The past, present, and future of the world's most popular and beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat lover.

A one-of-a-kind guide to birding locally that encourages readers to slow down and notice the spectacular birds all around them. In this book, evolutionary biologist Joan E. Strassmann introduces readers to the joys of birding right where they are.

The author invites the reader to explore how humans have manipulated the ancient forces of evolution and the future possibilities of genetic engineering for conservation and rewilding, de-extinction, and even the creation of viable populations of entirely new species.

Mountains in the Andes, erratic boulders, a landfill in the Swiss Alps, the sacred stones of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, and the works of contemporary artists who have engaged with nonlife reveal the subjectivity of beings that are not sentient and alive as biological organisms.

This book examines the historical origins of the idea that forests influence climate, the bitter controversy that ended the science, and its modern rebirth.

This book reveals how microbes, plants, and people used the fundamental building blocks of life--hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus--to alter the climate, and with it, the trajectory of life on Earth in the past, present, and future.

This book traces the history of genetics and genomics policy in Britain. Detailing the scientific, political, and economic factors that have informed policy and the development of new health services, the book highlights the particular importance of the field of Public Health Genomics.

In this book, author Stephen Humphrey illuminates the science of pollination ecology through evocative encounters with biologists, conservationists, and beekeepers, illustrating the significance of pollination to such diverse concerns as food supply, biodiversity, rising global temperatures, and the resilience of landscapes.

This book claims that the differentiation between at least three functional concepts--interactor, replicator/reproducer/reconstitutor, and manifestor--is fundamental to clarify some conceptual confusions in biology, which rest on the conflation of these distinct meanings.

Navigating the wild swings between hot and cold climates, oxygenation and asphyxiation, biological radiations and extinctions, Graham Shields reveals how geologists can trace glaciation, the atmosphere, oceans, mountain building, and more through the earth’s rocks, providing a comprehensive theory of how life evolved and diversified.

In this book, Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate examine the global importance of the Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest that stretches from Northern California to Alaska.

The past, present, and future of the world's most popular and beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat lover.

An accessible but rigorous treatment of the theoretical foundations of population genetics.

Echoing with the sounds of the sea, an exquisite survey of the science and customs of conchs, clams, coquinas, cowries, and much more.

A one-of-a-kind guide to birding locally that encourages readers to slow down and notice the spectacular birds all around them. In this book, evolutionary biologist Joan E. Strassmann introduces readers to the joys of birding right where they are.

Filled with actionable advice and real-world examples, this book will change the way you think about your brain, body, and ability to stay calm in a world that feels increasingly overwhelming and stressful.

This book takes readers on a breathtaking journey across history and the natural world, revealing how the concept of power unifies a vast range of phenomena in the evolution of life--and how natural selection has placed humanity and the planet itself on a trajectory of ever-increasing power.

In this book, biologist Alfonso Martinez Arias argues it's not our genes that define who we are, but our cells. Drawing on new research from his own lab and others, Martinez Arias reveals that we are composed of a thrillingly intricate, constantly moving symphony of cells.

This book covers the most important enzymatic reactions and related catalytic bioorganic reactions using a new approach: Each enzymatic reaction type is compared with organocatalytic, organometallic and other alternative reactions, allowing the reader to understand catalytic reactions in a much-integrated way.

Chapters include: Monospecies and polymicrobial biofilms in static and flow environment, Methods used to study biofilms, Spatial analysis of bacterial biofilms, Biofilm grown in bioreactors, Single-cell analysis of subpopulations within biofilms using microscopy, flow cytometry, and imaging flow cytometry, and more.

This beautifully illustrated anthology of sixty tree poems is a celebration of our love of trees. With poems by some of the world's best-loved poets this book will help you see trees as you've never seen them before.

With the goal of understanding vaccination-related misinformation's online spread and ways of effectively countering it, this book explores its reception, resistance, and reproduction by a range of stakeholders around the globe.

An unflinching investigation of the false promises of land sparing, exposing how its illusory successes mask the failures of green capitalism.

H2S in Plants: Past, Present and Beyond presents translational insights from animal to plant application.

The author invites the reader to explore how humans have manipulated the ancient forces of evolution and the future possibilities of genetic engineering for conservation and rewilding, de-extinction, and even the creation of viable populations of entirely new species.

The goal of this accessible book is to articulate a coherent framework that unifies life history theory with comparative functional ecology to advance prediction in plant ecology.

A "fascinating" exploration (Elizabeth Kolbert) of how ecosystems are sculpted and sustained by animals eating, pooping, and dying--and how these fundamental functions could help save us from climate catastrophe.

A comprehensive overview of the process dynamics and interactions governing ecohydrological interfaces.