Zoology & Animal Sciences

The state of São Paulo, Brazil, is one of the most densely populated and developed areas in South America. Such development is evident both in term...

Freshwater ecosystems have the greatest species diversity per unit area and many endangered species. This book shows that, rather than being a marg...

Southwest Asia is at the epicentre of zooarchaeological research on pivotal changes in human history such as animal domestication and the emergence...

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

The Lower Rio Grande Valley is an ecologically unique region acclaimed for its biodiversity and great conservation value. The Valley harbors a mult...

Gives an account of the morphologies of vertebrate respiratory organs and attempts to explicate the basis of the common and different structural an...

Nanotechnology offers a revolutionary and definitive approach for the efficient delivery of drug molecules to non-healthy tissues and cells. This f...

What differentiates humans from other living beings is our ability to communicate, our complex reasoning, and our use of skilled hands and smart br...

This book connects information technology (IT) to the fisheries and aquaculture sectors. The topics covered in the book explore the diverse ways in...

This book contains information on geographic location and park size, climate, topography, history of each park, and biodiversity and ecosystems. It...

We live more intimately with nonhuman animals than ever before in history. The change in the way we cohabitate with animals can be seen in the way ...

Advances in Insect Physiology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics includin...

The book offers a comparative look at the social strategies of five carnivorous social predators (four terrestrial and one marine) that make them s...

The bonobo, along with the chimpanzee, is one of our two closest living relatives. Their relatively narrow geographic range (south of the Congo Riv...

The book presents updated information on the cryopreservation of semen, embryos, germ cells and ovarian follicles of neotropical fish from South Am...

Although it is the defining organ of the Chordata, the notochord and its cells are one of the least understood vertebrate organs. This may be becau...

Vertebrates possess lineage-specific characteristics. These include paired anterior sense organs and a robust, modular head skeleton built of cellu...

Laboratory animals, including ferrets, play an important role in biomedical research and advances. The humane care and management of these animals ...

From a leading researcher on dolphin communication, a deep dive into the many ways animal species communicate with their kin, their neighboring spe...