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  • Bugs In The System

    Insects And Their Impact On Human Affairs

    by May Berenbaum ...
    An introduction to insect physiology, genetics and behaviour which looks at the interaction between humans and insects, and explores both the positive and negative aspects of the relationship. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Hummingbirds' Gift

    Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings

    by Sy Montgomery ...
    “A hummingbird book that’s like them—zippy and fun . . . [It] will warm your heart while making you into an armchair ornithologist.” —Associated PressThe beloved New York Times–bestselling author of the National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus delivers a charmingly perfect gem of a book about the most exquisite and extraordinary of winged creatures—hummingbirds.As one of the most ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • OMFG, BEES!

    Bees Are So Amazing and You're About to Find Out Why

    by Matt Kracht ...
    Are you ready for the ultimate bee book? With lighthearted watercolor and ink drawings, humorous quips, lists, and musings, OMFG, BEES! will show you just how important these esteemed bee-list celebrities really are. (Hint: We can't live without them.)Delving into various bee topics, from distinguishing between bees and not bees (very crucial), to exploring the absolute wonder that is bee behavior ... Read more

    $9.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • Las mariposas

    Las mariposas, que conjugan gracia y belleza, nos evocan cierta imagen de lo efímero y lo delicado… A través de la asombrosa fase de metamorfosis que transforma una oruga en un espléndido insecto alado han fascinado a los seres humanos, tanto artistas como científicos. Descubrirá: - el lugar de las mariposas en el reino animal; - su morfología y anatomía; - ciclo de su vida en cuatro fases; - sus ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Underbug

    An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology

    The award-winning journalist Lisa Margonelli, national bestselling author of Oil on the Brain: Petroleum’s Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank, investigates the environmental and economic impact termites inflict on human societies in this fascinating examination of one of nature’s most misunderstood insects.Are we more like termites than we ever imagined? In Underbug, the award-winning journalist Lisa ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Life Everlasting

    The Animal Way of Death

    An enlightening look at animal behavior and the cycle of life and death, from “one of the finest naturalists of our time” (Edward O. Wilson).When a good friend with a severe illness wrote, asking if he might have his “green burial” at Bernd Heinrich’s hunting camp in Maine, it inspired the acclaimed biologist to investigate a subject that had long fascinated him. How exactly does the animal world ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tales from the Ant World

    “In Mr. Wilson ants have found not only their Darwin but also their Homer.” —EconomistIn Tales from the Ant World, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson takes us on a thrilling myrmecological tour across continents and through time, inviting us into his decades-long scientific obsession with ants. Animating his observations with personal stories, Wilson hones in on twenty-five ant ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Innumerable Insects

    The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth

    Series series Natural Histories
    A fascinating look at the world’s most numerous inhabitants—with stunning images from the American Museum of Natural History’s Rare Book Collection.“As aesthetically pleasing as it is informative . . . The images, however, are the stars of this work, which will delight every entomophile who turns its pages.” —Publishers WeeklyTo date, we have discovered and described or named around 1.1 million ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Homing Instinct

    Meaning & Mystery in Animal Migration

    “A noted naturalist explores the centrality of home in the lives of humans and other animals . . . A special treat for readers of natural history” (Kirkus Reviews).Every year, many species make the journey from one place to another, following the same paths and ending up in the same places. Every year since boyhood, the acclaimed scientist and author Bernd Heinrich has done the same, returning to ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Hawk's Way

    Encounters with Fierce Beauty

    by Sy Montgomery ...
    A splendid and luminous celebration of one of nature’s most perfect and mysterious creatures—the hawk—from the New York Times bestselling author of the “astoundingly beautiful” (NPR) The Soul of an Octopus.When Sy Montgomery went to spend a day at falconer Nancy Cowan’s farm, home to a dozen magnificent birds of prey, it was the start of a deep love affair. Nancy allowed her to work with Jazz, a ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Why Does My Dog Act That Way?

    A Complete Guide to Your Dog's Personality

    by Stanley Coren ...
    We've shared our lives with dogs for thousands of years, but they still act in ways that baffle us. Do you ever look at Ginger's body language and wonder what she's about to do? Do you wish you could predict how King will act when brought into a new situation or meeting a new person? Do you compare your sweet, mild-mannered dog with your neighbor's aggressive, unruly canine and wonder where your ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Honeybee Democracy

    Honeybees make decisions collectively--and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building. In fact, as world-renowned animal behaviorist Thomas Seeley reveals, these incredible insects have much to teach us when it comes ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Sex on Six Legs

    Lessons on Life, Love, and Language from the Insect World

    by Marlene Zuk ...
    A biologist presents a “consistently delightful” look at the mysteries of insect behavior (The New York Times Book Review).Insects have inspired fear, fascination, and enlightenment for centuries. They are capable of incredibly complex behavior, even with brains often the size of a poppy seed. How do they accomplish feats that look like human activity—personality, language, childcare—with ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Extraordinary Insects

    The Fabulous, Indispensable Creatures Who Run Our World

    This enthusiastic, witty, and informative introduction to the world of insects and why we could not survive without them is “a joy” (The Times, London) and “charming...Highlighting them in all their buzzing, stinging, biting glory” (The New York Times Book Review).Insects comprise roughly half of the animal kingdom. They live everywhere**—**deep inside caves, 18,000 feet high in the Himalayas, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Diary of a Citizen Scientist

    Chasing Tiger Beetles and Other New Ways of Engaging the World

    A critically acclaimed nature writer explores the citizen scientist movement through the lens of entomological field research in the American Southwest.Award-winning nature writer Sharman Apt Russell felt pressed by the current environmental crisis to pick up her pen yet again. Encouraged by the phenomenon of citizen science, she decided to turn her attention to the Western red-bellied tiger ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Book of Caterpillars

    A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World

    Edited by David G. James ...
    “For the lover of all things lepidopterous, The Book of Caterpillars is a beautifully curated collection and guide to 600 species from around the globe.” —The American Biology TeacherWhile most of us picture caterpillars as cute fuzzballs munching on leaves, there is much more to them than we imagine. A caterpillar’s survival hinges on finding enough food and defending itself from the array of ... Read more

    $39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cockroaches

    Ecology, Behavior, and Natural History

    The essential volume on the biology and behavior of these remarkable insects. “This transformative work will be an inspiration to students of entomology.” —ChoiceThe cockroach is truly an evolutionary wonder. This definitive volume provides a complete overview of suborder Blattaria, highlighting the diversity of these amazing insects in their natural environments. Beginning with a foreword by ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Planet of the Bugs

    Evolution and the Rise of Insects

    This “excellent guide to the history of our planet” offers a bugs-eye view of evolution, biodiversity, and todays ecological crises (The Guardian, UK).According to entomologist Scott Richard Shaw, dinosaurs never ruled the earth—and neither do humans. The true potentates of our planet are, and always have been, insects. Starting in the shallow oceans of ancient Earth and ending in the far reaches ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Sting of the Wild

    The “King of Sting” describes his adventures with insects and the pain scale that’s made him a scientific celebrity.Silver, Science (Adult Non-Fiction) Foreword INDIES Award 2017Entomologist Justin O. Schmidt is on a mission. Some say it’s a brave exploration, others shake their heads in disbelief. His goal? To compare the impacts of stinging insects on humans, mainly using himself as the test ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Cockroach Papers

    A Compendium of History and Lore

    “Schweid blends both roach fact and fiction into an engaging, perceptive profile of our strange, and occasionally literal, bedfellows.” —DiscoverSkittering figures of urban legend—and a ubiquitous reality—cockroaches are nearly as abhorred as they are ancient. Even as our efforts to exterminate them have developed into ever more complex forms of chemical warfare, roaches’ basic design of six legs, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Eat the Beetles!

    An Exploration into Our Conflicted Relationship with Insects

    “Provides a sturdy literary exoskeleton to the field of human insectivory . . . it entertains as it enlightens” (Daniella Martin, author of Edible).Meet the beetles: there are millions and millions of them and many fewer of the rest of us—mammals, birds, and reptiles. Since before recorded history, humans have eaten insects. While many get squeamish at the idea, entomophagy—people eating insects ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Book of Beetles

    A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred of Nature's Gems

    Edited by Patrice Bouchard ...
    “Profiles 600 of the most stunning, most wonderfully adapted beetles around . . . The result is a work that is nothing short of magnificent.” —WiredWhen renowned British geneticist J. B. S. Haldane was asked what could be inferred about God from a study of his works, Haldane replied, “An inordinate fondness for beetles.” With 350,000 known species, and scientific estimates that millions more have ... Read more

    $39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Diversity and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns

    An Integrative Approach

    This book facilitates an integrative understanding of the development, genetics and evolution of butterfly wing patterns. To develop a deep and realistic understanding of the diversity and evolution of butterfly wing patterns, it is essential and necessary to approach the problem from various kinds of key research fields such as “evo-devo,” “eco-devo,” ”developmental genetics,” “ecology and ... Read more

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  • The Lives of Bees

    The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild

    How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world’s managed bee coloniesHumans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia, yet only in recent decades have biologists begun to investigate how these industrious insects live in the wild. The Lives of Bees is Thomas Seeley’s captivating story of what scientists are learning about the behavior, social life, and survival ... Read more

    $21.99 USD