Octopus, Squid & Cuttlefish
by Roger Hanlon, Louise Allcock, and Mike Vecchione
A treasure trove of scientific fact and visual explanation offers a comprehensive review of these fascinating and mysterious marine invertebrates. There are over 700 species of cephalopod, and their existence proofs that intelligence develops in very different ways–it is not by accident that these creatures are favourite models for science fiction and fantasy. While whale brains look somewhat similar to ours, cephalopods carry a large percentage of their brains in their arms. They are capable of...
Harvard’s acclaimed geologist “charts Earth’s history in accessible style” (AP) “A sublime chronicle of our planet." –Booklist, STARRED review How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike, or perhaps choked by poison gases, drowned beneath ocean, perched atop a mountain range, or roamed by fearsome monsters. Probably most or even all of the...
The RSPB’s Book of the Season The distinctive white-tailed sea eagle was driven to extinction in Britain more than 200 years ago, but this immense predator is making a return to our skies, thanks to Roy Dennis, an ornithologist, conservationist and arguably the driving force behind the UK’s reintroduction agenda. Roy was instrumental in returning the Osprey, red kite and golden eagle to the British Isles, but the road to reintroduction isn’t an easy on...
Jacobi Petiveri Opera, Historiam Naturalem Spectantia
by James Empson
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum; v. 72 pt. 6 Jan 1977
Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne; v.8 (1884-1889)
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum; v. 44 1957-59
The Effects of Atomic Radiation on Oceanography and Fisheries, Report
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum; v. 86 1981-82
A Manual of the Geography and Natural and Civil History of Prince Edward Island [microform]
by George 1830-1893 Sutherland