Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands: A by George R. Zug

Mammal Teeth

During this exact booklet, Peter S. Ungar tells the tale of mammalian tooth from their starting place via their evolution to their present variety. Mammal enamel strains the evolutionary background of tooth, starting with the first actual mineralized vertebrate buildings part one thousand million years in the past. Ungar describes how the easy conical teeth of early vertebrates grew to become the molars, incisors, and different kinds we see in mammals at the present time.

The House of Owls

For 1 / 4 of a century, Tony Angell and his family members shared the notable adventure of heavily gazing pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting field outdoor the window in their woodland domestic. The journals during which the writer recorded his observations, and the attractive 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 glossy classics One Man’s Owl and brain of the Raven, Bernd Heinrich has written memorably approximately his relationships with wild ravens and a superb horned owl.

Social Behavior of Female Vertebrates

Social habit of woman Vertebrates makes a speciality of the evolution of reproductive habit in girl 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 on the evolution of mating structures; the co-evolution of the sexes; sex-role reversal; reproductive festival among women; maternal habit; and the way ladies increase the funding bought via their offspring from others.