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Anatomy of the Honey Bee by R. E. Snodgrass
$42.92First published in 1956, this classic work on the anatomy of honey bee by R. (Robert) E. Snodgrass is acclaimed as much for the author's remarkably detailed line drawings of the various body parts and organs of his subject as for his authoritative... -
The Mating Game: The Revolting Pursuit of Love in the Animal Kingdom by Dahlia Gallin Ramirez
RRP: $15.47$10.67Through a series of funny dating profiles, find out more about the unbelievably weird mating habits of a variety of bachelors, bachelorettes, and non-gender-binary bachelorx, from capuchin monkeys and praying mantises to hyenas and hippos. Raunchy, yet... -
Desert Navigator: The Journey of an Ant by Rudiger Wehner 9780674045880
RRP: $72.18$63.76Winner of the Association of American Publishers PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life SciencesA world-renowned researcher of animal behavior reveals the extraordinary orienteering skills of desert ants, offering a thrilling account of the... -
Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals by Franz de Waal 9780674356610
$40.07To observe a dog's guilty look.to witness a gorilla's self-sacrifice for a wounded mate, to watch an elephant herd's communal effort on behalf of a stranded calf--to catch animals in certain acts is to wonder what moves them. Might there he a code of... -
Dictionary of Zoo Biology and Animal Management by Paul A. Rees
RRP: $67.02$58.77This dictionary is intended as a guide to the terminology used in a wide range of animal-related programmes of study including agriculture, animal care, animal management, animal production, animal welfare, veterinary nursing, wildlife conservation and... -
Snails on rocky sea shores by John Crothers
RRP: $25.80$21.19The snails found living on rocky sea shores are among the most rewarding invertebrate animals to study. Species such as dog-whelks, topshells and winkles are easy to find, capture, identify, measure and mark. This book provides a key to common species,... -
Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good by Jonathan Balcombe 9781403986023
RRP: $20.63$15.04Pleasurable Kingdom marshalls the latest evidence that animals, like humans, enjoy themselves. It debunks the popular perception that life for most is a continuous, grim struggle for survival. Instead it suggests that creatures from birds to bats to... -
The Trilobite Book: A Visual Journey by Riccardo Levi-Setti
$65.34Distant relatives of modern lobsters, horseshoe crabs, and spiders, trilobites swam the planet's prehistoric seas for 300 million years, from the Lower Cambrian to the end of the Permian eras-and they did so very capably. Trilobite fossils have been... -
The Rise of Reptiles: 320 Million Years of Evolution by Hans-Dieter Sues 9781421428673
$90.35The defining masterwork on the evolution of reptiles.Over 300 million years ago, an early land vertebrate developed an egg that contained the embryo in an amnion, allowing it to be deposited on land. This moment marked the first step in the fascinating... -
Man Who Filmed Nessie, The: Tim Dinsdale and the Enigma of Loch Ness by Angus Dinsdale 9780888397270
RRP: $27.08$17.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888397270Author Angus DinsdaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd... -
Honeybee Ecology: A Study of Adaptation in Social Life by Thomas D. Seeley
$40.67The book presents honeybees as a model system for investigating advanced social life among insects from an evolutionary perspective. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make... -
Monkeytalk: Inside the Worlds and Minds of Primates by Julia Fischer
RRP: $28.38$27.37Monkey see, monkey do or does he? Can the behavior of non-human primates their sociality, their intelligence, their communication really be chalked up to simple mimicry? Emphatically, absolutely: no. And as famed primatologist Julia Fischer reveals, the... -
Ecological Morphology: Integrative Organismal Biology by Peter C. Wainwright 9780226869957
RRP: $55.47$53.34Ecological morphology examines the relation between an animal's anatomy and physiology - its form and function - and how the animal has evolved in, and can inhabit, a particular environment. This book provides a synthesis of major concepts and a... -
The Great Apes: A Short History by Chris Herzfeld
RRP: $29.03$24.96A unique, beautifully illustrated exploration of our fascination with our closest primate relatives, and the development of primatology as a discipline This insightful work is a compact but wide-ranging survey of humankind's relationship to the great... -
After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals by Donald R. Prothero
$44.21Perhaps nudged over the evolutionary cliff by a giant boloid striking the earth, the incredible and fascinating group of animals called dinosaurs became extinct some 65 million years ago (except for their feathered descendants). In their place evolved an... -
How to Hide an Octopus and Oth by Ruth Heller 9780448404783
RRP: $7.73$5.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448404783Author Ruth HellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 85gDimensions(mm)... -
Incompressible Fluid Dynamics by P. A Davidson 9780198869092
RRP: $122.55$116.05Incompressible Fluid Dynamics is a textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students of engineering, applied mathematics, and geophysics. The text comprises topics that establish the broad conceptual framework of the subject, expose key... -
Silver For Silence by J M Alvey 9781913603168
RRP: $12.89$10.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913603168Author J M AlveyFormat PaperbackImprint BOTH PressPublisher BOTH PressWeight(grams) 129g -
Australian Magpie: Biology and Behaviour of an Unusual Songbird by Gisela Kaplan 9781486307241
RRP: $46.38$44.40The Australian magpie is one of our nation's most popular and iconic birds. It is loved for its impressive vocal abilities, propensity to play, excellent parenting and willingness to form enduring friendships with people.Written by award-winning author... -
Pocket Guide to the Mammals of Costa Rica by Fiona A. Reid 9781501766961
RRP: $36.11$25.85Pocket Guide to the Mammals of Costa Rica is the first guide to provide comprehensive coverage of every currently known mammal species found in Costa Rica. From the Central American Silky Anteater to the West Indian Manatee, Fiona A. Reid and Gianfranco... -
How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls: Animal Movement and the Robots of the Future by David Hu 9780691204161
RRP: $16.76$13.27Discovering the secrets of animal movement and what they can teach us Insects walk on water, snakes slither, and fish swim. Animals move with astounding grace, speed, and versatility: how do they do it, and what can we learn from them? How to Walk on... -
Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach by John R. Krebs 9780865427310
RRP: $87.66$76.95Intended for graduate and upper level undergraduate courses in behavioural ecology where students are already familiar with the basic ideas, this book continues to define the subject. A completely new set of contributions has been brought together once... -
Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao: A Site and Field Guide by Jeffrey V. Wells
RRP: $46.44$35.33Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao is the essential guide for anyone traveling to those islands. It showcases the more than 280 species seen on Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao and provides descriptions of and directions to the best places to bird, from the... -
The Behavior of Animals: Mechanisms, Function and Evolution by Johan Bolhuis
RRP: $99.27$87.76The Behavior of Animals An updated view of animal behavior studies, featuring global experts The Behavior of Animals, Second Edition provides a broad overview of the current state of animal behavior studies with contributions from international experts... -
Army Ants: Nature’s Ultimate Social Hunters by Daniel J. C. Kronauer 9780674241558
RRP: $74.76$60.59A richly illustrated, captivating study of army ants, nature's preeminent social hunters.A swarm raid is one of nature's great spectacles. In tropical rainforests around the world, army ants march in groups by the thousands to overwhelm large solitary... -
Varanoid Lizards of the World by Erick Pianka
$66.78The large and impressive monitor lizard (genus Varanus) has attracted a great deal of interest. Despite being wary and difficult to observe, monitors have received an extraordinary amount of attention from devoted students. Varanoid Lizards of the World... -
Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Grouse by Brett K. Sandercock 9780520270060
$86.03Grouse - an ecologically important group of birds that include capercaillie, prairie chickens, and ptarmigan - are distributed throughout the forests, grasslands, and tundra of Europe, Asia, and North America. Today, many grouse populations are in... -
Beyond Extinction: The Eternal Ocean. Climate Change & the Continuity of Life by Wolfgang Grulke
$128.56The ocean is the womb of all life on earth. It is beautiful and bizarre, violent and mysterious. Inhabited by a cast of characters stolen from fantasy, it's a dystopian world where dragons are real, and monsters are commonplace. Today's spectacular... -
Octopus!: The Most Mysterious Creature in the Sea by Katherine Harmon Courage 9781617230141
RRP: $25.80$16.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617230141Author Katherine Harmon CourageFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint CurrentPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 228g -
Chicken by Annie Potts
$18.90No creature has been subject to such extremes of reverence and exploitation as the chicken. Hens have been venerated as cosmic creators and roosters as solar divinities. Many cultures have found the mysteries of birth, healing, death and resurrection... -
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy, XIX by Ron Johnston FBA 9780197267202
$84.73The lives of the outstanding scholars celebrated in the volume often reveal unexpected personal and professional backgrounds. Taken together they build up a picture of the development of Britain's intellectual life.Book InformationISBN... -
Specimen Aural Tests, Grade 7 with 2 CDs: New traditional Chinese edition by ABRSM 9781848492844
RRP: $26.45$21.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848492844Author ABRSMPage Count 48Imprint Associated Board of the Royal Schools of MusicPublisher Associated Board of the Royal Schools of... -
The Fragmented Mind by Cristina Borgoni 9780198850670
RRP: $138.68$125.89Mental fragmentation is the thesis that the mind is fragmented, or compartmentalized. Roughly, this means that an agent's overall belief state is divided into several sub-states-fragments. These fragments need not make for a consistent and deductively... -
Come and dance by Toby Young 9780193539488
$5.16for SATB unaccompanied This is an energetic setting of a text by Jennifer Thorp that celebrates and encourages festivities during Christmas time. With a fast tempo, Young's lively melodies are full of syncopated rhythms and supported by colourful... -
The Avian Migrant: The Biology of Bird Migration by John H. Rappole 9780231146784
$124.37The purpose of migration, regardless of the distance involved, is to exploit two or more environments suitable for survival or reproduction over time, usually on a seasonal basis. Yet individual organisms can practice the phenomenon differently, and... -
The Sensory Ecology of Birds by Graham R. Martin 9780199694532
RRP: $138.68$119.33Birds are renowned for their exceptional vision and the way that this enables them to survive and navigate the world in such a unique way. However, it is now recognised that avian behaviour is guided by information drawn from many different senses which... -
The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians by Bo Beolens
RRP: $45.14$37.68New species of animal and plant are being discovered all the time. When this happens, the new species has to be given a scientific, Latin name in addition to any common, vernacular name. In either case the species may be named after a person, often the... -
Blowflies by Zakaria Erzinclioglu
RRP: $25.80$21.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780855463038Author Zakaria ErzincliogluFormat PaperbackPage Count 71Imprint Richmond Publishing Co LtdPublisher Richmond Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams) 140g -
Marine Mammal Biology: An Evolutionary Approach by A. Rus Hoelzel 9780632052325
RRP: $94.11$82.38This book provides a general introduction to the biology of marine mammals, and an overview of the adaptations that have permitted mammals to succeed in the marine environment. Each chapter, written by experts in their field, will provide an up-to-date... -
Birds of Peru: Revised and Updated Edition by Thomas S. Schulenberg
$51.39Birds of Peru is the most complete and authoritative field guide to this diverse, neotropical landscape. It features every one of Peru's 1,817 bird species and shows the distinct plumages of each in 307 superb, high-quality color plates. Concise...