Life Sciences: General Issues

For almost a century and a half, biologists have gone to the seashore to study life. The oceans contain rich biodiversity, and organisms at the int...

Although complexity surrounds us, its inherent uncertainty, ambiguity, and contradiction can at first make complex systems appear inscrutable. Ecos...

Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. Reflecting on his coming-of-age in the South as a B...

Provides an accessible introduction to urban ecology, using established ecological theory to identify generalities in the complexity of urban envir...

Aspergillosis, the leading fungal cause of mortality in immunocompromised patients, presents a serious worldwide challengeparticularly in the face ...

Astrobiology is the study of the origin and development of life on this and other planets. What fascinates people about astrobiology is that it see...

How did the dog become mans best friend? A celebrated anthropologist unearths the mysterious origins of the unique partnership that rewrote the his...

For readers of Entangled Life and The Hidden Life of Trees, a fascinating journey into the world of plants and animals, and the ways they communica...

WINNER OF THE JOHN AVERY AWARD AT THE ANDRÉ SIMON AWARDS If we can save the salmon, we can save the world Over the centuries, salmon have been a ...

*2022 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal Winner: Ecology & Environment *2022 Nautilus Book Award Special Honors as Best of Anthology For readers ...

How can we become more in tune with nature, even in the heart of the city? Once upon a time, a burnt-out Claire Dunn spent a year living off the gr...

We live in unprecedented times - the Anthropocene - defined by far-reaching human impacts on the natural systems that underpin civilisation. Planet...

The management and conservation of natural populations relies heavily on concepts and results generated from models of population dynamics. Yet thi...

Human activity during the Anthropocene has transformed landscapes worldwide on a scale that rivals or exceeds even the largest of natural forces. L...

Initially proposed for the US Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal, Buckminster Fuller's World Game was played for the first time in 1969 in New York. O...

An in-depth look at the history of the environment.Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Will our lifesty...

Nautilus Award Gold Medal Winner, Ecology & Environment   In Matter and Desire, internationally renowned biologist and philosopher Andreas Web...

For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemist...