Biology, Life Sciences

A groundbreaking, evidence-based text to the growing field of evolutionary medicine Evidence-Based Evolutionary Medicine offers a comprehensive rev...

Adapt or die: it's nature's most famous imperative. But how does evolution actually happen? It's too slow to see, but it's going on all around you,...

How does a single cell develop into myriad different specialised cell types, control the organization of these different cells into tissues and org...

An Economist Best History Book 2017  History as it should be written.Barry Cunliffe, Guardian  Scott hits the nail squarely on the head by exposing...

Orcas are the most profitable and controversial display animal in history, and since the release of the documentary Blackfish in 2013, millions aro...

Towns and villages are sometimes viewed as minor, even quaint, spots, whereas this book boldly reconceptualizes these places as important dynamic e...

Tidal Marsh Restoration provides the scientific foundation and practical guidance necessary for coastal zone stewards to initiate salt marsh tidal ...

The discovery of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in the late 1990s ushered in a new age of discovery for innate immunity. The importance of TLRs for imm...

This up-to-date review of seed genomics, from basic seed biology to practical applications in crop science, provides a thorough background understa...

When and how did the brains of our hominin ancestors become human minds? When and why did our capacity for language or art, music and dance evolve?...