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Mammals

Wattana An Orangutan in Paris

Herzfeld Chris

ISBN: HB: 9780226168593, University of Chicago Press, April 2016
192 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 22 halftones

She likes tea, sews, draws on papers and is a self-taught master of tying and untying knots. But she is not a crafty woman of the DIY set: she is Wattana, an orangutan who lives in the Jardin des Plantes Zoo in Paris. And it is in Paris where Chris H...

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Birds

Ecology

Snowbird Integrative Biology and Evolutionary Diversity in the Junco

Ketterson Ellen D., Atwell Jonathan W.

ISBN: HB: 9780226330778, University of Chicago Press, April 2016
416 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 8 colour plates, 20 halftones, 14 line drawings, 6 tables

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 t...

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Entomology

Infested How the Bed Bug Infiltrated Our Bedrooms and Took Over the World

Borel Brooke

ISBN: PB: 9780226361086, ISBN: HB: 9780226041933, University of Chicago Press, April 2016
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 43 halftones, 6 line drawings

Bed bugs. Few words strike such fear in the minds of travelers. In cities around the world, lurking beneath the plush blankets of otherwise pristine-looking hotel beds are tiny bloodthirsty beasts just waiting for weary wanderers to surrender to a vu...

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Nature

Ecology

Costa Rican Ecosystems

Kappelle Maarten

ISBN: PB: 9780226278933, ISBN: HB: 9780226121505, University of Chicago Press, March 2016
744 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 244 colour plates, 82 halftones, 10 line drawings, 25 tables

In the more than thirty years since the publication of Daniel H. Janzen's classic "Costa Rican Natural History", research in this small but astonishingly biodiverse, well-preserved, and well-studied Latin-American nation has evolved from a species-le...

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Birds

Welcome to Subirdia Sharing Our Neighborhoods With Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers, and Other Wildlife

Marzluff John M., DeLap Jack

ISBN: PB: 9780300216875, ISBN: HB: 9780300197075, Yale University Press, December 2015
320 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 41 black&white illus.

"Welcome to Subirdia" presents a surprising discovery: the suburbs of many large cities support incredible biological diversity. Populations and communities of a great variety of birds, as well as other creatures, are adapting to the conditions of ou...

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Evolution

Shaping Humanity How Science, Art, and Imagination Help Us Understand Our Origins

Gurche John

ISBN: PB: 9780300216844, ISBN: HB: 9780300182026, Yale University Press, December 2015
368 pp., 25.4x21.6 cm, 163 colour illus.

What did earlier humans really look like? What was life like for them, millions of years ago? How do we know? In this book, internationally-renowned paleo-artist John Gurche describes the extraordinary process by which he creates forensically accurat...

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Reptiles & Amphibians

Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog, Adder's Fork and Lizard's Leg The Lore and Mythology of Amphibians and Reptiles

Crump Marty

ISBN: HB: 9780226116006, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
304 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 155 colour plates, 1 table

Frogs are worshipped for bringing nourishing rains, but blamed for devastating floods. Turtles are admired for their wisdom and longevity, but ridiculed for their sluggish and cowardly behavior. Snakes are respected for their ability to heal and rest...

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Nature

City Creatures Animal Encounters in the Chicago Wilderness

Van Horn Gavin, Aftandilian Dave

ISBN: HB: 9780226192895, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
264 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 102 colour plates, 16 halftones

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 creatures like squirrels, pigeons, and dogs, but might be surprised t...

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Evolution

Ecology

Coevolution of Life on Hosts Integrating Ecology and History

Clayton Dale H., Bush Sarah E., Johnson Kevin P.

ISBN: PB: 9780226302270, ISBN: HB: 9780226302133, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 16 colour plates, 110 halftones, 3 line drawings, 4 tables

For most, the mere mention of lice forces an immediate hand to the head and recollection of childhood experiences with nits, medicated shampoos, and traumatic haircuts. But for a certain breed of biologist, lice make for fascinating scientific fodder...

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Entomology

Guide to Spiders of Australia

Framenau Volker W., Baehr Barbara C., Zborowski Paul

ISBN: PB: 9781921517242, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, October 2015
448 pp., 21.1x17.2 cm

Few animals rival spiders in their diversity of forms and colour, ecological abundance and importance, and complexity of behaviours. Spiders have inspired awe amongst arachnologists and naturalists and at the same time are feared by many. The Austral...

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