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Chimpanzees in Context A Comparative Perspective on Chimpanzee Behavior, Cognition, Conservation, and Welfare

Hopper Lydia M., Ross Stephen R.

ISBN: PB: 9780226727981, ISBN: HB: 9780226727844, University of Chicago Press, November 2020
752 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 71 halftones, 44 tables

The study of the chimpanzee, one of the human species' closest relatives, has led scientists to exciting discoveries about evolution, behavior, and cognition over the past half century. In this book, rising and veteran scholars take a fascinating com...

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Evolution

Charles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider How Scientific Names Celebrate Adventurers, Heroes, and Even a Few Scoundrels

Heard Stephen B.

ISBN: HB: 9780300238280, Yale University Press, May 2020
256 pp., 20.9x13.9 cm, 25 black&white illus.

Ever since Carl Linnaeus's binomial system of scientific names was adopted in the eighteenth century, scientists have been eponymously naming organisms in ways that both honor and vilify their namesakes. This charming, informative, and accessible his...

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Entomology

Nature Underfoot Living with Beetles, Crabgrass, Fruit Flies, and Other Tiny Life Around Us

Hainze John

ISBN: HB: 9780300242782, Yale University Press, April 2020
272 pp., 20.9x13.9 cm, 9 black&white illus.

Fruit flies, silverfish, dandelions, and crabgrass are the bane of many people and the target of numerous chemical and physical eradication efforts. In this compelling reassessment of the relationship between humans and the natural world, John Hainze...

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Evolution

On the Backs of Tortoises Darwin, the Galapagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden

Hennessy Elizabeth

ISBN: HB: 9780300232745, Yale University Press, January 2020
336 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 20 black&white illus.

The Galapagos archipelago is often viewed as a last foothold of pristine nature. For sixty years, conservationists have worked to restore this evolutionary Eden after centuries of exploitation at the hands of pirates, whalers, and island settlers. Th...

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Mammals

Dogs

Complete Book of Cat and Dog Health

Hansen Lise

ISBN: PB: 9781787114159, Bookport, Hubble & Hattie, September 2019
232 pp., 24x20 cm, 50 colour photos

Written by a qualified veterinarian, this is a complete and comprehensive guide to health care for cats and dogs, providing invaluable advice on essential aspects of care, such as diet and vaccinations, as well as a guide to holistic treatments. The...

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Evolution

Anthropology

Where Are We Heading? The Evolution of Humans and Things

Hodder Ian

ISBN: HB: 9780300204094, Yale University Press, October 2018
200 pp., 21x14 cm, 20 black&white illus.

In this engaging exploration, archaeologist Ian Hodder departs from the two prevailing modes of thought about human evolution: the older idea of constant advancement toward a civilized ideal and the newer one of a directionless process of natural sel...

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Mammals

Evolution

Great Apes A Short History

Herzfeld Chris, Goodall Jane, Frey Kevin

ISBN: HB: 9780300221374, Yale University Press, February 2018
336 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 25 black&white illus.

This insightful work is a compact but wide-ranging survey of humankind's relationship to the great apes (chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans), from antiquity to the present. Replete with fascinating historical details and anecdotes, it traces...

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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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Ecology

Evolution

Messages from Islands A Global Biodiversity Tour

Hanski Ilkka

ISBN: PB: 9780226406442, ISBN: HB: 9780226406305, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 54 halftones, 2 tables

From a small island in the Baltic Sea to the large tropical islands of Borneo and Madagascar, "Messages from Islands" is a global tour of these natural, water-bound laboratories. In this career-spanning work, Ilkka Hanski draws upon the many islands...

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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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