that is sheltered by Salonga National Park at the heart of the central basin of the Congo River. While not a review of research that has been ongoing in Salonga...

This guide follows two previous editions written by Peter Flint and Peter Stewart in respectively 1983 and 1992 (which was volume 6 in the BOU Checklist series).There has been annual recording and publication of bird records on Cyprus for more than...

Sappi Birds of South Africa is a new field guide that changes the face of birdwatching in South Africa. It can be bought as a book only, or a book plus Callfinder that allows playback of bird songs from the pages of the field guide.The Callfinder is...

The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit are two small birds of woodlands and forests extending from Great Britain to Japan. They are resourceful, resilient, vocal and bold. Both species are an important part of our natural heritage and are sentinels of our...

Bird migration between Europe and Africa is a fraught journey, particularly in the Mediterranean, where migratory birds are shot and trapped in large numbers. In Malta, thousands of hunters share a shrinking countryside. They also rub shoulders with...

Getting Closer is a beautifully illustrated discussion of photography as a way of achieving greater intimacy with the natural world.With a focus on birds, Getting Closer is directed primarily at photographers (of all levels of skill and experience),...

Birds. Over 9,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home in our gardens or flying for over a year at a time. Earthbound, we can only look and listen, enjoying their lightness, freedom and...

For more than two decades, Sy Montgomery – whose The Soul of an Octopus was a National Book Award finalist – has kept a flock of chickens in her backyard. Each chicken has an individual personality (outgoing or shy, loud or quiet,...

Meet some of the world's most remarkable birds – big and small – and marvel at the sights, sounds, sensations, and settings that can be experienced at each of the birdwatching locations and hotspots shared in this unique guide.Inside...

This monograph discusses the history of the grebes, family Podicipedidae, in ornithology. It details names, illustrations, systematic position and scientific progress and gives insights into ornithological progress using the development of grebe...

Birds with Personality is a fun gift book that takes you around the world through the eyes of some of the most charismatic bird species on the planet.Across Earth's diverse ecosystems – from the deserts of Mexico to the rainforest-blanketed...

This breeding bird atlas presents the distribution of all 235 bird species bred in Austria in 2013–2018 and compares these results with the first Austrian breeding bird atlas (1981–1985). The data were collected using citizen science,...

Die Vogelwelt des Neusiedler See Gebietes shows all 371 bird species that have been documented in the Lake Neusiedl area that straddles the Austrian–Hungarian border. In close cooperation between Hungarian and Austrian ornithologists, the area...

The crow family: the cleverest, most resourceful, most entertaining of birds, and all around us all the time. Known to make strong and lifelong relationships with humans, they are found in all their variety worldwide. All cultures have myths and...

The book focuses on the ecology of the most important infectious diseases of wild avian hosts, especially those with high morbidity and mortality rates. Disease ecology is an important scientific approach to studying the relationships and...

To protect adjoining villages from flooding, the bed of the river Sauer below Steinheim, a town in eastern Luxembourg, was restored by dredging two silted-up oxbow lakes of the river. This created two elongated islands separating the main stream from...

This guide has been specially created to help those dissecting owl pellets to identify and submit records of small mammals present in the pellets to the Mammal Society, in order to help biological recording in the UK. This A4-sized, spiralbound book...

Learn to identify birds in Indiana, and make bird-watching 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...

The 2023 edition of the Orkney Bird Report, with full-colour photographs, includes information on species, sightings, nesting habitats and locations, and ringing recoveries during 2023. Regular features are the rarities, ringing, and meteorological...

The concept of using the common stinging nettle to make clothes comes from fairy tales and folklore, archaeology, historical fact, and anecdotal evidence.  It is easy to make inaccurate assumptions about when, where and how this book took place...

The first guide to reveal the full, amazing variety of London's street tree population is now an agenda-setting, canonical work. Paul Wood's brilliant and acclaimed London's Street Trees sold out three printings in its first 2017 edition,...

A celebration of the beauty, diversity, importance and sheer wonder of the most remarkable trees, with exquisite illustrations from the incomparable collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.More than 60,000 species of trees are found in an...

A beautifully written and illustrated account of the threatened plant species that inhabit the British Isles.Britain and Ireland are home to around 300 species of rare flowering plants, and many more rare ferns, mosses, liverworts and freshwater...

A flora to all known and documented vascular plants in New Mexico.A multidecade effort involving over sixty contributing botanists, Vascular Plants of New Mexico is an exhaustive treatment that contains taxonomic keys, plant descriptions, plant...

From ancient acorns to the forests of the future, the story of how oaks evolved and the many ways they shape our world.An oak begins its life with the precarious journey of a pollen grain, then an acorn, then a seedling. A mature tree may shed...

Algal blooms have the potential to wipe out fish farms virtually overnight. Contamination of seafoods with algal toxins can poison human consumers of fish and shellfish. During the past two decades, globally there have been significant increases in...

Hawkweeds are the ultimate botanist's challenge with some 420 species in the UK. Identifying them in Gloucestershire is made a lot easier when the list is narrowed down to the 49 one is likely to encounter. This volume is in A4 format and...

Plants have always moved between land masses with human aid. European colonialism accelerated this, and its legacy can be seen in landscapes across the world and the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. In this companion book to the...

The present monograph lists all species and varieties of Greek vascular plants described by Theodor von Heldreich, based on his collections or named after him. Theodor von Heldreich (1822–1902) was the leading explorer of the Greek flora in the...

Phytoplankton, or algae, are the engines of the Earth. They form the base of the aquatic food web and, although microscopic, they produce 50% of the oxygen in the air. Many of our ideas of what makes these cells "tick" come from ideas...

This book discusses the natural classification and biosystematics of Triticeae and presents the most significant findings of comprehensive studies on the Triticeae, an important tribe in the grass family (Poaceae) that includes major crops such as...

Lichens can be found everywhere: right outside your front door, on trees and bushes, on stones and wooden posts, even on the highest Alpine peaks. While some stand out due to their intense colours, others only reveal their beauty under a magnifying...

Traces takes us on a journey to the walnut forests of Kyrgyzstan; to the twisting tree roots of Angkor Wat; to the chewing gum trees of Mexico; to the ancient olive trees of the Mediterranean littoral; and home to some of the oldest trees in England...

The Flora of Peninsular Malaysia Series II provides revisions of seed and plant families that occur in Peninsular Malaysia. Volume 10 includes revisions of 119 species in 5 families, namely Dipentadonaceae, Ebenaceae, Pandanaceae, Sabiaceae, and...

A celebration of the British elm and positive hope for its future. Since the 1970s nearly all elms in the British Isles have proven to be susceptible to outbreaks of Dutch elm disease, with millions of trees lost. However, the elm was not lost...

The first edition of this set sold out in 2023 and the author has reprinted it in 2024, with updated text (where relevant), 70 improved photos, and two recently named species.Written by one of Western Australia’s most distinguished orchid...

First published in 1997, Primate Cognition was a groundbreaking and highly successful book that set the agenda for a new field of study. Borrowing theoretical constructs and paradigms from human cognitive science and developmental psychology, the...

In the winter of 2008–09, a new wolf family from the Pipestone Valley suddenly appeared in the Bow Valley of Banff National Park, taking up residence alongside a family that had ruled there for over a decade. Within a year, these new wolves had...

This distribution atlas is available is simultaneously published in three different languages: German (2nd edition), French (2nd edition), and Italian (not yet released as a 2nd edition)..A total of 99 wild mammal species are currently found in...

This distribution atlas is available is simultaneously published in three different languages: German (2nd edition), French (2nd edition), and Italian (not yet released as a 2nd edition).A total of 99 wild mammal species are currently found in...

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...

This beautifully illustrated book is the first comprehensive work ever published on all four tapir species worldwide, filling a gap in the scientific literature. The book provides information on the systematics, phylogeny, evolution, ecology,...

Following eight major wolf personalities, Thinking Like a Wolf draws on decades of field notes gathered during almost non-stop wolf-watching to uncover the challenges and triumphs of Yellowstone's wolf packs, from the "chief historian of the...

The puku antelope is inconspicuous at first sight – a medium-sized even-toed ungulate with golden-yellow fur that occurs in south-central Africa, especially in Zambia and Tanzania, where it lives mostly in grasslands along rivers and lakes....

Horses, Power and Place explores the evolution of humanity's relationship with horses, from early domestication through to the use of the horse as a draught animal, an agricultural, industrial and military asset, and an animal of sport and...

There are numerous books available on the wildlife of different countries and continents and even of habitats and ecotypes like rainforests, wetlands and deserts. However, there is no a comprehensive work on the larger mammals of the mountains of the...

Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and lolloped around your bedroom at night, drumming on the duvet cover when it wanted your attention. Imagine that, over two years later, it still ran in...

This book represents the culmination of more than four years of work by many rhino experts, primarily from Africa, Asia, the United States, and Europe, involved in rhino conservation, research and management. It is one of the most comprehensive...

This book is a monograph on the salamander genus Ommatotriton (banded newts), It became apparent early on that the species living on the western Black Sea coast differ significantly from those from northeast Turkey. This was ultimately taken into...

Blair and Dawn Witherington intimately reveal the lives of sea turtles in Our Sea Turtles: A Practical Guide to the Atlantic and Gulf from Canada to Mexico. The book's pithy, well-organized sections are lavishly illustrated. It is a guide for...

The first-ever photographic field guide to all 495 reptile species of Ecuador. Years in the making, the strenuous efforts involved in locating and photographing all these animals have resulted in the discovery of several new species, as well as...

What animal has the most powerful bite of any living creature? What animal has compounds within its blood that can combat diseases for which humans have no medicines? Which animal breathes air, but can stay submerged for hours at a time? The answer...

From National Book Award finalist for The Soul of an Octopus and New York Times bestseller Sy Montgomery comes an ode to one of the most diverse, fascinating, and beloved species on the planet: turtles. With elegance, journalistic curiosity, and...

An inspired and impassioned story of adventure that explores the richness of marine life and charts a path of resilience and hope.Everyone alive today is witnessing a mass extinction event caused by the more than eight billion humans who share this...

This book is a monograph on the salamander genus Ommatotriton (banded newts), It became apparent early on that the species living on the western Black Sea coast differ significantly from those from northeast Turkey. This was ultimately taken into...

The scientific community has rediscovered anuran larvae (tadpoles) as valuable subjects for developmental, evolutionary, ecological, ecomorphological and toxicological research. Innovative molecular methods have provided new insights. Field research...

The scientific community has rediscovered anuran larvae (tadpoles) as valuable subjects for developmental, evolutionary, ecological, ecomorphological and toxicological research. Innovative molecular methods have provided new insights. Field research...

This is an expanded book edition of the article series on giant salamanders in exhibits, published in Tiergarten with the collaboration of Klaus Schüling.Summary in German:Erweiterte Buchausgabe der im Tiergarten unter Mitarbeit von Klaus...

An Introduction to Amphibians of Ecuador is the first of four volumes, which are comprehensive, well-illustrated and authoritative works, making them invaluable to biologists, conservationists, and others. This initial volume delves into the cultural...

Reprint of this handbook, originally published in 1989.A calm water surface on any freshwater habitat can support a community of animals and plants of great interest. Some live above the water but in regular contact with it, and others hang down from...

Newly revised and expanded, this guide to the most common animals and plants of the California seashore is a must-have companion for any curious beach visitor.Look no further than The New Beachcomber's Guide to Seashore Life of California for the...

This up-to-date, comprehensive toxicology handbook is devoted to the effects of environmental pollution on fish. Fish species represent nearly half of all vertebrates and have become important sentinels for environmental contamination and model...

Adapting to Polluted Seas: The Co-evolutionary History of Toxicants and Marine Life presents an understanding of the effects pollution has on our seas and its ever-increasing threats and challenges. The book explains how pollution changes whole...

Freshwater and Marine Ecology is an introduction to the field of aquatic ecology, integrating the conceptually and methodologically widely overlapping fields of limnology and biological oceanography. It is structured like most textbooks of general...

This book presents information on common-to-rare organisms from around the world that inhabit freshwater habitats. The first six chapters focus on organisms from the very small (e.g., protozoa, zooplankton, and fairy shrimp) to the huge (e.g.,...

Could ancient giant sharks called megalodons still exist in the deep sea? What should you do if stung by a jellyfish? Can we predict lightning strikes and how is climate change affecting hurricanes?With humour, easy-to-understand language, and fun...

When we hear the word 'reef' we most often think of tropical coral reefs and, indeed, those are the most diverse habitats with thousands of different species living on them. But reefs can also be found off the coast of Canada, Brazil and even...

With fossil records dating back 400 million years, sharks have outlived the dinosaurs and many other forms of life currently on Earth – they are even older than trees. There are more than 1,000 species of sharks and rays, with new species...

Atlantic cod is an important fish species in human history and continues to be a major influence on North Atlantic fisheries management, as stock collapses and recoveries impact coastal communities and shelf sea food webs. This book provides an...

Sharks have been fighting for their lives for 500 million years and today are under dire threat. They are the longest-surviving vertebrate on Earth, outlasting multiple mass extinction events that decimated life on the planet. But how did they thrive...

Evolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring scientific ideas, and it offers a battery of methods that can be used to interpret human behaviour. However, researchers disagree about the best ways to use evolution to explore...

How did wet nurses drive civilization? Are women always the weaker sex? Is sexism useful for evolution? And are our bodies at war with our babies?In Eve, Cat Bohannon answers questions scientists should have been addressing for decades. With...

A reinterpretation of James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis through the lens of Darwinian natural selection and multispecies community evolution.First conceived in the 1970s, James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis proposed that living organisms...

Sex shapes who we are as individuals and as a species. Where in the mists of time did something so important – and eye-catching – originate, and what does this history tell us about ourselves? Why do we have sex, and sexes, at all?In The...

It is not uncommon to see in major areas of research concerned with science that historical studies are accompanied by the rise of complementary or contradictory historiographies. With time, it seems, scholars discover new approaches to study topics,...

For readers who are prone to marvel at the wonders of the natural world, this book collects 14 essays about evolution and Charles Darwin's theories from science journalist and humorist Rebecca Coffey. Taking a fresh look at animal behaviour...

For centuries, humans ignored sound in the "silent world" of the ocean, assuming that what we couldn't perceive, didn't exist. But we couldn't have been more wrong. Marine scientists now have the technology to record and study...

For students and practitioners, a comprehensive primer on the key literature in stream and river ecology.The study of streams and rivers combines ecology, chemistry, hydrology, and geology to reveal factors that control the biological diversity and...

This edited book provides an ensemble of contemporary research related to the challenges, impacts and precautionary measures for tackling plant invasions in the context of changing climate in different regions of the world.In the current scenario,...

Written by meteorologists C. Donald Ahrens and Robert Henson and grounded in the scientific method, Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate and the Environment, 13th edition, shows you how to observe, calculate and synthesize weather...

Learn how to understand the skies with this comprehensive pocket guide to cloudspotting.Clouds have been the object of fascination throughout history, their fleeting magnificence and endless variability providing food for thought for scientists and...

Rocks are the record of our creative planet reinventing itself for four billion years. Nothing is ever lost, just transformed.Marcia Bjornerud's life as a geologist has coincided with an extraordinary period of discovery. From an insular girlhood...

This special issue of The Gloucestershire Naturalist describes and illustrates the principal landforms of the North Cotswolds, and how they were formed through time. It was originally published as a series of articles in GNS News from 2020-2023. The...

This new Guide to Cumbria expands the area covered by Guide No. 2 beyond the Lake District National Park to include the wider Cumbrian region. This Guide is multi-authored and consists of two volumes: Volume 1, Cumberland and Volume 2, Westmorland...

This new Guide to Cumbria expands the area covered by Guide No. 2 beyond the Lake District National Park to include the wider Cumbrian region. This Guide is multi-authored and consists of two volumes: Volume 1, Cumberland and Volume 2, Westmorland...

This new Guide to Cumbria expands the area covered by Guide No. 2 beyond the Lake District National Park to include the wider Cumbrian region. This Guide is multi-authored and consists of two volumes: Volume 1, Cumberland and Volume 2, Westmorland...

The only British Guide to the geological controls on the D-Day landings in Normandy. The guide puts into context many of the reasons why the Normandy coast was selected for the invasion, reasons for which most people are, or were, unaware. The four...

This article takes stock of the mineralogy of the commune of Visé, based on old observations described in the literature, but also on numerous analyzes carried out on old samples and on material collected more recently. The authors can thus...

This book presents an in-depth review of El Hierro Island, the youngest and most southwesterly volcano of the Canary Islands. In October 2011, a submarine eruption started offshore El Hierro Island. The 2011-2012 El Hierro eruption has probably been...

This book presents the development of oceanography of European regional and coastal seas over the last 50 years. It describes the evolution of scientific practice alongside the technological development of measurements and computer modelling....

The book is conceived at two levels. An introductory one that is intended for undergraduate and/or environmental studies students and the other (in the appendix) for advanced, graduate-level students. The book differs from others on the same subject...

This book aims to introduce scientists and educated laymen to the fascinating geology of the Bergell Alps, first with some background information on geology, tectonics, minerals and rocks and then to lead readers on excursions to observe geological...

The Organic Farm Management Handbook 2023 is a trusted manual of knowledge and guidance for organic farmers navigating the complexities of modern agriculture. Authored and edited by experts and informed by rigorous research, this handbook offers a...

How the path from climate change to a habitable future winds through the world's forestsIn recent years, planting a tree has become a catchall to represent "doing something good for the planet". Many companies commit to planting a tree...

The popular media is full of doomsday scenarios regarding the environment and especially climate change. Perhaps these scare-tactics are necessary to call the public to action, however, they also have the unintended effect of convincing people that...

Law plays an essential part in the conservation of wildlife and ecosystems. The study of wildlife and nature conservation law is an important component of a wide range of programmes of study including wildlife conservation, environmental management...

This book analyzes the politics of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The conventional wisdom is that efforts to achieve the SDGs, or Global Goals, will contribute to building a more inclusive, sustainable and peaceful world. Adam...

It took nearly sixty years for a meaningful climate change bill to run the political gauntlet from Capitol Hill to the Oval Office. Why? From mavericks to party standard-bearers, U.S. Senators, members of the House of Representatives, and...

Solving the Climate Crisis is a hopeful and critical resource that makes a convincing and detailed case that there is a path forward to save our environment. Illustrating the power of committed individuals and the necessity for collaborative...

For decades we have known about the dangers of global warming. Nevertheless, greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase. How can we explain our failure to take the necessary measures to stop climate change? Why are societies, despite the mounting...

In 1961 John F. Kennedy pledged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Nine years later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Ten years later, Richard Nixon echoed this pledge by declaring a 'war' on cancer. More...

In Live Stock and Dead Things, Hannah Chazin combines zooarchaeology and anthropology to challenge familiar narratives about the role of non-human animals in the rise of modern societies. Conventional views of this process tend to see a mostly linear...

Vital Forces, Teleology and Organization offers a comprehensive account of vitalism and the Romantic philosophy of nature. The author explores the rise of biology as a unified science in Germany by reconstructing the history of the notion of...

From Darwin's On the Origin of Species to the twenty-first century, Peter Bowler reinterprets the long Darwinian Revolution by refocussing our attention on the British and American public. By applying recent historical interest in popular science...

An entertaining popular-science narrative investigating ice patch archaeology and the role of glaciers in the development of human culture.Glaciers figure prominently in both ancient and contemporary narratives around the world. They inspire art and...

The Three Pillars (Harmonization, Replacement, and Justice) describe an ethical path forward and away from the use of nonhuman primates in harmful research and scientific use. Conducting nonhuman primate research in an ethical way that acknowledges...

Featuring two hundred colour plates, this history of the craft of scientific inquiry is as exquisite as the experiments whose stories it shares.This illustrated history of experimental science is more than just a celebration of the ingenuity that...

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was one of the most significant revolutions in the history of science. Widely debated after the publication of the On the Origin of Species in 1859, it continues to be controversial. In this volume, Michael...

This book examines the environmental, political, and economic history of Ireland's marine fisheries from 1400 to 1600.It combines a wide range of historical sources with innovative digital research methods to provide a comprehensive and...

Weaving together the stories and voices of residents, anglers, community leaders, and environmental workers and researchers, this ethnographic account details the lives and livelihoods impacted by a once-unrivaled Michigan salmon fishery. From the...

Philosopher Travis Rieder outlines a new ethics for the age of humanmade catastrophe. We are all asking, in a hyperglobalised world hurtling towards environmental destruction: how do we determine the right actions? Do our individual efforts to avoid...

Is environmental degradation an inevitable result of economic development? Can ecosystems be restored once government officials and the public are committed to doing so? These questions are at the heart of An Ecological History of Modern China, a...

One of the world's greatest scientists of human behaviour shows that free will does not exist – and challenges us to rethink the very notion of choice, identity, responsibility, justice, morality and how we live together.Behind every...

Humans once relied on the calls of wild animals to understand the natural world and their place within it. Now, this remarkable guide reveals what our ancestors knew long ago – that tuning in to the owl in the tree, the deer in the gully, can...

An understanding of animal behaviour and welfare is an important requirement of a wide range of programmes of study including biology, zoology, animal welfare, animal behaviour, psychology and zoo biology. Key Questions in Animal Behaviour and...

Richly illustrated with cladograms of all major vertebrate taxa, Vertebrate Palaeontology provides a complete account of the evolution of vertebrates, including macroevolutionary trends and drivers that have shaped their organs and body plans, key...

This authoritative volume brings together decades of insights from one of the longest terrestrial fossil records on the planet.The fabled Himalayas have isolated and sheltered the Indian subcontinent for millions of years. The Siwalik sequence of...

An enrapturing tale of the age of the dinosaurs, tracing their earliest origins, their astounding two-hundred-million-year reign and their infamous demiseDinosaurs. No other class of animals captures the hearts of both children and adults alike....

An epoch tale of a scientist and an artist on the ultimate 5,000-mile palaeo road trip.Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway follows the most unusual travels of a palaeontologist and an artist as they drive across the American West in search of fossils....

An illustrated key to identifying the mushrooms of the Cascadian bioregion, stretching from coastal Alaska to central California and Idaho, featuring nearly 1,100 full-colour photographs and more than 3,000 species.In this unique and comprehensive...

For readers of Entangled Life and The Hidden Life of Trees comes an illuminating account of the "invisible" fungi that share our world: from the air we breathe to the dust beneath our feet.The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi traces the intricate...

The Fascinating World of Fungi introduces fungi and their importance in sustaining all life on Earth. People have had intimate associations with fungi for millennia. But most of us are unaware of how heavily we rely on fungi in the form of countless...

Could fungal pathogens outsmart us before we find ways to combat them?Humans and fungi share nearly 50 per cent of the same DNA. Because we're related, designing drugs to combat the varieties that attack us is a challenge. Meanwhile, in an ever...

Discover the quiet joy of mushroom hunting with this delightful field guide to identifying mushrooms in North America and reconnecting with the natural world. For the mycologically curious, this take-anywhere handbook is the perfect thing to toss in...

This large mushroom identification guide contains 16 chapters of related groups of fungi and provides an overview of the classification of more than 3000 species of fungi from Central Europe. Fungi with tubes, lamellae, spines, and ridges, but also...