Zoology category: 2375 books
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Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
The study of primate ecology and conservation has advanced rapidly in recent years. This practical volume brings together a group of distinguished primate researchers to synthesize field, laboratory, and conservation management techniques for primate ecology and conservation. The synthesis focuses...
Evolution's Wedge
Competition and the Origins of Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Evolutionary biology has long sought to explain how new traits and new species arise. Darwin maintained that competition is key to understanding this biodiversity and held that selection acting to minimize competition causes competitors to become increasingly different, thereby promoting new traits...
Physical Properties of Tissues
A Comprehensive Reference Book
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
This unique reference book describes quantitatively the measured and predicted values of all the physical properties of mammalian tissue. Reported measurements are thoroughly documented and are complemented by a range of empirical mathematical models which describe the observed physical behavior of...
Cheats and Deceits
How Animals and Plants Exploit and Mislead
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
In nature, trickery and deception are widespread. Animals and plants mimic other objects or species in the environment for protection, trick other species into rearing their young, lure prey to their death, and deceive potential mates for reproduction. Cuckoos lay eggs carefully matched to their host's...
Great Apes and Humans
The Ethics of Coexistence
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
The great apes -- gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans -- are known to be our closest living relatives. Chimpanzees in particular share 98 percent of our DNA, and scientists widely agree that they exhibit intellectual abilities long thought to be unique to humans, such as self-awareness...
The Great Penguin Rescue
40,000 Penguins, a Devastating Oil Spill, and the Inspiring Story of the World's Largest Animal Rescue
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
ON JUNE 23, 2000, the iron-ore carrier MV Treasure, en route from Brazil to China, foundered off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, spilling 1,300 tons of oil into the ocean and contaminating the habitat of 75,000 penguins. Realizing thJuneat 41 percent of the world’s population of African penguins...
Reptiles of the NSW Murray Catchment
A Guide to Their Identification, Ecology and Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
This is an easy to use field guide for identifying the 80 reptile species currently known to occur in the Murray catchment area of New South Wales. Illustrated with high quality colour photographs, the book describes the key distinguishing features of each reptile and includes details on habitats and...
by Kathleen M. Dudzinski, Toni Frohoff, Marc Bekoff
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Dolphins have fascinated humans for millennia, giving rise to an abundance of stories and myths about them, yet the actual details of their lives in the sea have remained elusive. In this enthralling book, Kathleen M. Dudzinski and Toni Frohoff take us into the dolphins’ aquatic world to witness firsthand...
by Charles Francis
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
This compact, easy-to-use identification guide describes 192 species of mammals found in South-east Asia, covering each major genus. The book features thumbnail silhouettes, a regional distribution map, and up-to-date tips on the best wildlife localities.
Illustrated with clear colour photography...
Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved
How Morality Evolved
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2009
"It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates and Philosophers tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality.
In this provocative book, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that...
Voracious Science and Vulnerable Animals
A Primate Scientist's Ethical Journey
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
The National Institute of Health recently announced its plan to retire the fifty remaining chimpanzees held in national research facilities and place them in sanctuaries. This significant decision comes after a lengthy process of examination and debate about the ethics of animal research. For decades,...
by Richard C. Francis
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2015
“An essential read for anyone interested in the stories of the animals in our home or on our plate.”—BBC Focus
Without our domesticated plants and animals, human civilization as we know it would not exist. We would still be living at subsistence level as hunter-gatherers if not for domestication....
Strange Survivors
How Organisms Attack and Defend in the Game of Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Life is beautiful, ruthless, and very, very strange.
In the evolutionary arms race that has raged on since life began, organisms have developed an endless variety of survival strategies. From sharp claws to brute strength, camouflage to venom—all these tools and abilities share one purpose:...
Arctic Fox
Life at the Top of the World
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011
Curious, innovative and mysterious survivors of the arctic tundra. Ever since explorers began venturing north into the harsh lands of the arctic, they have encountered arctic foxes in the unlikeliest of places. The arctic fox is an extraordinary creature. No bigger than a house cat, it survives...