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Название: 101 Curious Tales of East African Birds
Автор: Colin Beale
Издательство: Pelagic Publishing
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 39 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Is there any bird as dishonest as the Fork-tailed Drongo? Did you know that the Tawny Eagle is an 'obligate Cainist'? And what of the irresistible to predators and highly cryptic Spotted Thick-knee? East Africa’s birds are extraordinary in their evolution, diversity and behaviour, often proving to be the unexpected highlight of a safari. Lavishly illustrated with beautiful photographs of each species, this book tells the fascinating, surprising, amusing stories of 100 regularly encountered birds – whether iconic or unjustly overlooked. In the process, the reader is introduced to ornithology in East Africa through the eyes of a passionate birder and professional ornithologist.

Название: Butterflies of the Midwest Field Guide
Автор: Jaret C. Daniels
Издательство: Adventure Publications
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 27 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Identify butterflies with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by color and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information! Butterflies are fascinating, beautiful, and a joy to behold. Now observing them is even better with the Butterflies of the Midwest Field Guide. This handy book by acclaimed author and professional entomologist Jaret C. Daniels makes field identification simple and informative. It features 198 species of butterflies (and common moths) organized by color for ease of use. Detailed photographs present the species as you’ll see them in nature, and a “compare” feature helps you to decide between look-alikes.

Название: How Biology Works: The Facts Visually Explained
Автор: DK
Издательство: DK
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 42 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Discover everything you need to know about biology, with the simplest most visual guide to the science of life. How do vaccines work? What is special about stem cells? How did we evolve from bacteria? The science of life can be dauntingly complex, and it can be hard to separate “good” science from “bad”, fundamental truths from the much-hyped breakthroughs reported in the media. With clear, easy-to-understand graphics and packed with fascinating facts, How Biology Works demystifies both the core biology that may have eluded us at school, and the cutting-edge life science that makes the news, answering the questions that spark our curiosity.

Название: Birds of Maine Field Guide (Bird Identification Guides) 2nd Edition
Автор: Stan Tekiela
Издательство: Adventure Publications
ISBN: 1647553687
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 332
Размер: 43,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

Identify Maine birds with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by color and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information. Make bird-watching in Maine even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela’s famous bird guide, field identification is simple and informative.

Название: Birds of Northern India (Helm Field Guides)
Автор: Richard Grimmett, Tim Inskipp
Издательство: Helm
ISBN: 9388271114
Год: 2003
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 304
Размер: 40,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

This Helm Field Guide explores the birdlife of Northern India, including the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat, and the Union Territory of Delhi.

Название: Birds of Japan (Helm Field Guides)
Автор: Mark Brazil
Издательство: Helm
ISBN: 1472913868
Год: 2018
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 416
Размер: 85,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Japan is home to a spectacular and diverse range of birds, and this up-to-date text covers the identification, voice, habitat, behavior, and range of all the species and subspecies found across the beautiful and fascinating Japanese archipelago.

Название: Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers (Helm Identification Guides)
Автор: Simon Harrap
Издательство: Christopher Helm
ISBN: 1408135181
Год: 2010
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 392
Размер: 21,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

This guide covers all 110 of the world's species of tits, nuthatches and creepers. The Parulidae ("true" tits), Remizidae (penduline tits) and Aegithalidae (long-tailed tits) form the bulk of the book (78 species), with a further 24 species of nuthatch and eight creepers.

Название: Unearthing the Underworld: A Natural History of Rocks
Автор: Ken McNamara
Издательство: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789147182
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 296
Размер: 14,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

A geological saga that digs deep, revealing how even the most ordinary rocks can be stepping stones to the hidden history of our planet. Unearthing the Underworld reveals the hidden world of rocks—the keepers of secrets of past environments, changing climates, and the pulse of life over billions of years.

Название: Mushrooming: The Joy of the Quiet Hunt
Автор: Diane Borsato
Издательство: Douglas & McIntyre
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 62 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Foraging for wild mushrooms is an increasingly popular pursuit and this beautifully produced volume―filled with insights, anecdotes and details about more than 120 common and charismatic fungi from across the northern hemisphere―will appeal to everyone from beginner mushroomers to advanced mycophiles. Mushrooming offers a new perspective on the fascinating, edible, deadly and strange world of fungi, from candy caps to earth stars, puff balls to poison pie, prized chanterelles, morels, hedgehogs and the bloodless destroying angel. There are mushrooms named after fairies and demons, little brown mushrooms that are wildly hallucinogenic, phallic specimens prized as aphrodisiacs, and mushrooms that are the colour of precious jewels. Some mushrooms look so much like woodland birds they are shot at by hunters, and others, incredibly, glow in the dark.

Название: The Voices of Nature: How and Why Animals Communicate
Автор: Nicolas Mathevon
Издательство: Princeton University Press
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 41 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Songs, barks, roars, hoots, squeals, and growls: exploring the mysteries of how animals communicate by sound. What is the meaning of a bird’s song, a baboon’s bark, an owl’s hoot, or a dolphin’s clicks? In The Voices of Nature, Nicolas Mathevon explores the mysteries of animal sound. Putting readers in the middle of animal soundscapes that range from the steamy heat of the Amazon jungle to the icy terrain of the Arctic, Mathevon reveals the amazing variety of animal vocalizations. He describes how animals use sound to express emotion, to choose a mate, to trick others, to mark their territory, to call for help, and much more. What may seem like random chirps, squawks, and cries are actually signals that, like our human words, allow animals to carry on conversations with others.