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Entomology

Planet of the Bugs Evolution and the Rise of Insects

Shaw Scott Richard

ISBN: PB: 9780226325750, ISBN: HB: 9780226163611, University of Chicago Press, September 2015
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 colour plates, 31 halftones

Dinosaurs, 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...

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Entomology

All about Butterflies of Australia

Sankowsky Garry

ISBN: PB: 9781921517433, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, August 2015
176 pp., 21x15 cm, 300 colour illus.

This new title investigates the always-popular subject of Australian butterflies.Early chapters explore the lifecycle of these magestic insects, with stunning images showing the progression from egg through caterpillar and chrysalis stages to adult b...

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Entomology

Cockroach Papers A Compendium of History and Lore

Schweid Richard

ISBN: PB: 9780226260471, University of Chicago Press, May 2015
208 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 21 halftones

Skittering figures of urban legend – and a ubiquitous reality – cockroaches are nearly as abhorred as they are ancient. Even as our efforts to exterminate them have developed into ever more complex forms of chemical warfare, roaches' basic design of...

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Mammals

Wild Cat Book Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Cats

Sunquist Fiona, Sunquist Mel

ISBN: HB: 9780226780269, University of Chicago Press, October 2014
280 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 137 colour plates, 34 halftones, 1 line drawing

From the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet, to the prophet Muhammad's favorite cat, Muezza, and our contemporary obsession with online cat videos, felines have long held a place of honor in their human counterparts' homes and cultures. But the dom...

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Birds

Birds of New Zealand A Photographic Guide

Scofield Paul, Stephenson Brent

ISBN: PB: 9780300196825, Yale University Press, October 2013
500 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 1000 colour illus.

New Zealand's birdlife developed extraordinary diversity as a consequence of evolving on isolated islands without mammalian predators. For many years, habitat destruction brought on by humans posed a distinct threat to the wide variety of birdlife, b...

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Nature

Sea Life

Underwater Eden Saving the Last Coral Wilderness on Earth

Stone Gregory S., Obura David

ISBN: HB: 9780226775609, University of Chicago Press, December 2012
184 pp., 25x20 cm, 2 tables, 91 colour illus.

"It was the first time I'd seen what the ocean may have looked like thousands of years ago". That's conservation scientist Gregory S. Stone talking about his initial dive among the corals and sea life surrounding the Phoenix Islands in the South Paci...

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Ecology

Neotropical Birds Ecology and Conservation

Stotz Douglas F., Fitzpatrick John W., Parker III Theodore A., Moskovits Debra K.

ISBN: PB: 9780226776309, ISBN: HB: 9780226776293, University of Chicago Press, June 1996
502 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 16 colour plates, 46 halftones, 51 line drawings, 64 tables

Four of the world's leading ornithologists and ardent conservationists have produced this unique synthesis of the ecological information on all 4,037 species of birds found from Mexico south to Tierra del Fuego. In tables that cover more than 300 pag...

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Reptiles & Amphibians

Photographic Guide to Snakes and Reptiles of Australia

Swan Gerry

ISBN: PB: 9781853685859, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, January 1996
144 pp., 19x9.8 cm

This photographic guide is designed as a companion for the traveller, local or international, who is interested in Australian reptiles. The guide identifies 231 species covering the most commonly seen snakes, turtles, tortoises, geckos, lizards, drag...

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