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Search for the Golden Moon Bear by Sy Montgomery
epub |eng | 2011-01-26 | Author:Sy Montgomery

— 9 — The Kingdom of a Million Elephants Perhaps in the Pleistocene, the Cardamoms were an upland refuge when the lowlands were too dry,” Gary mused. “It’s hard “ ...
( Category: Bears March 14,2016 )
Restless Creatures by Matt Wilkinson
epub |eng | 2015-01-06 | Author:Matt Wilkinson

THE SPICE OF LIFE Up to now we’ve assumed that once activated, the repeated appendage developmental modules pay no attention to the GPS coordinates given by the Wnt/BMP gradients. But ...
( Category: Natural History March 6,2016 )
Red: A History of the Redhead by Jacky Colliss Harvey
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-06-08 | Author:Jacky Colliss Harvey

In fact the days of the smooth and perfect limbs of the Salon nudes were already numbered. Over the Channel the French Impressionists were also creating works in which redheads ...
( Category: Natural History February 3,2016 )
Beyond Supernature by Lyall Watson
epub, mobi | | 0101-01-01 | Author:Lyall Watson [Watson, Lyall]

It was during that night that Hinchliffe and his co-pilot died in a crash. This experience is typical of many in which the need is clear. The information is important ...
( Category: Natural History January 20,2016 )
When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Terry Tempest Williams [Williams, Terry Tempest]

During the last week of the field course we focused on stream studies, surveying the caddis fly and mayfly larvae living in Richardson Creek. Upstream, students started yelling frantically for ...
( Category: Women December 23,2015 )
The Point of Vanishing by Howard Axelrod
epub |eng | | Author:Howard Axelrod

The week after the party, I found myself taking more walks than usual, examining faces more closely beneath the porticoes on Via Irnerio. Wherever I went, Milena’s presence felt close ...
( Category: State & Local November 23,2015 )
Nature Noir: A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra by Jordan Fisher Smith
mobi |eng | 2005-01-01 | Author:Jordan Fisher Smith [Smith, Jordan Fisher]

A few months later it was my turn to go to the bridge. It was early morning, and the sun rising over the mountains on the eastern skyline was painting ...
( Category: State & Local October 25,2015 )
Tracks and Shadows by Harry W. Greene
epub |eng | | Author:Harry W. Greene

Philippine Negritos with freshly killed reticulated python, twenty-three feet long and twenty-six inches in circumference, at the headwaters of the Koso River in the Sierra Madre, Aurora Province, Luzon, June ...
( Category: Ichthyology October 25,2015 )
The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives by Stephen Buchmann
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Stephen Buchmann [Buchmann, Stephen]

Flowers to Avoid: Don’t Eat These! We can’t talk about eating flowers fresh out of your garden without mentioning some important caveats, the do’s and don’ts of eating the daisies. ...
( Category: Trees October 15,2015 )
Bill Oddie Unplucked: Columns, Blogs and Musings (Bloomsbury Nature Writing) by Oddie Bill
azw3 |eng | 2015-03-11 | Author:Oddie, Bill [Oddie, Bill]

chapter twenty-six On the Fairway Birdies, eagles, albatrosses. Am I talking wildlife or golf? Well, both actually. The fact is that most naturalists – and birdwatchers in particular – are ...
( Category: Birdwatching October 10,2015 )
Bill Oddie Unplucked by Bill Oddie
epub |eng | | Author:Bill Oddie

chapter twenty-six On the Fairway Birdies, eagles, albatrosses. Am I talking wildlife or golf? Well, both actually. The fact is that most naturalists – and birdwatchers in particular – are ...
( Category: Birdwatching October 10,2015 )
Trees in Paradise by Jared Farmer
epub |eng | 2013-09-09 | Author:Jared Farmer

TO SMUDGE OR NOT TO SMUDGE Frost was the dirty little secret of Southland citriculture. No self-respecting booster of the region would outright admit to freezing weather. Every realtor and ...
( Category: Trees September 3,2015 )
The Great Animal Orchestra by Krause Bernie
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-07-18 | Author:Krause, Bernie

Musical invention reflects modern views of ourselves and our increasing dissociation from the wild. Paralleling trends in science and the visual arts, composers, too, beginning in the mid-eighteenth century, began ...
( Category: Animals July 19,2015 )
Skyfaring: A Journey With a Pilot by Mark Vanhoenacker
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2015-06-02 | Author:Mark Vanhoenacker [Vanhoenacker, Mark]

The flight computers can plot abeam points to tell us, for example, when we’ll pass closest to a place—the only nearby major airport along a remote stretch of our route, ...
( Category: Aviation June 20,2015 )
The origin of species. Vol. 1. 2 by Charles Darwin
epub |eng | 1905-01-15 | Author:Charles Darwin [Darwin, Charles]

Correlated Variation. I mean by this expression that the whole organisation is so tied together during its growth and development, that when slight variations in any one part occur, and ...
( Category: Essays June 13,2015 )

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