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Reptiles & Amphibians

Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia Fifth Edition

Swan Gerry, Wilson Steve

ISBN: PB: 9781925546026, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, December 2017
560 pp., 21x15 cm

"A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia" has been the most comprehensive field guide available for Australian reptiles since the first edition was published in 2003. As new species are discovered, known ranges extended and higher quality images be...

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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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Entomology

Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants

Spicer Rice Eleanor, Wild Alex, Dunn Rob

ISBN: PB: 9780226445816, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
96 pp., 20.3x15.2 cm, 96 colour plates

Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects – with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark – as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike...

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Entomology

Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of California

Spicer Rice Eleanor, Wild Alex, Dunn Rob

ISBN: PB: 9780226351537, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
80 pp., 20.3x15.2 cm, 78 colour plates

Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects – with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark – as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike...

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Entomology

Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of Chicago

Spicer Rice Eleanor, Wild Alex, Dunn Rob

ISBN: PB: 9780226266800, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
64 pp., 20.3x15.2 cm, 66 colour plates

Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects – with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark – as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike...

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Entomology

Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of New York City

Spicer Rice Eleanor, Wild Alex, Dunn Rob

ISBN: PB: 9780226351674, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
80 pp., 20.3x15.2 cm, 77 colour plates

Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects – with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark – as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike...

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Birds

Peregrine Returns The Art and Architecture of an Urban Raptor Recovery

Hennen Mary

ISBN: HB: 9780226465425, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
208 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 159 colour plates

Peregrine falcons have their share of claims to fame. With a diving speed of over two hundred miles per hour, these birds of prey are the fastest animals on earth or in the sky, and they are now well known for adapting from life on rocky cliffs to a...

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Mammals

Thoreau's Animals

Thoreau Henry David, Wisner Geoff, Kaspari Debby Cotter

ISBN: HB: 9780300223767, Yale University Press, May 2017
280 pp., 23.5x15.2 cm, 54 black&white illus.

From Thoreau's renowned Journal, a treasury of memorable, funny, and sharply observed accounts of his encounters with the wild and domestic animals of Concord Many of the most vivid writings in the renowned Journal of Henry David Thoreau concern cre...

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Sea Life

Carnivore Minds Who These Fearsome Animals Really are

Bradshaw G. A.

ISBN: HB: 9780300218152, Yale University Press, May 2017
368 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 44 black&white illus.

Myth and media typically cast animals we consider predators or carnivores as unthinking killers – dangerous, unpredictable, and devoid of emotion. But is this portrait valid? By exploring their inner lives, this pioneering book refutes the many mispe...

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Birds

Field Guide to Long Island Sound Coastal Habitats, Plant Life, Fish, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, and Other Wildlife

Lynch Patrick J.

ISBN: PB: 9780300220353, Yale University Press, March 2017
416 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm, 1200 colour illus.

A lavishly illustrated and long-overdue guidebook to the rich natural history of Long Island Sound and its coastlines, a region beloved by millions of people. Long Island Sound consists of a diverse collection of unique marine, estuarine, and terres...

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