Mahale Chimpanzees: 50 Years of Research by Michio Nakamura,Kazuhiko Hosaka,Noriko Itoh,Koichiro Zamma

Mammal Teeth

During this particular booklet, Peter S. Ungar tells the tale of mammalian the teeth from their beginning via their evolution to their present variety. Mammal tooth lines the evolutionary historical past of enamel, starting with the first actual mineralized vertebrate buildings part one billion years in the past. Ungar describes how the straightforward conical the teeth of early vertebrates turned the molars, incisors, and different kinds we see in mammals this present day.

The House of Owls

For 1 / 4 of a century, Tony Angell and his relatives shared the striking adventure of heavily staring at pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting field outdoor the window in their wooded area 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 sleek 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 girl 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 woman attitudes towards men. It additionally seems to be on the evolution of mating platforms; the co-evolution of the sexes; sex-role reversal; reproductive pageant among adult females; maternal habit; and the way adult females increase the funding acquired by means of their offspring from others.