New Mantis Shrimp
A giant predatory shrimp previously unknown to science has recently been found in the waters east of Sydney Harbour Bridge. The creature was discovered by marine biologist Shane Ahyong, as part of an ongoing study of crustacea in the Indo-Pacific ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Ronald W. Clark
Born in London, Ronald W. Clark (1918-1987) spent three years researching and writing Einstein: The Life and Times. Among his other works are The Huxleys; JBS (the biography of biologist J. B. S. Haldane); The Life of Bertrand Russell; Freud: The ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Karen Pryor
Karen Pryor wrote the first edition of in 1963. A biologist by training, she currently writes and lectures on the art of positive reinforcement training. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Leslie Mertz
Leslie Mertz, Ph.D., is a field biologist, educator, and science writer. She has authored numerous books and articles on the natural world and science. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Dr. Sharon Moalem
Dr. Sharon Moalem is an award-winning neurogeneticist and evolutionary biologist, with a Ph.D. in human physiology. His research brings evolution, genetics, biology, and medicine together to explain how the body works in new and fascinating ways. ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Sandra Steingraber
A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment With this eloquent and impassioned book, biologist and poet Sandra Steingraber shoulders the legacy of Rachel Carson, producing a work about people and land, cancer and the ... [... more]
Random House |
John Straley
John Straley lives in Sitka, Alaska, with his son and wife, a marine biologist who studies whales. He is the Shamus Award-winning author of PI Cecil Younger works out of Sitka, Alaska, a place of stark beauty and unpredictable danger, where a man ... [... more]
Random House |
Mahlon Hoagland
The Science Lover's Illustrated Guide to How Life Grows, Develops, Reproduces, and Gets Along In the tradition of David Macaulay's The Way Things Work, this popular-science book--a unique collaboration between a world-renowned molecular biologist ... [... more]
Random House |
Jane Goodall
A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect Nonhuman animals have many of the same feelings we do. They get hurt, they suffer, they are happy, and they take care of each other. Marc Bekoff, a renowned biologist ... [... more]
Random House |
Marc Lappe
When Antibiotics Fail documents the problem noticed in the mid-eighties of the over-reliance of the medical establishment on antibiotics. Biologist and toxicologist Mark Lappe was among the first medical professionals to sound an alarm aabout the ... [... more]
Random House |
Harvey Bialy
According to author Harvey Bialy, the work of molecular biologist Peter Duesberg has been grossly distorted by the media and scientific establishments. Until recently, the scientific community-and most notably, those from the National Institute ... [... more]
Random House |
Marc Bekoff
A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect Nonhuman animals have many of the same feelings we do. They get hurt, they suffer, they are happy, and they take care of each other. Marc Bekoff, a renowned biologist ... [... more]
Random House |
