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Mammals

Cow with Ear Tag #1389

Gillespie Kathryn

ISBN: PB: 9780226582856, ISBN: HB: 9780226582719, University of Chicago Press, November 2018
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 halftones, 5 line drawings

To translate the journey from a living cow to a glass of milk into tangible terms, Kathryn Gillespie set out to follow the moments in the life cycles of individual animals – animals like the cow with ear tag #1389. She explores how the seemingly beni...

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Evolution

Critical Terms for Animal Studies

Gruen Lori

ISBN: PB: 9780226355429, ISBN: HB: 9780226355399, University of Chicago Press, November 2018
448 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 figure, 1 table

Animal Studies is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field devoted to examining, understanding, and critically evaluating the complex relationships between humans and other animals. Scholarship in Animal Studies draws on a variety of methodologies t...

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Mammals

Voracious Science and Vulnerable Animals A Primate Scientist's Ethical Journey

Gluck John P.

ISBN: HB: 9780226375656, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
360 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 18 halftones

The National Institute of Health recently announced its plan to retire the fifty remaining chimpanzees held in national research facilities and place them in sanctuaries. This significant decision comes after a lengthy process of examination and deba...

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Nature

Stung! On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean

Gershwin Lisa-ann

ISBN: PB: 9780226213033, University of Chicago Press, September 2014
456 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 16 colour illus.

Our oceans are becoming increasingly inhospitable to life – growing toxicity and rising temperatures coupled with overfishing have led many marine species to the brink of collapse. And yet there is one creature that is thriving in this seasick enviro...

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Mammals

Atlas of Selected Land Vertebrates of Madagascar

Goodman Steven M., Raherilalao Marie Jeanne

ISBN: HB: 9782953892352, University of Chicago Press, February 2014
308 pp., 40x29 cm, 446 colour plates and maps

One of the largest islands in the world, Madagascar is home to an astonishing array of endemic vertebrate biodiversity. While recent decades have seen numerous publications on the subject – ranging from technical papers to species descriptions and fi...

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Biology of Reefs and Reef Organisms

Goldberg Walter M.

ISBN: PB: 9780226301686, University of Chicago Press, September 2013
424 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 328 colour plates, 36 halftones, 14 line illus.

Reefs provide a wealth of opportunity for learning about biological and ecosystem processes, and reef biology courses are among the most popular in marine biology and zoology departments the world over. Walter M. Goldberg has taught one such course f...

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Common Edible Seaweeds in the Gulf of Alaska Second Edition

Garza Dolly

ISBN: PB: 9781566121682, University of Chicago Press, March 2013
61 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 44 halftones

Seaweed is fast becoming a new favorite snack, as eaters everywhere are realizing what Alaska Natives have known for millennia: seaweed can be a healthy and tasty treat. Found in abundance along Alaska's shores, it has been believed to do everything...

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