Evolution

Understanding the mechanisms driving biological diversity remains a central problem in ecology and evolutionary biology. Traditional explanations a...

What defines who we are? For decades, the biological answer has been our genes. In The Master Builder, leading biologist Alfonso Martinez Arias bre...

'Timely, important and compelling' Philip Ball'A new and stunning argument' Azra RazaWhat defines who we are? Until now, the biological answer has ...

An up-to-date reference book on phylogenetic methods and applications for evolutionary biologistsThe increasingly widespread availability of genomi...

The Blind Watchmaker is the seminal text for understanding evolution today. In the eighteenth century, theologian William Paley developed a famous ...

This book is an intellectual tour de force: a comprehensive Darwinian interpretation of human development. Looking at the entire range of human evo...

CITIZEN SCIENTIST is award-winning environmental journalist and author Mary Ellen Hannibal's story of becoming a citizen scientist - and finding mo...

Franklin M. Harold's On Life reveals what science can tell us about the living world. All creatures, from bacteria and redwoods to garden snails a...

Over time the complex idea of species has evolved, yet its meaning is far from resolved. This comprehensive work is a fresh look at an idea central...

* A TIMES BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR *From the prize-winning author of Adventures in the Anthropocene, the astonishing story of how culture enab...

'A phenomenally important book' Lewis Dartnell, author of OriginsWhy do we live in families?Why do we help complete strangers?Why do we compare our...

While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convinc...

The widespread use of mouse models in developmental, behavioural and genetic studies has sparked wider interest in rodent biology as a whole. This ...

The evolution of high-crowned teeth, hypsodonty, is a defining characteristic of many terrestrial herbivores. To date, the most prominent focus in ...

Understanding the symbiosis between plants and pathogenic microbes is at the core of effective disease management for crops and managed forests. At...

Understanding the symbiosis between plants and pathogenic microbes is at the core of effective disease management for crops and managed forests. At...

Positive psychologists focus on ways that we can advance the lives of individuals and communities by studying the factors that increase positive ou...

In this worldwide survey, Clive Gamble explores the evolution of the human imagination, without which we would not have become a global species. He...

The rhythm of life on Earth includes several strong themes contributed by Kingdom Fungi. So why are fungi ignored when theorists ponder the origin ...