A Laboratory Guide to Frog Anatomy by Eli C. Minkoff

Mammal Teeth

During this distinct ebook, Peter S. Ungar tells the tale of mammalian enamel from their foundation via their evolution to their present range. Mammal enamel lines the evolutionary heritage of enamel, starting with the first actual mineralized vertebrate buildings part a thousand million years in the past. Ungar describes how the straightforward conical teeth of early vertebrates grew to become the molars, incisors, and other kinds we see in mammals this present day.

The House of Owls

For 1 / 4 of a century, Tony Angell and his relations shared the awesome event of heavily staring at pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting field outdoors the window in their woodland domestic. The journals within which the writer recorded his observations, and the eye-catching drawings he created, shape the guts of this compelling book—a own account of an artist-naturalist’s lifestyles with owls.

One Wild Bird at a Time: Portraits of Individual Lives

The acclaimed scientist's encounters with individual wild birds, yielding “marvelous, mind-altering” (Los Angeles Times) insights and discoveries In his smooth classics One Man’s Owl and brain of the Raven, Bernd Heinrich has written memorably approximately his relationships with wild ravens and a very good horned owl.

Social Behavior of Female Vertebrates

Social habit of lady Vertebrates specializes in the evolution of reproductive habit in lady vertebrates starting from fish to birds and people, together with problems with mate selection and different elements underlying lady attitudes towards men. It additionally appears to be like on the evolution of mating platforms; the co-evolution of the sexes; sex-role reversal; reproductive pageant among women; maternal habit; and the way women improve the funding acquired by means of their offspring from others.