The Ethics of Wildlife Management and Conservation is an accessible introduction to complex ethical issues, making the book an important resource for students in fields such as conservation biology, ecology, environmental science and policy, game management, public health and veterinary medicine.

Bringing together an international team of wildlife experts across North America, Wildlife Ecology and Management in Mexico provides information on the status, distribution, ecological relationships, and habitat requirements and management of the most important game birds and mammals in Mexico. It also reviews current threats and challenges facing wildlife conservation as well as strategies for resolving these issues.

We review a total of 83 species representing four genera in the tribe Eucosmini that occur in the contiguous United States and Canada. Diagnostic morphological features useful in species identification are emphasized.

The Screech Owl Companion introduces screech owls, show how to distinguish them from other species, shares fun lore and legend, and provides step-by-step instructions for making your yard screech ready. You'll learn how to build a nest box and install a simple nest cam that you can monitor from your cell phone to watch when owls move in, lay eggs, and hatch.

In The Nature-Study Idea, Liberty Hyde Bailey articulated the philosophy underlying the nature-study movement in American public schools during the Progressive Era. This edition presents the authoritative text, historical context, related nature-study writings by Bailey, and new appraisals by David W. Orr, Dilafruz R. Williams, and John Linstrom

Covering species from Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae, the third volume of this major work on the moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland has introductory chapters on important aspects of the study of British lepidoptera. It also contains keys to families and species, a systematic section consisting of a detailed description, details of life history, and a distribution map for each species, and structural drawings where necessary. All species and significant variants are illustrated in colour.

This volume inaugurates a complete edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin. For the first time full authoritative texts of Darwin's letters are available, edited according to modern textual editorial principles and practice.

In Ten Birds that Changed the World , naturalist and author Stephen Moss tells the gripping story of this long and eventful relationship through ten key species from all seven of the world's continents. From Odin's faithful raven companions to Darwin's finches, and from the wild turkey of the Americas to the emperor penguin as potent symbol of the climate crisis, this is a fascinating, eye-opening and endlessly engaging work of natural history.

The series is designed for use in the field and is kept as user friendly as possible with technical terminology kept to a minimum and a glossary of terms provided, although the complexity of the subject matter makes the books more suitable for the more experienced practitioner.

For most of us, the only thing we know about flies is that they're annoying, and our usual reaction is to try to kill them. In Super Fly , the myth-busting biologist Jonathan Balcombe shows the order Diptera in all of its diversity, illustrating the essential role that flies play in every ecosystem in the world as pollinators, waste-disposers, predators, and food source; and how flies continue to reshape our understanding of evolution.