Zoologi: ryggradsdjur (vertebrater)

Kunskapen om fåglar i det äldre bondesamhället var ofta knutet till ramsor, rim och andra språkliga uttryck, som var viktiga i en tid när man lade märke till fåglars olika läten och uppförande för att få förebud om kommande händelser, skördeutfall...

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100 svenska fiskar i färg. Den här boken hjälper dig att känna igen och få kunskap om de vanligaste fiskarna i svenska vatten och många av de växter och djur du träffar på i strandkanten. Här kan du också läsa om landskapsfiskar, fiskarnas stamträ...

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A comprehensive update to the first monograph on dog behaviour, evolution and cognition.

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Sveriges hundra vanligaste fåglar innehåller precis det som titeln utlovar, och lite till. Här får du all grundläggande fakta om våra 100 vanligaste arter, samt några ytterligare fåglar som inte tillhör de vanligaste, men som du ofta kan stöta på ...

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Ända sedan Erik Rosenbergs fältguide Fåglar i Sverige utkom första gången 1953 har den haft en särställning bland våra fågelhandböcker, och många har talat om dess litterära värden. Pär-Yngve Andersson beskriver här Rosenbergs egenart som författa...

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Hur uppstår fåglars färger? Vad består färgerna av och hur har de mejslats fram av evolutionen under årtusenden? Det och mycket mer får du lära dig i Magnus Ullmans Rosenfink, citronsiska och blåhake hur fåglar får sina färger. Allt började med en...

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The most comprehensive single-volume photographic guide to Europe's birds ever produced-from the authors of the acclaimed Britain's Birds Covering more than 900 species, and illustrated with 4,700 photographs, Europe's Birds is the most comprehens...

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A stunningly illustrated guide to the wonderful world of hummingbirds With their glorious colors, glittering iridescence, astonishing powers of flight, and many characteristics unique in the world of birds, hummingbirds are extraordinary-true jewe...

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Discover this remarkable account of twenty-one years in remote Kenya with a troop of Savannah baboons from the New York Times bestselling author of Behave. 'One of the best scientist-writers of our time' Oliver Sacks Brooklyn-born Robert Sapolsky ...

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Practical and portable, this is the ultimate field guide to the world's cetaceans. This outstanding new field guide to whales, dolphins and porpoises is the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date guide to these popular mammals. With more...

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Fiona A. Reid is a Departmental Associate in Mammalogy at the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology at the Royal Ontario Museum. She is author and illustrator of Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America , Fourth Edition. Twan Le...

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From two of the world's leading authorities on dogs, an imaginative journey into a future of dogs without people What would happen to dogs if humans simply disappeared? Would dogs be able to survive on their own without us? A Dog's World imagines ...

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The definitive photographic guide to the fantastic avifauna of Colombia. With a spectacular range of habitats and one of the richest avifaunas of any country on earth, Colombia is home to an extraordinary total of almost 2,000 species of birds. It...

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'Brilliant, eye-opening, and absolutely inspiring - and a riveting read.' Cass Sunstein, author of How Change Happens and co-author of Nudge What is the secret to humanity's evolutionary success? Could it be our strength, our intellect... or somet...

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A state-of-the-art photographic field guide to the world's oceanic birds Oceanic birds are among the most remarkable but least known of all birds, living at sea, far from the sight of most people. They offer unusual identification challenges-many ...

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Since the dawn of human history, birds have stirred our imagination, inspiring and challenging our ideas about science, faith, art and philosophy. Looking to the skies above, we have variously worshipped them as gods, hunted them for sustenance, a...

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For all the love and attention we give dogs, much of what they do remains mysterious. Just think about different behaviors you see at a dog park: We have a good understanding of what it means when dogs wag their tails--but what about when they sni...

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The first-ever monograph of a beautiful and and captivating nocturnal hunter. This is a book about the Tawny Owl and the main habitat in which it lives, the broad-leaved deciduous woodlands and forests of central Eurasia. This fine bird - night-ti...

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Kan råkor sjunga? Hur blir man av med en råkkoloni och hur skaffar man en? Gör råkor nytta eller skada på golfbanor? Är råkor smartare än chimpanser? Kan råkor bota fågelfobi? Frågorna är många och i boken besvaras en del av dem samtidigt som råko...

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A comprehensively updated edition of an identification guide that was named a Guardian Best Nature Book of the Year Now in a comprehensively revised and updated new edition, Britain's Spiders is a guide to all 38 of the British families, focussing...

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Daphne Sheldrick's best-selling love story of romance, life and elephants, An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants is an incredible story from Africa's greatest living conservationist. A typical day for Daphne involves rescuing baby elepha...

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I Sverige kan vi glädja oss åt ett överflöd av sjöar och en lång, varierad kuststräcka med ömsom salt, ömsom bräckt vatten. Här finns rikliga möjligheter att lära sig om fiskar, om det så är på fiskestället, vid badplatsen eller under en stilla ro...

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This spectacular new edition of the best-selling Helm field guide of all time covers all resident, migrant and vagrant species found in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. More than 1,300 species are illustrated with full details of all t...

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Birds of Mexico and Central America is the only field guide to illustrate and describe every species of bird in Central America from Mexico to Panama, including Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Written and illus...

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A comprehensive photographic guide to the gull species of the Western Palearctic Gulls occupy a particularly important place in the world of birds. But because they are notoriously difficult to identify, they have been relatively neglected in the ...

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The most comprehensive reference guide to the world's sharks-now fully revised and updated Sharks of the World is the essential illustrated guide for anyone interested in these magnificent creatures. Now fully revised and updated, it covers 536 of...

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Lizards of the World is ultimate book on these fascinating creatures, featuring the all the different types of lizard worldwide. As survivors from the time of the dinosaurs, lizards are scaly, cold-blooded, living fossils - relics from a prehistor...

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'Steve Brusatte, the author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, brings mammals out from the shadow of their more showy predecessors in a beautifully written book that . . . makes the case for them as creatures who are just as engaging as dinosa...

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The ultimate reference book for bird enthusiasts - now in its third edition. With expanded text and additional colour illustrations, the third edition of the hugely successful Collins Bird Guide is a must for every birdwatcher. The new edition has...

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