Zoology & Animal Sciences

When a bone of unknown origin is found at a location, forensic implications arise immediately. Is this bone human, and if so, is it evidence of a m...

Handbook of the Zoology of Amphistomes provides a comprehensive survey on the morphology, ecology, systematics, and zoogeography of amphistomes, wh...

The handicap principle, first proposed by Zahavi about 17 years ago, has in the past several years become widely accepted as a central unifying the...

Health and welfare issues of brachycephalic (flat-faced) animals are one of the most pressing problems facing companion animals right now. Dogs, in...

The evolution of animal diversity is strongly affected by the origin of novel cell and tissue types and their interactions with each other. Underst...

This volume provides a primarily nontechnical summary of experimental and theoretical work conducted over the course of 35 years which resulted in ...

This text provides a complete account of this particular rat strain. The book includes extensive data on reproductive indices, congenital abnormali...

Ever since the discovery of fossil remains of extinct animals associated with flint implements, bones and other animal remains have been providing ...

A listing and analysis of 3106 references to the rhinoceros in books and articles.

This book provides an introduction to population dynamics, exploring rules that govern change in any dynamic system and applying these general prin...

Much has happened in the 19 years since the publication of the first edition of Reptiles and Amphibians: Self-Assessment Color Review. Many more sc...

The value of the canine nose is well-documented, and working dogs are being utilized for their olfactory skills in an increasing number of fields. ...

Those who have been privileged to watch baboons long enough to know them as individuals and who have learned to interpret some of their more subtle...

In Six-Legged Soldiers, Jeffrey A. Lockwood paints a brilliant portrait of the many weirdly creative, truly frightening, and ultimately powerful wa...

Whether through loss of habitat or cascading community effects, diseases can shape the very nature of the marine environment. Despite their signifi...

In response to the general lack of information about zoo libraries, this book, first published in 1988, compiles a collection of descriptions of th...

Here is a uniquely modern approach to the study of physiological diversity that builds on the tradition established by C. Ladd Prosser's Comparativ...

This book is an extended argument for abandoning the species rank. Instead, the author proposes that the rank of "species" be replaced by a plurali...

Respiration represents the major area of ignorance in our understanding of the global carbon cycle. In spite of its obvious ecological and biogeoch...

Those who have been privileged to watch baboons long enough to know them as individuals and who have learned to interpret some of their more subtle...

This book lays out a number of the general issues concerning the structure of rugged fitness landscapes and examines both the history and the curre...

Originally published in 1983, this volume is a collection of papers by research workers active at the time. It includes reviews of special areas wi...

Xenolinguistics brings together biologists, anthropologists, linguists, and other experts specializing in language and communication to explore wha...

During the past quarter century, there has been a tremendous expansion in our knowledge about gastropods, their behavior and their neurobiology. We...

Feral pigeons are among the most familiar and abundant of the birds of the world. They are a major urban pest species, living closely in associatio...

N.N. Ladygina-Kohts earned her degree in comparative psychology at Moscow University in 1917, then became the first curator of the Darwin Museum in...

Originally published in 1937, Pavlov and his School provides fascinating biographical information about Pavlov himself and is a clear and concise a...

A thrilling face-to-face encounter with animals in their own environment – their elaborate displays, intimate lives, and extraordinary behaviourDid...

ONE OF USA TODAY'S “20 SUMMER BOOKS YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS” In the bestselling tradition of works by such authors as Susan Orlean and Mary Roach, a...

How dominant culture from sexism and homophobia to racism, capitalism, ableism, and more has limited the science of animal behavior, and how we can...

The sense of smell is at least equally important to may animals as sight and hearing. This important fact had previously been largely overlooked an...

Clean and environmentally sound disposal of animal waste in the quantities that Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) produce can only be ...

Originally published in 1974, this volume examines the behavioural similarities of obese humans and animals whose so-called feeding centre (the ven...

This book attempts to advance Donald Griffin's vision of the "final, crowning chapter of the Darwinian revolution" by developing a philosophy for t...

A charismatic naturalist, bird-watcher, teacher, artist, photographer, film-maker, and winner of the Nobel Prize, Niko Tinbergen was a prominent an...

The Laboratory Small Ruminant details basic information and common procedures for individuals performing research with small ruminants. Details inc...

This book attempts to advance Donald Griffin's vision of the "final, crowning chapter of the Darwinian revolution" by developing a philosophy for t...

This volume contains original contributions from an international group of authors with the highest reputations in their respective areas of phylog...

Arguing that historical analysis is an important, yet heretofore largely underexplored dimension of scholarship in animal geographies, this book se...

First Published in 1997. The papers in this volume on invertebrate behaviour, predominantly ant behaviour, are presented as a tribute to T. C. Schn...

Foraging is fundamental to animal survival and reproduction, yet it is much more than a simple matter of finding food; it is a biological imperativ...

While observing a family of elephants in the wild, Caitlin O'Connell noticed a peculiar listening behavior in which the matriarch lifted her foot a...

Consciously or not, wildlife managers generally act from a theoretical basis, although they may not be fully versed in the details or ramifications...

"Presenting a historical analysis of the evolution of systematics during the last one hundred years, Milestones in Systematics reviews many of the ...

Career Paths in Human-Animal Interaction for Social and Behavioral Scientists is an essential text for students and professionals wanting to pursue...