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Bumble Bees of North America: An Identification Guide
Paul Williams · Princeton University Press
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback |
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More than ever before, there is widespread interest in studying bumble bees and the critical role they play in our ecosystems. Bumble Bees of North America is the first comprehensive guide to North American bumble bees to be published in more than a century. Richly illustrated with color... |
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The Hunt for the Golden Mole: All Creatures Great & Small and Why They Matter
Richard Girling · Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover |
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Taking as its narrative engine the hunt for an animal that is legendarily rare, Richard Girling writes an engaging and highly informative history of humankind's interest in hunting and collecting - what prompts us to do this? what good might come of our need to catalog all the living... |
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Animal Weapons: The Evolution of Battle
Douglas J. Emlen , · Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover |
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The story behind the stunning extreme weapons we see in the animal world--teeth and horns and claws--and what they can tell us about the way humans develop and use arms and other weaponsIn Animal Weapons Doug Emlen takes us outside the lab and deep into the forests and jungles where hes been... |
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Extinction and Evolution: What Fossils Reveal About the History of Life
· Firefly Books; annotated edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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This book is a splendidly illustrated and thoughtfully constructed account of one of the greatest ideas ever conceived by the human mind -- evolution. Eldredge has cleverly combined our knowledge of living organisms with instructive insights into the fossil record to convincingly argue... |
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American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood
Paul Greenberg · Penguin Books
Pages: 306
Format: Hardcover |
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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS & EDITORS Book Award, Finalist 2014"Greenberg's breezy, engaging style weaves history, politics, environmental policy, and marine biology." --New Yorker In American Catch, award-winning author Paul Greenberg takes the same skills that won him acclaim... |
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The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration
Bernd Heinrich · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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"A noted naturalist explores the centrality of home in the lives of humans and other animals . . . A special treat for readers of natural history." - Kirkus Reviews Every year, many species make the journey from one place to another, following the same paths and ending up in the same... |
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Last Chain On Billie: How One Extraordinary Elephant Escaped the Big Top
Carol Bradley · St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Against the backdrop of a glittering but brutal circus world, Carol Bradleys Last Chain on Billie charts the history of elephants in America, the inspiring story of the Elephant Sanctuary and the spellbinding tale of a resilient elephant who defied the system even as she struggled to conquer... |
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Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA
E.G. Vallianatos · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover |
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Imagine walking into a restaurant and finding chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides, or neonicotinoid insecticides listed in the description of your entree. They may not be printed in the menu, but many are in your food.These are a few of the literally millions of pounds of approved synthetic... |
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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide
Julie Cornthwaite · Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover |
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Penguins are perhaps the most beloved birds. On land, their behavior appears so humorous and expressive that we can be excused for attributing to them moods and foibles similar to our own. Few realize how complex and mysterious their private lives truly are, as most of their existence takes... |
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Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion
Jon Katz · Ballantine
Pages: 209
Format: Hardcover |
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In this heartfelt, thoughtful, and inspiring memoir, New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz tells the story of his beloved rescue donkey, Simon, and the wondrous ways that animals make us wiser and kinder people. In the spring of 2011, Jon Katz received a phone call that would challenge... |
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