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Birds

Birds An Anthology

Mitchell Jaqueline, Fitch Daglish Eric

ISBN: HB: 9781851245291, Bodleian Library Publishing, June 2020
272 pp., 19.8x12.9 cm, 25 black&white illus.

Thomas Hardy notes the thrush's "full-hearted evensong of joy illimited", Gilbert White observes how swallows sweep through the air but swifts "dash round in circles" and Rachel Carson watches sanderlings at the ocean's edge, scurrying "across the be...

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Ecology

In Search of Meadowlarks Birds, Farms, and Food in Harmony with the Land

Marzluff John M.

ISBN: HB: 9780300237146, Yale University Press, April 2020
352 pp., 23.4x15.2 cm, 60 black&white illus.

With predictions of a human population of more than nine billion by the middle of this century and eleven billion by 2100, we stand at a crossroads in our agricultural evolution. In this clear and engaging yet scientifically rigorous book, wildlife b...

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Sea Life

Why Study Biology by the Sea?

Matlin Karl S., Maienschein Jane, Ankeny Rachel A.

ISBN: PB: 9780226672939, ISBN: HB: 9780226672762, University of Chicago Press, January 2020
344 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 33 halftones, 6 line drawings

For almost a century and a half, biologists have gone to the seashore to study life. The oceans contain rich biodiversity, and organisms at the intersection of sea and shore provide a plentiful sampling for research into a variety of questions at the...

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Endless Novelties of Extraordinary Interest The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger and the Birth of Modern Oceanography

Macdougall Doug

ISBN: HB: 9780300232059, Yale University Press, October 2019
288 pp., 21x14 cm, 29 black&white illus.

From late 1872 to 1876, H.M.S. Challenger explored the world's oceans. Conducting deep sea soundings, dredging the ocean floor, recording temperatures, observing weather, and collecting biological samples, the expedition laid the foundations for mode...

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Ecology

Alaska Codfish Chronicle A History of the Pacific Cod Fishery in Alaska

Mackovjak James

ISBN: PB: 9781602233898, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, September 2019
557 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 70 halftones

Cod is one of the most widely consumed fish in the world. For many years, the Atlantic cod industry took center stage, but partly thanks to climate change and overfishing, it is more and more likely that the cod on your kitchen table or in your fast...

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Dogs

Canine Aggression Rehabilitating an Aggressive Dog with Kindness and Compassion

McLennan Tracey

ISBN: PB: 9781787110793, Bookport, Hubble & Hattie, July 2019
160 pp., 22.5x15.2 cm

Caring for a dog who lunges, barks at and even bites other dogs is incredibly difficult. This book follows the inspiring story of a Bull Mastiff called Calgacus, and his carer, first-time dog owner Tracey McLennan. For Tracey, the arrival of Calgacus...

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Sea Life

Close Encounters with Marine Life

Marsh Nigel

ISBN: PB: 9781925546187, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, March 2019
192 pp., 24x21 cm, 100 illus.

Wildlife photography on land is nearly always done with a telephoto lens, with the photographer rarely getting close to the subject. Underwater photography on the other hand is the complete opposite, with the photographer required to get very close t...

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Ark and Beyond The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation

Minteer Ben A., Maienschein Jane, Collins James P.

ISBN: PB: 9780226538464, ISBN: HB: 9780226538327, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
528 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 51 halftones, 2 line drawings, 6 tables

Scores of wild species and ecosystems around the world face a variety of human-caused threats, from habitat destruction and fragmentation to rapid climate change. But there is hope, and it, too, comes in a most human form: zoos and aquariums. Gatheri...

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Entomology

Dancing Bees Karl von Frisch and the Discovery of the Honeybee Language

Munz Tania

ISBN: PB: 9780226526508, ISBN: HB: 9780226020860, University of Chicago Press, October 2017
296 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 26 halftones, 7 line drawings

We think of bees as being among the busiest workers in the garden, admiring them for their productivity. But amid their buzzing, they are also great communicators – and unusual dancers. As Karl von Frisch (1886-1982) discovered during World War II, b...

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Birds

Spare the Birds! George Bird Grinnell and the First Audubon Society

Merchant Carolyn

ISBN: HB: 9780300215458, Yale University Press, August 2016
344 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 24 colour illus., 24 black&white illus.

An engaging history of the founding of one of the world's most popular environmental organizations, the Audubon Society In 1887, a year after founding the Audubon Society, explorer and conservationist George Bird Grinnell launched Audubon Magazine. T...

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