Zoology & Animal Sciences

Enter the secret lives of Britain's ordinary garden birds and the brilliant, unconventional woman who opened her doors to them.In the late 1930s, L...

Aphids and their colonies are excellent arenas in which to observe predators in action. A range of insects come to eat or parasitise the aphids or ...

A calm water surface on any freshwater habitat can support a community of animals and plants of great interest. Some live above the water but in re...

With more than 10,000 known species, recent reptiles (excluding birds) are the most specious tetrapod class. Their diversity is high, and many of t...

Studying invertebrates is a comprehensive guide to designing and carrying out ecological investigations, especially those involving sampling invert...

This is a open access book. Ranaviruses, double-stranded DNA viruses (family Iridoviridae) that cause systemic, life-threatening disease in a varie...

Featuring animal research, from pigeons to primates, this book explains how comparative psychology can enrich our insights into human psychological...

Artistic duo Mothmeister have created a place they call Wounderland. It is a land in which grotesque creatures, in fascinating yet disturbing masks...

'What I like best about this fascinating book is the detail. Brian Butterworth doesn't just tell us stories of animals with numerical abilities: he...

Fino a che punto luomo, grazie alla scienza e alla tecnologia, può migliorare se stesso, allungandosi la vita e potenziando le proprie funzioni fis...

Camera trapping in wildlife management and research is a growing global phenomenon. The technology is advancing very quickly, providing unique oppo...

Honey bees deliberate democratically. Rats reflect on the past. Snakes have friends. In recent decades, our understanding of animal intelligence ha...

The book represents a critical update on interactions between the host and its gut microbiome that conditions the socio-biology of the mind and beh...