Home > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology
Nature & Ecology
On the Backs of Tortoises by Elizabeth Hennessy
epub |eng | | Author:Elizabeth Hennessy

Figure 6.1 José Villa, one of the first two guards of the Galápagos National Park Service, marks a tortoise on Pinzón, late 1960s. Photo taken by Miguel Castro. (Used with ...
( Category: Ichthyology February 27,2020 )
Mindreading Animals: The Debate over What Animals Know about Other Minds by Robert W. Lurz
epub, pdf |eng | 2012-01-05 | Author:Robert W. Lurz [Lurz, Robert W.]

Figure 3.10 View of occluded amputated triangle from subordinate raven's perspective during the pretesting phase of the experiment. Note that the occluder is placed on the far side of the ...
( Category: Zoology February 27,2020 )
Imperiled Ocean by Laura Trethewey
epub |eng | | Author:Laura Trethewey

FIVE CLEANING THE COAST A worn piece of plastic drifted on the ocean over a thousand miles from civilization. A sailboat approached with a thirty-year-old woman on board. She leaned ...
( Category: Oceanography February 27,2020 )
The Routledge Handbook of Animal Ethics by Bob Fischer;
epub |eng | 2019-11-30 | Author:Bob Fischer;

Ethical Dilemmas While the domestic ethic of kindness insisted that animals were entitled to gentle treatment, it was less clear what “kindness” meant outside the household, in the context of ...
( Category: Animal Rights February 27,2020 )
Rebuilding the Earth by Mark Everard
epub |eng | | Author:Mark Everard

Box 3.47 Reforesting Scotland Reforesting Scotland , initiated in 1991, recognises that Scotland was once a well-forested country, its culture tied closely to trees and woodlands . However, multiple development ...
( Category: Natural Resources February 27,2020 )
Experiments on Reality by Tim Robinson
epub |eng | 2019-09-04 | Author:Tim Robinson

Two Cries, Two Cliffs14 Eurydice in Hades Last Wednesday, which is only a week ago, M and I strolled out from our flat in West Hampstead to a little second-hand ...
( Category: Essays February 27,2020 )
Mountains, Climate and Biodiversity by Carina Hoorn & Allison Perrigo & Alexandre Antonelli
epub |eng | 2018-05-07 | Author:Carina Hoorn & Allison Perrigo & Alexandre Antonelli

16 The Interplay between Geological History and Ecology in Mountains Catherine H. Graham1,2, Mauricio Parra3, Andrés Mora4 and Camilo Higuera4 1 Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA 2 Swiss ...
( Category: Ecology February 27,2020 )
The Field Guide to Citizen Science by Darlene Cavalier
epub |eng | 2020-02-25 | Author:Darlene Cavalier

ZomBee Watch The parasitic zombie fly (Apocephalus borealis) is laying its eggs in honeybees. This infection causes the “zombees” to behave like moths, leaving their hives at night on a ...
( Category: Experiments & Projects February 26,2020 )
Conversations with Trees by Stephanie Kaza
epub |eng | 2019-04-22 | Author:Stephanie Kaza

CHAPTER 16 Lineage of Fear DUSK. A SPOOKY SILENCE SETTLES OVER THE FOREST. I am here alone, or at least I think I’m alone. The creeping darkness slips in through ...
( Category: Ecology February 26,2020 )
A Woman In China by Mary Gaunt
epub |eng | 2017-03-20 | Author:Mary Gaunt [Gaunt, Mary]

There was the recording angel with a black face and the open book—after all, the recording angel must often wear a black face—and there was the eternal symbol that has ...
( Category: Ethnic & National February 26,2020 )
Alone in West Africa by Mary Gaunt
epub |eng | 2017-03-20 | Author:Mary Gaunt [Gaunt, Mary]

CHAPTER XIII—THE FEAR THAT SKULKED BENEATH THE MANGO TREE Up the Volta—Svvanzy’s trusting agent at Akuse—Amedika, the port of Akuse on the Volta—The trials of a trolley ride—My canoe—Paddling up-river—Rapids ...
( Category: Engineering February 26,2020 )
The Complete Guide to Small-Scale Farming: Everything You Need to Know About Raising Beef and Dairy Cattle, Rabbits, Ducks, and Other Small Animals by Melissa Nelson
epub |eng | 2012-09-21 | Author:Melissa Nelson

Feeding A little grain, a little hay, and a little grass: That is all a goat really needs, right? Well, they do need those things — but also a few ...
( Category: Animal Husbandry February 26,2020 )
THE EVERYTHING® GREEN WEDDING BOOK by Wenona Napolitano
epub |eng | 2009-07-15 | Author:Wenona Napolitano

( Category: Conservation February 26,2020 )
Machine in the Garden by Marx Leo;
epub |eng | 2000-02-25 | Author:Marx, Leo;

“The Lackawanna Valley” by George Inness. “American Landscape” by Charles Sheeler In 1855, the Year that Inness completed his painting, Thomas Buchanan Read, a Connecticut poetaster, published his long poem, ...
( Category: United States February 26,2020 )
Nature's Best Hope by Douglas W. Tallamy
epub |eng | 2019-02-25 | Author:Douglas W. Tallamy

— This has been a heady and heavy discussion, but it needed to be to cover this complex situation. At this point, enough studies have been completed and enough information ...
( Category: Organic February 26,2020 )

First Prev [146] [147] [148] [149] 150 [151] [152] [153] [154] [155] [156] Next Last