The Earth: Natural History General

A decade after publication of the first edition, Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles responds to extensive changes in the field of toxinology...

'A compelling way of looking at the world' The TLS WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ATMOSPHERE? Some travellers are driven by the need to scale...

In recent years, citizen science has emerged as a powerful new concept to enable the general public, students, and volunteers to become involved in...

This book sets out some of the latest scientific findings around the evolutionary development of religion and faith and then explores their theolog...

This symposium, held in Argentina in March 2003, commemorates Otto Nordenskjölds 1901 expedition, and pays tribute to the Swedish and Argentinian e...

A common group of plants in the Midwests natural areas, the oval sedges supply food for wildlife while their roots bind the soil and their vegetati...

Go beyond the scenery of the Pacific temperate rainforest to witness how complex ecosystems survive in a world of upheavals   If you live on a rapi...

Deserts cover about one third of the earths surface and are the largest terrestrial ecosystem in the world. They are the only biome that is actuall...

Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives is an award-winning and groundbreaking exploration of the fundamental elements of the taxonomy, systematics, ...

The Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is the next-generation multispectral imaging instrument to fly on US operational, polar-orbiti...

This volume examines cells set aside during development for use later in ontogeny or in adult life. There is no single term for such cells. The cel...

Written by one of the leading figures in biosocial criminology and evolutionary psychology, this work explores the tight relationship between crimi...

Nobody sees and understands woodland better than Ray Mears.With deep natural history knowledge and practical woodcraft skills, gained over a lifeti...

Natural Designs chronicles the life and work of the earliest and most influential Spanish historian of the New World, Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (...

Since its establishment as a federally protected wilderness in 1964, the Boundary Waters has become one of our nations most valuableand most freque...

The story of humanitys evolving relationship with the natural world from pre-history to the present day   Nature has long been the source of human ...

Drylands, a home for nearly 2.5 billion people, are highly vulnerable to anthropogenic climate change, and dryland area may expand to 50% of the Ea...

A SUNDAY TIMES NATURE BOOK OF THE YEAR*UPDATED EDITION FEATURING EXTRA MATERIAL*A nature diary by award-winning novelist, nature writer and hit pod...