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Author : Richard McGinlay
Genre : Rain forest animals

Summary : The wildlife of the rainforest is amazing, and this first picture book is the perfect introduction for kids keen to discover more about it. In a supersized yet lightweight format, the book can be read on the floor, held up by a teacher or parent to show and share with a group, and enjoyed by all children, whether alone or with others. Thematic spreads introduce flora and fauna of all kinds, including many of the most popular and well-known creatures that children might recognize, as well as more unusual species to find out about. Beautiful illustrations by expert natural history artists are full of detail, and there's a bonus at the back of the book with a picture collection of even more animals and plants to discover!

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Author : Kenneth D. Frank
Genre : Nature

Summary : Cities pose formidable obstacles to nonhuman life. Vast expanses of asphalt and concrete are inhospitable to plants and animals; traffic noise and artificial light disturb natural rhythms; sewage and pollutants imperil existence. Yet cities teem with life: In rowhouse neighborhoods, tiny flowers bloom from cracks in the sidewalk. White clover covers lawns, its seeds dispersed by shoes and birds. Moths flutter and spiders weave their webs near electric lights. Sparrows and squirrels feast on the scraps people leave behind. Pairs of red-tailed hawks nest on window ledges. How do wild plants and animals in urban areas find mates? How do they navigate the patchwork of habitats to reproduce while avoiding inbreeding? In what ways do built environments enable or inhibit mating? This book explores the natural history of sex in urban bacteria, fungi, plants, and nonhuman animals. Kenneth D. Frank illuminates the reproductive behavior of scores of species. He examines topics such as breeding systems, sex determination, sex change, sexual conflict, sexual trauma, sexually transmitted disease, sexual mimicry, sexual cannibalism, aphrodisiacs, and lost sex. Frank offers a guide to urban reproductive diversity across a range of conditions, showing how understanding of sex and mating furthers the appreciation of biodiversity. He presents reproductive diversity as elegant but vulnerable, underscoring the consequences of human activity. Featuring compelling photographs of a multitude of life forms in their city habitats, this book provides a new lens on urban natural history.

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Author : Matthew Hall
Genre : Philosophy

Summary : Plants are people too? No, but in this work of philosophical botany Matthew Hall challenges readers to reconsider the moral standing of plants, arguing that they are other-than-human persons. Plants constitute the bulk of our visible biomass, underpin all natural ecosystems, and make life on Earth possible. Yet plants are considered passive and insensitive beings rightly placed outside moral consideration. As the human assault on nature continues, more ethical behavior toward plants is needed. Hall surveys Western, Eastern, Pagan, and Indigenous thought as well as modern science for attitudes toward plants, noting the particular resources for plant personhood and those modes of thought which most exclude plants. The most hierarchical systems typically put plants at the bottom, but Hall finds much to support a more positive view of plants. Indeed, some indigenous animisms actually recognize plants as relational, intelligent beings who are the appropriate recipeints of care and respect. New scientific findings encourage this perspective, revealing that plants possess many of the capacities of sentience and mentality traditionally denied them.

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Author : Francis Bacon
Genre : Natural history

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Author : Francis Bacon
Genre : Death (Biology)

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Author : Dennis Holley
Genre : Science

Summary : GENERAL BIOLOGY is an introductory level college biology textbook that provides students with an understandable and engaging encounter with the fundamentals of biology. Written for a two-semester undergraduate course of biology majors and presented as a bound set of two distinct volumes, this reader-friendly textbook(s) is concept driven vs. terminology driven. That is, the book(s) are based on the underlying concepts and principles of biology rather than the strict memorization of biological terms and terminology. Written in a student-centered and conversational style, this educational research-based book(s) connects students to all aspects of biology from the molecular to the biosphere. End-of-chapter questions challenge students to think critically and creatively while incorporating science process skills and biological principles.

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Author : Huda Harajli
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction

Summary : Discover the world outside—an introduction to nature for kids ages 3 to 5 Can you feel the sun? Hear the birds singing? See colorful leaves on the trees? That's nature! This picture book of fun facts teaches toddlers all about land, water, air, and critters big and small. Watch them discover their inner explorer as they look for different kinds of rocks, spot stars in the sky, and learn to love the great outdoors. Our amazing planet—Find out why it gets dark at night, meet some interesting insects, and explore how people are a part of nature, too. Illustrations everywhere—Every page is bursting with vibrant artwork of objects in nature and other kids celebrating the world around them. Vocabulary building—Check out a list of nature words and their definitions to help little ones understand all the amazing new things they've learned. Get this amazing nature book for kids today and see what makes exploring nature so much fun!