Evolution

We know that animals cross miles of water, land, and sky with pinpoint precision on a daily basis. But it is only in recent years that scientists h...

Approximately eight percent of our DNA contains retroviral sequences that are millions of years old. Through engaging stories of scientific discove...

50 Great Myths of Human Evolution uses common misconceptions to explore basic theory and research in human evolution and strengthen critical thinki...

Picture a world of dog-sized scorpions and millipedes as long as a car; tropical rainforests with trees towering over 150 feet into the sky and a g...

Rhodolith beds form biogenic reefs, oases of high biodiversity in sedimentary seabed environments. The rhodoliths are foundation species, which pro...

A compelling takedown of prevailing myths about human behavior, updated and expanded to meet the current moment.      There are three major myths o...

This book proposes a new angle on the controversy over evolution as a biological theory, creation as a theological/worldview doctrine and evolution...

A groundbreaking examination of the implications of synthetic biology for biodiversity conservation  It is impressive how the book manages to be so...

For fans of WHAT IF? and NEW SCIENTIST comes this brilliantly funny and informative look at the stranger side of evolution.Featuring:The Zombie ant...

The arborescent gymnosperms are the most prevalent trees in one-third of the world's forests, and have dominated the Earth's forest ecosystems thro...

The arborescent gymnosperms are the most prevalent trees in one-third of the world's forests, and have dominated the Earth's forest ecosystems thro...

Developmental biology is seemingly well understood, with development widely accepted as being a series of programmed changes through which an egg t...

Why do the best-known examples of evolutionary change involve the alteration of one kind of animal into another very similar one, like the evolutio...

Charles Darwin's masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, shook society to its core on publication in 1859. Darwin was only too aware of the storm hi...

Phylogenies in Ecology is the first book to critically review the application of phylogenetic methods in ecology, and it serves as a primer to work...

How complex systems theory sheds new light on the adaptive dynamics of viral populationsViruses are everywhere, infecting all sorts of living organ...

Mycorrhizae are mutualisms between plants and fungi that evolved over 400 million years ago. This symbiotic relationship commenced with land invasi...

All of nature is beautiful. This stunning book shows how a variety of amazing creatures have evolved to look and behave the way they do.As humans, ...

Floral morphology is key for understanding floral evolution and plant identification. Floral diagrams are two-dimensional representations of flower...