Natural History
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The Monarch Butterfly Migration: Its Rise and FallEach fall, millions of monarch butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico. Their incredible journey--nearly 3,000 miles long--takes them through Oklahoma, Texas, and other US states, where butterfly devotees eagerly await their arrival. The monarch migration is a brilliant demonstration of nature's ingenuity, but the...
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The Golden Age of BeekeepingPeter Loring Borst was born in Boston and grew up in San Diego. In 1974, he decided to become a professional beekeeper, and was hired by an outfit which comprised over 2000 bee hives and a few unskilled men. Over the following years, he...
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Honey Bee Vet - The adventures of a veterinarian seeking to doctor one of the world's most important animals.Honey bees are one of the most important agricultural animals on Earth. These tiny creatures often fly around unnoticed, doing work they have mastered to provide not only for themselves, but for the plants, animals, and humans that make up our shared home. Given...
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Darwin's Love of Life: A Singular Case of BiophiliaBiophilia--the love of life--encompasses the drive to survive, a sense of kinship with all life-forms, and an instinct for beauty. In this unconventional book, Kay Harel uses biophilia as a lens to explore Charles Darwin's life and thought in deeply original ways. In a...
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Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested FutureHow the path from climate change to a habitable future winds through the world's forests In recent years, planting a tree has become a catchall to represent "doing something good for the planet." Many companies commit to planting a tree with every purchase. But...
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When Planet Earth Was NewIt has taken billions of years for Earth to become the planet it is today. When Planet Earth Was New looks back to the very beginning, using a poetic approach grounded in scientific fact to give an overview of how the planet has changed...
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Viaje de un Naturalista Alrededor del mundo (Spanish Edition)Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) ten a veintid s a os cuando se le ofreci un puesto de naturalista a bordo del Beagle cuya misi n, bajo el mando del capit n Fitz-Roy, era realizar un viaje de exploraci n alrededor del mundo. La expedici...
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Death as Told by a Sapiens to a NeanderthalA dazzling follow-up to Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal. 'We would love to discover that each species has a biological clock in its cells, because, if that clock existed and if we were able to find it, perhaps we could...
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Ten Birds That Changed the WorldFrom "a captivating storyteller" (Wall Street Journal), the natural history of humankind told through our long relationship with birds For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religions,...
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Open HorizonsSigurd Olson's love affair with the wilderness began in a stream near his house in Wisconsin -- he caught his first trout there with a tamarack wand, black thread, and a grasshopper as bait. Open Horizons is his autobiography, and in it he recounts...
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Nature's Ghosts: The World We Lost and How to Bring It BackWhat history can teach us about how to avoid ecological catastrophe'Sophie writes fantastically, chronicling the most important issues facing nature conservationists today.' Chris PackhamFor thousands of years, humans have been the architects of the natural world. Our activities have permanently altered the environment -...
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Loons of New Hampshire: Preserving a Natural TreasureNoted for its stunning plumage and haunting cries, the common loon is an iconic symbol of nature in the Granite State. Once a familiar site on local ponds and lakes, by the early twentieth century their numbers had dwindled due to human activity. By...
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Born of Ice and Fire: How Glaciers and Volcanoes (with a Pinch of Salt) Drove Animal EvolutionAn exploration of how the Cryogenian Period, when our planet was covered in ice for millions of years, created today's remarkable biodiversity More than half a billion years ago, our world was completely covered by glaciers, a "Snowball Earth" that persisted for millions of...
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Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to HumansFrom three-inch fang blennies to thirty-foot prehistoric crocodiles, from gaboon vipers to Neanderthals, Bite is a fascinating journey through the natural, scientific, and cultural history of something right in front of--or in--our faces: teeth. In Bite, zoologist Bill Schutt makes a surprising case: it...
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In the Country of the Kaw: A Personal Natural History of the American PlainsGathering its waters from the plains of Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska, the Kaw is truly America's prairie river; the only one to arise entirely on the Great Plains and traverse all three major grasslands--shortgrass, mixed-grass, and tallgrass prairies. James Locklear's In the Country of...
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AI in the Apiary (c) HONEYBEE DISEASESThis book is a comprehensive view of the breadth of different honeybee diseases covering: ClassificationBiologyTransmissionSymptomsHow to identify the diseaseImpact on the colonyAdvice on mitigationIn its own right this has required a significant amount of research. AI has helped to detail the content for each...
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Wildsam Field Guides: Joshua TreeWildsam Field Guides: Joshua Tree leads travelers into one of America's most iconic and alluring desert destinations, exploring the national park and surrounding area with guidance from local experts and longtime residents. Contributors include multimedia artist Kim Stringfellow, climbing guide Bob Gaines, writer Claire...
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There's a Barnyard in My BedroomThis fun and engaging story makes an engrossing -- but not overwhelming -- introduction to environmental issues for young readers. With the help of their parents and their own imaginations, Jamie and Megan discover that natural magic is all around them, even in their...
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Moths of the World: A Natural HistoryA marvelously illustrated guide to the world's moths With more than 160,000 named species, moths are a familiar sight to most of us, flickering around lights, pollinating wildflowers about meadows and gardens, and as unwelcome visitors to our woolens. They come in a variety...
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Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of ConservationInvestigating the ethical and practical challenges of one of the greatest threats to biodiversity: invasive species. Across the world, invasive species pose a danger to ecosystems. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity ranks them as a major threat to biodiversity on par with habitat...
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