During the Mao era, while forests were razed to fuel rapid increases in industrial production, the'Greening the Motherland'campaign promoted conservationist tree-planting nationwide. Contested Environmentalisms explores the seemingly contradictory rhetoric and desires of Chinese conservation from the early twentieth century through to the present.

Uploaded June 2025

California is home to more than 200 species of reptiles and amphibians that can be found in an extraordinary array of habitats, from coastal temperate rainforests with giant redwoods to southeastern deserts offering dazzling wildflower displays each spring. California Amphibians and Reptiles covers every species and subspecies in this biodiverse region of the United States, with outstanding color photography and in-depth species accounts that draw on the latest findings on taxonomy and distribution.

Uploaded June 2025

For tour guides, scientists, and other nature lovers, this guide presents new information about the natural history, ecology, behavior, and taxonomy of Costa Rican butterflies and moths. 170 species accounts include color photos, distribution maps, and identifying features.

Uploaded June 2025

In his new book, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley looks to the peculiar mating rituals of birds to better understand the rich origins and ongoing significance of Darwin's sexual selection theory.

Uploaded June 2025

Combining art and science, this beautiful photography journal highlights the longest living creatures on Earth. Artist Sussman took photographs of living organisms 2,000 years and older because she wanted to start at the calendar year zero, challenging the concept of time. The book is arranged geographically with a photograph of the organism along with its age, location, nickname, common name, and Latin name; noticeably missing is a scale reference. Accompanying the photos is a story, which can range from one of Sussman's adventures to the interesting people she encountered to additional information on the organism.

Uploaded April 2025

338 p., 10 color plates (photographs of adults), 10 monochrome plates (photographs of male antennae), 116 figs. Treats 47 genera (4 described as new) and 218 species (22 described as new), with many new combinations. Includes the economically important genus Dioryctria and the mostly diurnal genus Pyla.

Uploaded April 2025

Each volume in the very well known series The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland contains special introductory chapters on important aspects of the study of British Lepidoptera; keys to families and species; a systematic section consisting of a full description, details of the life history, and a distribution map for each species, as well as structural drawings where necessary. In addition, all species and significant variants are illustrated in colour.

Uploaded April 2025

When people think of bugs, “nuisance” is one of the first words that come to mind. Sure, some insects transmit infectious diseases, cause crop damage, and inflict irritating bites and painful stings. In fairness though, these ubiquitous creatures are extraordinary pollinators, soil aerators, recyclers, and food sources, and they comprise around sixty percent of all recognized animal species. Enthusiastic entomologist Klein concentrates on the hefty influence teensy insects have on human culture.

Uploaded April 2025

Volume 19.2A presents valuable nomenclatural and biological facts on the syncarids, isopods, tanaidaceans and other minor peracarid orders of Crustacea known from Australia. It offers full taxonomic information for 89 families, 351 genera and 1076 described species, with the original literature as well as museum data on the type specimens.

Uploaded April 2025

Shark Week expert, Dr. Greg Skomal, returns with a new shark handbook offering you a thorough exploration of the most fearsome and misunderstood shark on Earth. Discover the great white's astonishing evolutionary adaptations, common misconceptions, and the ways these magnificent creatures are integral to marine ecosystems. Written by a premier shark expert and marine biologist, this illuminating book will take you beyond the dramatic representations in media and pop culture and allow you to appreciate the power and beauty of these remarkable cold-blooded carnivores.

Uploaded April 2025