Zoology category: 2375 books
Ethics on the Ark
Zoos, Animal Welfare, and Wildlife Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Ethics on the Ark presents a passionate, multivocal discussion—among zoo professionals, activists, conservation biologists, and philosophers—about the future of zoos and aquariums, the treatment of animals in captivity, and the question of whether the individual, the species, or the ecosystem...
Petites anecdotes sur les oiseaux extraordinaires de France
Tout savoir sur les différentes espèces
Language: French
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Un ouvrage illustré accessible à tous pour en apprendre davantage sur ces étonnants volatiles !
Après le succès de Petites anecdotes sur les oiseaux de nos jardins, voici la suite, qui aborde les oiseaux extraordinaires séjournant en France.
Savez-vous que la Bondrée apivore porte...
Petites anecdotes sur les oiseaux de nos jardins
Tout savoir sur les différentes espèces
Language: French
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Un ouvrage illustré accessible à tous pour en apprendre davantage sur les hôtes de nos jardins !
Chaque oiseau est porteur d’une histoire, de particularités qui le différencient des autres.
Savez-vous que le geai des chênes participe activement à la reforestation en plantant des chênes...
by Brian Westland
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
China possesses many of the most interesting and beautiful bird species in the world. In total, the country is home to more than 1300 bird species which comprise more than 13% of all bird species. This book serves as an introduction to the rich bird life of China for the vast majority of the Chinese...
by William Hornaday
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
This vintage volume contains a complete handbook on taxidermy and zoological collecting, with information that will appeal to the amateur taxidermist, collector, osteologist, sportsman, and traveller. With helpful illustrations and a wealth of useful information, this volume is highly recommended...
by Walter Porter Manton
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2016
Well, here we are at last. Please turn the key in that door—to keep all inquisitive priers out—for the process into which I am about to initiate you is something of a secret, shrouded by the thin veil of mystery.
You have come to me today to learn something of the art of Taxidermy, so we will...
Red Panda
Biology and Conservation of the First Panda
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2010
Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda provides a broad-based overview of the biology of the red panda, Ailurus fulgens. A carnivore that feeds almost entirely on vegetable material and is colored chestnut red, chocolate brown and cream rather than the expected black and white. This...
How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog)
Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Tucked away in Siberia, there are furry, four-legged creatures with wagging tails and floppy ears that are as docile and friendly as any lapdog. But, despite appearances, these are not dogs—they are foxes. They are the result of the most astonishing experiment in breeding ever undertaken—imagine...
Rise of the Necrofauna
The Science, Ethics, and Risks of De-Extinction
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
Jurassic Park meets The Sixth Extinction in Rise of the Necrofauna, a provocative look at de-extinction from acclaimed documentarist and science writer Britt Wray.
A New Yorker “The Books We Loved in 2017” Selection
A Science News Favorite Book of 2017
A Sunday Times "Must Read"
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by Tristram D. Wyatt
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
How animals behave is crucial to their survival and reproduction. The application of new molecular tools such as DNA fingerprinting and genomics is causing a revolution in the study of animal behaviour, while developments in computing and image analysis allow us to investigate behaviour in ways never...
Snowbird
Integrative Biology and Evolutionary Diversity in the Junco
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
At birdfeeders and in backyards across North America, the dark-eyed junco, or snowbird, can be found foraging for its next meal. With an estimated population of at least 630 million, juncos inhabit forests, parks, and even suburban habitats, making them one of the continent’s most abundant and easily...
I, Mammal
The Story of What Makes Us Mammals
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Humans are mammals. Most of us appreciate that at some level. But what does it mean for us to have more in common with a horse and an elephant than we do with a parrot, snake or frog?
After a misdirected football left new father Liam Drew clutching a uniquely mammalian part of his anatomy,...
by Geoff Baker, Vicki Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1995
What sort of worms live in your garden or paddocks? Are they orange, red, cream, pink, green, or brown and purple stripes? This booklet provides a simple identification key for most common worm species in Australia, and outlines their role in enhancing soil productivity. Tips on how to collect and preserve earthworms, and maps of the known distribution of some species are included.
Tears of the Cheetah
The Genetic Secrets of Our Animal Ancestors
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
The history of life on Earth is dominated by extinction events so numerous that over 99.9% of the species ever to have existed are gone forever. If animals could talk, we would ask them to recall their own ancestries, in particular the secrets as to how they avoided almost inevitable annihilation...