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The Chrysalids / by Wyndham, John,1903-1969.;
Subjects: Science fiction.; Mutation (Biology); Telepathy;
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The genius of dogs : how dogs are smarter than you think / by Hare, Brian,1976-; Woods, Vanessa,1977-;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Brian Hare, dog researcher, evolutionary anthropologist, and founder of the Duke Canine Cognition Center, and Vanessa Woods offer revolutionary new insights into dog intelligence and the interior lives of our smartest pets. In the past decade, we have learned more about how dogs think than in the last century. Breakthroughs in cognitive science, pioneered by Brian Hare have proven dogs have a kind of genius for getting along with people that is unique in the animal kingdom. Brian Hare's stunning discovery is that when dogs domesticated themselves around 40,000 years ago they became far more like human infants than their wolf ancestors. Domestication gave dogs a whole new kind of social intelligence. This finding will change the way we think about dogs and dog training--indeed, the revolution has already begun. Hare's seminal research has led him to work with every kind of dog from the tiniest shelter puppy to the exotic New Guinea singing dog, from his own childhood dog, Oreo, to the most fashionable schnoodle. The Genius of Dogs is nothing less than the definitive dog book of our time by the researcher who started a revolution. "--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Dogs; Evolution (Biology);
© c2013., Dutton,
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The diversity of life / by Wilson, Edward Osborne,1929-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-390) and index.
Subjects: Biological diversity; Biological diversity conservation;
© 1992., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
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Otherlands : journeys in Earth's extinct ecosystems / by Halliday, Thomas(Paleobiologist),author.;
'Sapiens' for natural history, 'Otherlands' is a stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microbial life 550 million years ago, by a brilliant young paleobiologist.
Subjects: Biotic communities.; Extinction (Biology); Fossils.; Life (Biology); Natural history.; Paleobiology.;
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A (very) short history of life on Earth : 4.6 billion years in 12 pithy chapters / by Gee, Henry,1962-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In the tradition of E.H. Gombrich, Stephen Hawking, and Alan Weisman-an entertaining and uniquely informed narration of Life's life story. In the beginning, Earth was an inhospitably alien place-in constant chemical flux, covered with churning seas, crafting its landscape through incessant volcanic eruptions. Amid all this tumult and disaster, life began. The earliest living things were no more than membranes stretched across microscopic gaps in rocks, where boiling hot jets of mineral-rich water gushed out from cracks in the ocean floor. Although these membranes were leaky, the environment within them became different from the raging maelstrom beyond. These havens of order slowly refined the generation of energy, using it to form membrane-bound bubbles that were mostly-faithful copies of their parents-a foamy lather of soap-bubble cells standing as tiny clenched fists, defiant against the lifeless world. Life on this planet has continued in much the same way for millennia, adapting to literally every conceivable setback that living organisms could encounter and thriving, from these humblest beginnings to the thrilling and unlikely story of ourselves. In A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth, Henry Gee zips through the last 4.6 billion years with infectious enthusiasm and intellectual rigor. Drawing on the very latest scientific understanding and writing in a clear, accessible style, he tells an enlightening tale of survival and persistence that illuminates the delicate balance within which life has always existed"--
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Life;
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Strange new species : astonishing discoveries of life on Earth / by Kelsey, Elin.;
Subjects: Biology.; Species.; Discoveries in science.;
© c2005., Maple Tree Press,
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What doesn't kill us : how freezing water, extreme altitude, and environmental conditioning will renew our lost evolutionary strength / by Carney, Scott,1978-author.; Hof, Wim,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-229) and index.
Subjects: Adaptation (Biology); Biological fitness.; Extreme environments; Mind and body.;
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Attack of the Zombie Fungus. by Sivo, Yuri,film director.; Shilling, Joi,actor.; Curiosity Stream (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Joi ShillingOriginally produced by Curiosity Stream in 2023.We think of fungi as the bottom of the food chain, the recyclers in the circle of life. But fungi are predators. They feed on life. And there are more out there than we ever knew. As we spread into every corner of planet Earth, they are also discovering us—and that we might be the perfect host.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Biology.; Documentary films.; Botany.;
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Good garden bugs : everything you need to know about beneficial predatory insects / by Gardiner, Mary M.; Cooley, Michael(Illustrator);
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Beneficial insects.; Predatory insects.; Garden pests;
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Nature out of balance : how invasive species are changing the planet / by Wilcox, Merrie-Ellen.;
A look at how and why species become invasive, their impact on local ecosystems, what can be done to stop their spread, and what to do about invasive species that are here to stay.LSC
Subjects: Introduced organisms; Biological invasions;
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