Zoology
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The Myth of Monogamy: Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People
$20.99 Add to cartApplying new research to sex in the animal world, esteemed scientists David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton dispel the notion that monogamy comes naturally. In fact, as The Myth of Monogamy reveals, b
- Author: Barash, David P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 05 2000
- ISBN10: 0805071369
- Language: English
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True or Poo?: The Definitive Field Guide to Filthy Animal Facts and Falsehoods
$16.00 Read moreFrom the scientist duo behind the New York Times bestselling sensation Does It Fart? comes a new illustrated compendium of animal facts and falsehoods, from the head-scratching to the repulsive
Afte- Series: Does It Fart #2
- Author: Caruso, Nick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 23 2018
- ISBN10: 316528129
- Language: English
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Jane Goodall: A Biography
$17.99 Add to cartRecent polls identify Jane Goodall to be the most recognizable living scientist in the Western world. Her work with chimpanzees at the Gombe Stream Reserve in Tanzania has been renowned as one of the … [more below]
- Author: Greene, Meg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1591026113
- Language: English
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Raptors: The Curious Nature of Diurnal Birds of Prey
$35.00 Add to cartRaptors are formally classified into five families and include birds–such as eagles, ospreys, kites, true hawks, buzzards, harriers, vultures, and falcons–that are familiar and recognized by many ob
- Author: Bildstein, Keith L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 1501705792
- Language: English
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How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution
$22.00 Add to cartTucked away in Siberia, there are furry, four-legged creatures with wagging tails and floppy ears that are as docile and friendly as any lapdog. But, despite appearances, these are not dogs–they are … [more below]
- Author: Dugatkin, Lee Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 14 2019
- ISBN10: 022659971X
- Language: English
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Insects of the Los Angeles Basin
$0.00 Read moreUpdated for the first time in over twenty years, the third edition of Insects of the Los Angeles Basin is a beautifully produced and richly illustrated field guide to more than 450 common or conspicuo… [more below]
- Author: Hogue, Charles L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0938644440
- Language: English
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Mammals of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland
$31.00 Add to cartThe only volume to deal specifically with the mid-Atlantic region, this practical guide describes in detail the 88 terrestrial mammals found there as well as the 33 marine species that inhabit the off… [more below]
- Author: Webster, Wm David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 24 2004
- ISBN10: 0807855421
- Language: English
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Why Peacocks?: An Unlikely Search for Meaning in the World’s Most Magnificent Bird
$19.00 Add to cartAn acclaimed journalist seeks to understand the mysterious allure of peacocks–and in the process discovers unexpected and valuable life lessons.
2022 Carnegie Medal for Excellence Longlist Selection- Author: Flynn, Sean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1982101083
- Language: English
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Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics, and Risks of De-Extinction
$26.95 Add to cartNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New Yorker and Science News
What happens when you try to recreate a woolly mammoth–fascinating science, or conservation catastrophe? Jurassic Park meet… [more below]
- Series: David Suzuki Institute
- Author: Wray, Britt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 03 2017
- ISBN10: 1771641649
- Language: English
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Peterson First Guide to Urban Wildlife
$9.99 Read morePeterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural thing
- Series: Peterson First Guide
- Author: Landry, Sarah B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 15 1998
- ISBN10: 039593544X
- Language: English
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I Am Not an Octopus: Animals in the Ocean
$9.99 Read moreThe ocean is salty and can be warm or cold. It covers 70 percent of the Earth and is my home. I love to hunt and eat fish but am not an octopus. I am a graceful swimmer and can jump out of the water b… [more below]
- Series: What Animal Am I?
- Author: Bolte, Mari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666343471
- Language: English
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Travels with Trilobites: Adventures in the Paleozoic
$39.95 Add to cartTrilobites were some of the most successful and versatile organisms ever to exist. Among the earliest forms of complex animal life, these hard-shelled marine invertebrates inhabited the primal seas of
- Author: Secher, Andy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 023120096X
- Language: English
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Vultures of the World: Essential Ecology and Conservation
$34.95 Add to cartIn Vultures of the World, Keith L. Bildstein provides an engaging look at vultures and condors, seeking to help us understand these widely recognized but underappreciated birds.
Bildstein’s latest wor
- Author: Bildstein, Keith L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1501761617
- Language: English
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Reptiles of the Northwest: British Columbia to California, Rockies to the Coast
$24.95 Add to cartThis updated and revised comprehensive field guide covers 42 native turtles, lizards and snakes, grouped and color coded for quick identification. All of the species are shown in a quick reference gui… [more below]
- Author: St John, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1774510138
- Language: English
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The Natural History of the Bahamas: A Field Guide
$34.95 Add to cartTake this book with you on your next trip to the Bahamas or the Turks and Caicos Islands or keep it close to hand in your travel library. The Natural History of the Bahamas offers the most comprehensi
- Author: Currie, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1501713671
- Language: English
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A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinctions
$22.95 Read moreFollowing the trails of Hawai’i’s snails to explore the simultaneously biological and cultural significance of extinction.
In this time of extinctions, the humble snail rarely gets a mention. And yet- Author: Van Dooren, Thom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0262547341
- Language: English
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Beyond the Secret Elephants
$19.99 Add to cartGareth Patterson rediscovered the most southerly elephants in the world, the highly endangered and secretive Knysna elephants of the southern Cape, South Africa. It was during this time that he also m
- Author: Patterson, Gareth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 195547169X
- Language: English
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The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World – And Us
$21.00 Add to cartA major reimagining of how evolutionary forces work, revealing how mating preferences–what Darwin termed “the taste for the beautiful”–create the extraordinary range of ornament in the animal world.… [more below]
- Author: Prum, Richard O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 03 2018
- ISBN10: 0345804570
- Language: English
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Vagrancy in Birds
$35.00 Read moreAn exploration of the causes and patterns of avian vagrancy
Avian vagrancy–the appearance of birds outside of their expected habitat–is a phenomenon that has fascinated natural historians for centur- Author: Lees, Alexander
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0691224889
- Language: English
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Birds: An Illustrated Field Guide
$14.95 Add to cartA beautifully illustrated pocket-size field guide to the birds of North America–a must-have for any birder’s backpack or home library.
Birds: An Illustrated Field Guide is a compact, beautifully illu
- Series: Illustrated Field Guides
- Author: Sun, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1951511328
- Language: English
