Nature & Ecology
epub |eng | 2019-07-01 | Author:Bill Streever

Through a network of old friends and colleagues, I contact Steve Porter. Like me, he was diving in oil fields by the time he was nineteen years old. Unlike me, ...
( Category: Oceanography July 4,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Macfarlane, Robert

~ Looking back afterwards, from the far side of the Wall – though there were other hazards there, and other wonders too – I recall the crossing chiefly as a ...
( Category: Conservation July 2,2019 )
epub |eng | 2013-05-23 | Author:Eagleton, Terry;

9 THOMAS HARDY Not all that long ago, a standard account of Thomas Hardy might have run rather like this: Hardy was a self-educated author who struggled his way up ...
( Category: European July 1,2019 )
epub |eng | 2012-04-24 | Author:T.H. White [White, T.H.]

Thursday I lay in the long grass at Silston cross roads with Gos on the fist. The cars came past pretty regularly there. It was shady where we lay, with ...
( Category: Birdwatching July 1,2019 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Wendell Berry [Berry, Wendell]

Another way to categorize and isolate homosexuals from the general citizenry and the prerogatives of citizenship is to define homosexuality as a disease having a cause that can be discovered ...
( Category: Conservation July 1,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Ruth Binney

The Greeks regarded chamomile with respect, prescribing it for fevers and agues as well as menstrual and other female problems. English herbalists also swore by its healing effects. By the ...
( Category: Trivia June 29,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Peter Wohlleben

10 How Earthworms Control Wild Boar IT’S OFTEN SAID that mild winters cause plagues of biting flies or catastrophic bark beetle infestations. We’ve already seen that explosions in bark beetle ...
( Category: Animals June 28,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Oliver Rackham [Oliver Rackham]

CHAPTER 13 Wild and Planted Trees Tree planting is not a gift to nature…[it is] like trying to teach kids about dairy farming by letting them play with milk bottles. ...
( Category: Wildlife June 27,2019 )
azw3 |eng | 2019-06-13 | Author:Joe Harkness

A few practical tips for birdwatching at a patch Do your research and try to find somewhere that offers a range of habitats, increasing your chances of seeing more species ...
( Category: Wildlife June 26,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-05-06 | Author:William McKeever

Chapter 9 Human Trafficking at Sea LEARNING THAT SOME FISHERMEN WILL RISK DEATH TO escape from fishing boats made me realize something is out of the ordinary. What could be ...
( Category: Marine Life June 26,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Maria Coffey

A month after I stood in that phone booth in Vienna, Chris Bonington received the roll of film, the evidence of the body on the mountain. He sent the images ...
( Category: Mountain Climbing June 25,2019 )
epub |eng | 2015-01-01 | Author:Christopher Kline

Description This large fritillary can be easily confused with the Aphrodite Fritillary. On the Great Spangled, look for a cream-colored band that connects the two outer rows of silver dots ...
( Category: Butterflies June 21,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-05-01 | Author:Robert Macfarlane & Robert Macfarlane

~ Looking back afterwards, from the far side of the Wall – though there were other hazards there, and other wonders too – I recall the crossing chiefly as a ...
( Category: Conservation June 21,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-05-27 | Author:David Barrie

Where the bogong sleeps When I arrived, the team had already been at work for some time and were running short of moths, so we needed to catch some more. ...
( Category: Animal Behavior & Communication June 21,2019 )
epub |eng | 2000-04-30 | Author:Matthew Stein [Stein, Matthew]

Figure 8-14. Arm sling. • Fingers are easy to relocate. Simply grasp the fingertip and pull steadily outward until the joint pops back into place. After relocation, tape the injured ...
( Category: How-to & Home Improvements June 21,2019 )