Zoology
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I Am Not a Camel: Animals in the DesertDeserts can be hot and dry, but that doesn't bother me! I love the heat and enjoy sunbathing, but I am not a horned lizard. I spend most of my life underground, but I am not a desert tortoise. What desert animal am I?...
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Hawai'i's White Tern: Manu-O-Kū, an Urban SeabirdWhite Terns are native throughout the world's tropics and subtropics, where they breed almost exclusively on remote islands that are free of predators like cats, dogs, rats, and mongooses. Historically, this was also true in Hawai'i, but in 1961 a pair of White Terns...
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Handbook of the Cerebellum and Cerebellar DisordersThis volume provides a self-contained resource of information explaining cerebellar disorders and their pathogenesis. The text presents up-to-date information relevant for basic science, which is and also suitable for clinical activities. Author: Mario MantoPublisher: SpringerPublished: 11/18/2021Pages: 2650Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 13.10lbsSize: 9.50h x 6.30w x...
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FishFish are beautiful, calming pets, but they require special care. Fish examines various fish species and their unique needs, as well as the laws, regulations, challenges, and controversies regarding owning these animals. It also looks at the industry and communities that have sprung up...
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Find It! Explore It! AnimalsThis unique search-and-find adventure lets kids explore and learn about the objects and creatures they find and their habitats with fun facts and awesome photographs. This fact-filled search-and-find adventure activity book takes kids around the world in search of more than 250 hidden pictures...
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EvolutionDiscover the story of life on Earth and how it came to be, with real-life scientists Sarah Darwin and Eva Maria Sadowski.The Earth has come a very long way from the molten planet with oceans of magma that existed 4.5 billion years ago. Since...
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Cry of the Kalahari Lib/EThis is the story of the Owens' travel and life in the Kalahari Desert. Here they met and studied unique animals and were confronted with danger from drought, fire, storms, and the animals they loved. This bestselling book is for both travelers and animal...
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BirdsBirds are beautiful, intelligent pets, but they require special care. Birds examines various bird species and their unique needs, as well as the laws, regulations, challenges, and controversies regarding owning these animals. It also looks at the industry and communities that have sprung up...
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A Wilder Kingdom: Rethinking Nature in Zoos, Wildlife Parks, and BeyondZoos have always had a troubled relationship to what is considered the "real" wild. Even the most immersive and naturalistic zoos, critics maintain, are inherently contrived and inauthentic environments. Zoo animals' diet, care, and reproduction are under pervasive human control, with natural phenomena like...
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Aquatic Oligochaeta of the Netherlands and Belgium: Identification Key to the OligochaetesBristle worms, or oligochaetes, are a large and diverse group of invertebrates. Most oligochaetes living in this region live in fresh or brackish water: no fewer than 136 species in total. They play an important ecological role thereby giving much information about the condition...
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Animals Without Backbones: An Introduction to the InvertebratesAnimals Without Backbones has been considered a classic among biology textbooks since it was first published to great acclaim in 1938. It was the first biology textbook ever reviewed by Time and was also featured with illustrations in Life. Harvard, Stanford, the University of...
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Amazing Animal Anatomies: Biology at Its Most Extreme!Discover how animals have developed amazing anatomies, engineered to help them survive and thrive in some of the world's most challenging biomes. In this gripping book, readers will explore living processes at their rawest and the science of animal anatomy in the battle for...
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The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee CatastropheWithout honey bees the world would be a very different place. There would be no sweet, delicious honey, no beeswax for creams and candles, and--worst of all--barely a fruit, nut, or vegetable to eat. So just imagine beekeeper Dave Hackenburg's horror when, in 2006,...
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Land of Hunters: Earth's Most Fearsome PredatorsExplore seas, swamps, deserts and mountains, from the earliest life on Earth to our present day, and get up close to our planet's all-time deadliest predators.Join the hunt with Velociraptor, defend your prey with mighty Smilodon, see how you measure up to the biggest...
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Do Lizards Eat Ice Cream?: How Animals Beat the HeatA fun and factual exploration of how animals stay cool in hot weather Do koalas run through sprinklers? Do ants sit in front of air conditioners? No! But in ultra-hot weather, animals and humans alike have adopted creative ways to beat the heat. From...
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Ankylosaurus: A First LookLearn about the massive, armored Ankylosaurus. Carefully leveled text and full-color images help these prehistoric creatures come to life.Author: Jeri RanchPublisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Published: 08/01/2023Pages: 24Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 10.30h x 7.80w x 0.30dISBN: 9798765603451Audience: Ages 4-8
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The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Animal BehaviourThe third and final updated edition of David Attenborough's classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave. 'This is, quite simply, the best thing I've ever...
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Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered ShellNational Book Award finalist for The Soul of an Octopus and New York Times bestseller Sy Montgomery turns her journalistic curiosity to the wonder and wisdom of our long-lived cohabitants--turtles--and through their stories of hope and rescue, reveals to us astonishing new perspectives on...
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The Hyena Scientist"An appealing, elegantly designed introduction to another much-maligned species." --Kirkus (starred review)"A fascinating, informative, and inclusive window into a feared and misunderstood species." --Booklist (starred review)This myth-busting addition to the critically acclaimed Scientists in the Field series by Sibert medal winning team Sy Montgomery...
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Ankylosaurus: A First LookLearn about the massive, armored Ankylosaurus. Carefully leveled text and full-color images help these prehistoric creatures come to life.Author: Jeri RanchPublisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Published: 08/01/2023Pages: 24Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 10.30h x 7.80w x 0.30dISBN: 9781728491332Audience: Ages 4-8
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