Biology, Life Sciences

Brain and behaviour are intrinsically linked. Animals demonstrate a huge and complex repertoire of behaviours, so how can specific behaviours be ma...

Carlos Magdalena of Kew Gardens is not your average botanical horticulturist. He's a man on a mission to save the world's most endangered plants fr...

Life on planet earth is not weirder than we imagine. It's weirder than we are capable of imagining. In this breathtakingly audacious book, Simon Ba...

Would you ask a honeybee to point at a screen and recognise a facial expression? Or ask an elephant to climb a tree? While humans and non-human spe...

The ability to communicate quickly and flexibly through both spoken and written language is one of the defining characteristics of the human race. ...

Winner of the NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language Although Roe v. Wade identified ab...

In the Eastern Aegean lies an island of forested hills and olive groves, with streams, marshes and a lagoon that nearly cuts the land in two. It wa...

The Pictorial Atlas of Soilborne Fungal Plant Pathogens and Diseases describes the soilborne fungal diseases caused by Oomycetes, Zygomycetes, Asco...

This book describes genomic uracil in evolution, as a DNA constituent in adaptive and innate immune responses and as a mutagenic lesion causing can...

A neuroscientist reveals unique aspects of decision-making and the best strategies for protecting and enhancing the brains ability to navigate life...

Every year millions of puppies enter homes, carrying their new familys expectation of a wonderful relationship. Sadly, many are rehomed or lose the...