Zoology & Animal Sciences

To help visitors, as well as local residents, identify and enjoy the wildlife of Costa Rica, Carrol L. Henderson published Field Guide to the Wildl...

This volume, in its over two dozen chapters, constitutes an overview of the current plant toxin research. It covers from general aspects of plant t...

This volume deals mainly with the specialized aspect of toxins and drug discovery. Man has been using natural resources especially plants to treat ...

They change color depending on their mood. They possess uniquely adapted hands and feet distinct from other tetrapods. They feature independently m...

Herpetology, Fourth Edition presents a functional understanding of amphibians and reptiles-what they do and how they do it, and how those attribute...

This book is intended as an introductory text for students studying a wide range of courses concerned with animal management, zoo biology and wildl...

Anaesthetising a fish, x-raying a frog and hospitalising a walrus are all in a day''s work for the world''s wildest veterinarian. ...

Raise a gaggle of geese, the unsung heroes of the small farm While chickens preen in the spotlight, geese are the historic unsung heroes of small...

Animals are disappearing, vanishing, and dying out-not just in the physical sense of becoming extinct, but in the sense of being erased from our co...

Humans spend more time in or on the water than ever before; we love the beach. But for many people, getting in the water provokes a moments hesitat...