Zoology
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Inland Fishes of CaliforniaWhen the first edition of Inland Fishes of California was published in 1976, it was a benchmark reference. Since that time, our knowledge of California's freshwater fishes has dramatically increased. This completely revised edition incorporates a vast amount of new information and creates a...
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Parasites of North American Freshwater FishesThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...
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A Functional Biology of SticklebacksThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...
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High? Low? Where Did It Go?: All about Animal CamouflageThe Cat looks at animals that are not easy to see The Cat in the Hat introduces young readers to the concept of camouflage--a type of adaptation that helps animals survive. Children will learn how some animals change color to blend in with their...
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Gross Out!: Animals That Do Disgusting ThingsDid you know that the horned lizard squirts blood out of its eyes to scare off predators? Learn more about this creature as well as the leech, the naked mole rat, the hagfish, and many more creepy critters in this sickening and super science...
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Just Like Us! CatsGet the facts on some of nature's most beloved animals and discover the unexpected ways humans and cats are similar in Just Like Us! Cats. Appealing mix of photographs and cartoon illustrations. What animals are loving parents, great diplomats, and world class CAThletes? CATS!...
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Stokes Guide to Observing Insect LivesWith these handy paperback reference guides, illustrated throughout with black-and-white line drawings, nature watchers know what to look for and how to interpret what they see. Whether carried into the field or consulted at home, these books provide readers with fascinating facts and insights...
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Extinct Animals: An Encyclopedia of Species that Have Disappeared during Human HistoryEveryone is familiar with the dodo and the wooly mammoth, but how many people have heard of the scimitar cat and the Falkland Island fox? Extinct Animals portrays over 60 remarkable animals that have been lost forever during the relatively recent geological past. Each...
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Marine Mammals: Biology and ConservationA: Introduction: Life History & Ecology. 1. Life history strategies of marine mammals; P.G.H. Evans, I. Stirling. 2. How persistent are marine mammal habitants in an ocean of variability? A. Bj rge. 3. Ecological aspects of reproduction of marine mammals; C. Lockyer. B: Sensory...
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The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic JourneyIn a volume as urgent and eloquent as Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, this book--winner of the Southern Environmental Law Center's 2016 Reed Environmental Writing Award in the book category--reveals how the health and well-being of a tiny bird and an ancient crab mirrors our...
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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan and North-East AsiaEncompassing a spectacular variety of environments--from boreal areas to subtropical islands, from dense woodlands to open seas--Japan is home to a rich array of bird species. This up-to-date and brilliantly photographed guide covers nearly 600 species of birds found in Japan and north-east Asia,...
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The Behavior of Texas BirdsWhether it's the sudden, plunging dives of Brown Pelicans, the singing and aerial displays of Northern Mockingbirds, or the communal nesting of Purple Martins, innate and learned behaviors are some of the most fascinating things to observe in Texas birds. Even casual birdwatchers eventually...
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Communication and Noncommunication by Cephalopods"Moynihan's book is not merely an attractive and readable descriptive synthesis, but an acute commentary on the development of current theory, opening new areas and refreshingly examining cherished models." --W. John Smith, University of PennsylvaniaThis book summarizes the state of our knowledge about communication...
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Megafauna: Giant Beasts of Pleistocene South AmericaMore than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. Megafauna describes the history...
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Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of ExtinctionA leading figure in the emerging field of extinction studies, Thom van Dooren puts philosophy into conversation with the natural sciences and his ethnographic encounters to vivify the cultural and ethical significance of modern-day extinctions. Unlike other meditations on the subject, Flight Ways incorporates...
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When the Invasion of Land Failed: The Legacy of the Devonian ExtinctionsThe invasion of land by ocean-dwelling plants and animals was one of the most revolutionary events in the evolution of life on Earth, yet the animal invasion almost failed--twice--because of the twin mass extinctions of the Late Devonian Epoch. Some 359 to 375 million...
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Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary HistoryXiaoming Wang and Richard H. Tedford have spent the past 20 years studying the evolutionary history of the family Canidae. Both are well known for having established the modern framework for the evolutionary relationship of canids. Combining their research with Mauricio Ant n's impeccable...
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Planet of the BugsDinosaurs, however toothy, did not rule the earth--and neither do humans. But what were and are the true potentates of our planet? Insects, says Scott Richard Shaw--millions and millions of insect species. Starting in the shallow oceans of ancient Earth and ending in the...
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City Creatures: Animal Encounters in the Chicago WildernessRead about Ten Years of City Creatures at the Center for Humans and Nature We usually think of cities as the domain of humans--but we are just one of thousands of species that call the urban landscape home. Chicago residents knowingly move among familiar...
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Hymenoptera: The Natural History and Diversity of Wasps, Bees and AntsA treasure. Hymenoptera highlights these insects in an incredibly rich selection of color photographs and text, that serve both in identification and to illuminate their lives and strategies. It is hugely pleasing. Superb. -- Bernd Heinrich, biologist and author Stephen A. Marshall's natural history...
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