Libros de Estudios generales de zoología, página 16 de 97

Entre los años 2016 y 2023, la Sociedad de Estudios Biológicos Iberoafricanos (SEBI) realizó 8 expediciones zoológicas por la Jbala y el Rif marroquí, siguiendo los pasos del naturalista Ángel Cabrera y sus colaboradores cien años antes (entre 1913 y 1923

See the animal kingdom in all its glory, from jellyfish to polar bears, with up-close details of their unique features from head to toe.Filled with magnificent photographs that were specially commissioned for this book and cannot be seen anywhere else. Written in association with the Smithsonian Institution.This visual reference book starts with the question "what is an animal?" and takes you through the animal kingdom - mammals, reptiles, birds, and sea creatures. It uses a unique head-to-toe approach that showcases in spectacular detail special features like the flight feathers of a parrot, the antenna of a moth, or the tentacles of coral.This visual encyclopedia is filled with clear and fascinating information on everything about the social lives of animals. Read exciting stories like how animals communicate, defend their territories, and attract mates.Learn how evolution has helped wildlife to adapt to their unique environments, whether it's the ability to live in difficult habitats, adjust to specific diets, or how they work physically.Humans have drawn and painted animals for thousands of years. Zoology has included some of these, like early rock art that depicts our awe of the animal kingdom or natural history artworks like those commissioned by the Mughal Courts in the 1600s.

A posthumous work from the beloved conservationist and naturalist Gerald Durrell to celebrate the centenary of his birth with a new foreword by HRH Princess Anne Gerald Durrell was magic SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH A wise genial and world encompassing book SUNDAY TIMES Fills important gaps in the biographical narrative Truly there is magic here GUARDIAN Myself and Other Animals is a new book mosaicked from unpublished autobiographies uncollected pieces and previously published extracts from Durrell s work and archives The result is an extraordinary journey through Durrell s life in his own words edited and introduced by his widow Lee Durrell Drawing on a memoir that Durrell started writing before he became too ill to continue it and an unfinished book from a trip to Australia in 1969 to the Great Barrier Reef Northern Territory and Queensland here is the unvarnished story of Durrell s life from touching family tributes to golden bats and pink pigeons Moving from India to England and then to the always sun lit Corfu told with dry wit and insight into our fellow animals here is the vivid finale of one of Britain s most beloved conservationists and prose stylists Funny and readable and hugely charming i One of the finest and most lyrical nature

Will keep you on the edge of your seat from its first page to its last page Jared Diamond Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns Germs and Steel From ancient megalodons to fearsome Great Whites this book tells the complete untold story of how sharks emerged as Earth s ultimate survivors by world leading paleontologist John Long Sharks have been fighting for their lives for 500 million years and today are under dire threat They are the longest surviving vertebrate on Earth outlasting multiple mass extinction events that decimated life on the planet But how did they thrive for so long By developing superpower like abilities that allowed them to ascend to the top of the oceanic food chain John Long who for decades has been on the cutting edge of shark research weaves a thrilling story of sharks unparalleled reign The Secret History of Sharks showcases the global search to discover sharks largely unknown evolution led by Long and dozens of other extraordinary scientists As the tale unfolds Long introduces an enormous range of astonishing organisms a thirty foot long shark with a deadly saw blade of jagged teeth protruding from its lower jaws and bizarre sharks fossilized while in their mating ritual With insights into the threats to sharks today how

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Guía De Los Mamíferos Marinos De Europa Daniel Robineau; Raymond Duguy Esta obra ha sido escrita por dos especialistas que han procurado hacerla asequible a un gran público y muestra los conocimientos adquiridos acerca de los mamiferos marinos del Atlantico y del Mediterraneo. Tiene todos los elementos que permiten identificar a los cetaceos y las focas de Europa, varados en su medio, e informa, ademas, de la importancia de las poblaciones, la distribucion, la biologia y el comportamiento de cada especie.