Nature & Ecology
epub |eng | 2012-11-26 | Author:Julie Smith

EXTENSIVE LONG-TERM MEMORY Elephants are legendary for their memory. Older elephants, particularly long-lived matriarchs, accumulate and retain memories from a lifetime of varied experiences that have adaptive consequences for their ...
( Category: History & Philosophy June 14,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-07-24 | Author:Climate Central [Central, Climate]

37 Arctic Sea Ice Has Been on a Mostly Downward Spiral for the Past Thirty Years. Every summer above the Arctic Circle, the sun rises relatively high in the sky ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology June 14,2017 )
epub |eng | 2004-05-31 | Author:Nevada Barr [Barr, Nevada]

"Luggage?" Anna said to get things moving. "Got it." He shook the strap of an oversized leather shoulder bag he carried. "You must be planning on wrapping this one up ...
( Category: Mystery June 14,2017 )
epub |eng | 2011-05-25 | Author:Stacey O'Brien [O'Brien, Stacey]

I decided that from then on I would tell only trusted friends about him. But, unfortunately, Wesley was advertising his own presence with his interminable mating call. Every time he ...
( Category: Biological Sciences June 14,2017 )
epub |eng | 2013-05-06 | Author:Nibert, David A.

CHAPTER SIX SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE “HAMBURGER” CULTURE A great deal of study had gone into creating the appearance and personality of Ronald McDonald, right down to the color and ...
( Category: Vegetarian & Vegan June 14,2017 )
epub |eng | 2015-04-12 | Author:Mike Trueman

– Chapter 10 – The Desire to Live Those who spent the night of 11–12 May on the South Col included Pete, Todd and Anatoli, the survivors of the Adventure ...
( Category: Biographies June 14,2017 )
epub |eng | 2007-10-28 | Author:Wayne Grady & Emily Damstra [Grady, Wayne & Damstra, Emily]

MAJOR WETLANDS OF THE GREAT LAKES BASIN As the continent’s western regions opened to colonization, swamps were considered impediments to settlement. In 1850, the United States passed the Swamp Lands ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology June 14,2017 )
epub |eng | 2008-05-29 | Author:Nevada Barr [Barr, Nevada]

Relief came with the sound of muttered curses. They'd made it about a quarter of the way up from the lake to where she waited. Trees muffled sound and she ...
( Category: Mystery June 14,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-06-14 | Author:Rachel Carson

Some of our Stone Age ancestors must have known the rigors of life near the glaciers. While men as well as plants and animals moved southward before the ice, some ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology June 14,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Shaun Ellis & Shaun Ellis [Ellis, Shaun]

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Proof of the Pudding… The Native Americans say that if you think of a captive animal as being in a cage, then so will the animal, but ...
( Category: Memoirs June 14,2017 )
epub |eng | 2009-11-08 | Author:Kays, Roland W. & Wilson, Don E. [Kays, Roland W.]

CACTUS DEERMOUSE Peromyscus eremicus 169–218mm, 92–117mm, 18–40g Medium-sized mouse with long, soft, silky pelage and large ears. Body is pale gray washed with reddish brown above and whitish on the ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology June 14,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:The Union of Concerned Scientists

ASK THE EXPERTS Does Wood Harvested Sustainably Really Make a Difference? Most of us use wood products every day and purchase more than we realize. Of course, furniture and many ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology June 14,2017 )
epub |eng | 2009-05-04 | Author:Stanley A. Rice [Stanley A. Rice]

Edaphic Conditions Edaphic conditions refer to the material in which a plant grows, usually but not always soil. It can also refer to rocks on which plants grow or the ...
( Category: Biological Sciences June 14,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-03-26 | Author:Warner Shedd [Shedd, Warner]

THE MINK Curiously, and uncharacteristically for most members of the weasel family, little in the way of folk myths and erroneous beliefs seem to have sprung up concerning the mink ...
( Category: Biological Sciences June 14,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2008-06-13 | Author:Trevor Corson

In the kitchen, Zoran set a snapper on a cutting board in the sink under cold running water. He pointed to the poisonous fins along the back. “Don’t rub your ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology June 14,2017 )