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Sea Life

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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Birds

Amazing Nature

Empire of the Eagle An Illustrated Natural History

Unwin Mike, Tipling David

ISBN: HB: 9780300232899, Yale University Press, November 2018
288 pp., 28.9x23.5 cm, 400 colour illus.

Eagles hold a unique allure among birds for their combination of power, grace, and predatory prowess. Captivating the human imagination, these raptors have symbolized pride, freedom, and independence of spirit since humankind's earliest times. This b...

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Mammals

Elephant Don The Politics of a Pachyderm Posse

O'Connell Caitlin

ISBN: PB: 9780226380056, ISBN: HB: 9780226106113, University of Chicago Press, August 2016
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 44 halftones

Meet Greg. He's a stocky guy with an outsized swagger. He's been the intimidating yet sociable don of his posse of friends – including Abe, Keith, Mike, Kevin, Torn Trunk, and Willie. But one arid summer the tide begins to shift and the third-ranking...

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Reptiles & Amphibians

Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog, Adder's Fork and Lizard's Leg The Lore and Mythology of Amphibians and Reptiles

Crump Marty

ISBN: HB: 9780226116006, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
304 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 155 colour plates, 1 table

Frogs are worshipped for bringing nourishing rains, but blamed for devastating floods. Turtles are admired for their wisdom and longevity, but ridiculed for their sluggish and cowardly behavior. Snakes are respected for their ability to heal and rest...

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Ecology

Mammals

Extreme Measures The Ecological Energetics of Birds and Mammals

McNab Brian K.

ISBN: PB: 9780226561233, ISBN: HB: 9780226561226, University of Chicago Press, June 2012
336 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 7 halftones, 97 line illus.

Along with reproduction, balancing energy expenditure with the limits of resource acquisition is essential for both a species and a population to survive. But energy is a limited resource, as we know well, so birds and mammals – the most energy-inten...

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Sea Life

Entirely Synthetic Fish How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World

Halverson Anders

ISBN: PB: 9780300140880, Yale University Press, July 2011
288 pp., 25x15 cm, 20 black&white illus.

Anders Halverson provides an exhaustively researched and grippingly rendered account of the rainbow trout and why it has become the most commonly stocked and controversial freshwater fish in the United States. Discovered in the remote waters of north...

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Sea Life

Evolution

Ecology and Evolution of Poeciliid Fishes

Evans Jonathan P., Pilastro Andrea, Schlupp Ingo

ISBN: HB: 9780226222745, University of Chicago Press, July 2011
472 pp., 28x22 cm, 54 maps, 25 tables, 34 line illus.

The history of biology is populated by numerous model species or organisms. But few vertebrate groups have aided evolutionary and ecological research more than the live-bearing fishes of the family Poeciliidae. Found throughout tropical and subtropic...

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Mammals

Elephants on the Edge What Animals Teach Us about Humanity

Bradshaw G. A.

ISBN: PB: 9780300167832, Yale University Press, November 2010
352 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 32 black&white illus.

Drawing on accounts from India to Africa and California to Tennessee, and on research in neuroscience, psychology, and animal behaviour, G. A. Bradshaw explores the minds, emotions, and lives of elephants. Wars, starvation, mass culls, poaching, and...

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