Insekter & spindlar som sällskapsdjur

**The instant New York Times bestseller** *An international bestseller* "Hugely impressive, a major work."-NPR A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankin...

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From ants scurrying under leaf litter to bees able to fly higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, insects are everywhere. Three out of every four of our planet's known animal species are insects. In The Insect Crisis , acclaimed journalist Oliver Milman di...

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Har du någon gång legat på en äng så vet du att det myllrar av insekter runt dig, en nyckelpiga vajar lojt på ett strå, en humla surrar vid kamomillen. Eller? Bin, fjärilar och andra insekter minskar. Om hundra år kan de i värsta fall vara helt bo...

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In Tales from the Ant World , two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson takes us on a thrilling myrmecological tour across continents and through time, inviting us into his decades-long scientific obsession with ants. Animating his observati...

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This wonderfully illustrated book is essentially a photographic guide to the fascinating diverse insect families of the world. It encompasses all key families, including the likes of butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, ants, bees and so on. Each of...

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Equally strange and fascinating, insects are not only an inseparable part of our earths ecosystem, but also one of the most beautifully-designed creatures of the natural world. Insectile Inspiration shows off the intricate beauty of insects throug...

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Boken undersöker "buggar" ur en dubbeltydig betydelse: dels som tekniska glitchar, dvs processer och estetik som bygger på visuella störningar, skapade av digital teknik, dels som insekter, med övergripande teman såsom svärmar, nätverk, ...

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A stunningly illustrated natural history of spiders Spiders are among the most versatile creatures on the planet, inhabiting six of the seven continents and thriving in environments ranging from deserts and rain forests to Arctic tundra and cities...

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There are more than 350,000 known species of beetles, making them the largest order of insects in the world. Scientists estimate there may be as many as 4 or five million species, so hundreds of thousands still to be identified. They range from su...

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From ants scurrying under leaf litter to bees able to fly higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, insects are everywhere. Three out of every four of our planet's known animal species are insects. In The Insect Crisis , acclaimed journalist Oliver Milman di...

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Collins need to know? Exotic Pets is the one-stop guide to all the know-how and insider tips you need to care for unusual household pets, such as lizards, snakes, frogs, newts and creepy crawlies.Increasingly popular, these creatures offer low mai...

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A completely up-to-date introduction to the most common group of bees in Britain. Bees, for most people, mean honey or bumble bees, but in fact these social species make up only a small proportion of the species that live in Britain. Open your eye...

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From the jungles of South America to the deserts of Arizona, one thing remains consistent: bees are disappearing. A world without bees would be much less colourful, with fewer flowers. But that's not all-bees are responsible for up to one-thi...

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An introduction to insect physiology, genetics and behaviour which looks at the interaction between humans and insects, and explores both the positive and negative aspects of the relationship.

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From Ivy: Butterflies and moths are among the most studied creatures in nature. Caterpillars, the juvenile stage, are just as diverse and alluring--and deserve to be admired and observed just as closely. Now, with The Book of Caterpillars, they ca...

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An accessible but comprehensive overview of beetles, illustrated with 4,500 photographs. Among Stephen Marshalls many other natural history titles are Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity and Flies: The Natural History and Diversity of Dip...

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This book is the first user-friendly regional guide devoted to antsthe little things that run the world. Lavishly illustrated with more than 500 line drawings, 300-plus photographs, and regional distribution maps as composite illustrations for eve...

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Pyles classic account of discovery along the migration trail of monarch butterflies is part natural history, part road trip adventure Although no one had ever followed North American monarch butterflies on their annual southward journey to Mexico ...

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Bee Wilson's study of her namesake is both a history of ideas and an exploration of the bee's impact on food and ritual. Beautifully illustrated, "The Hive" portrays a miniature universe and explores the human tendency to see ourselves i...

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Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach, Fifth Edition provides the most updated and comprehensive knowledge of the diversity of insect responses to environmental changes and their effects on ecosystem properties and services. Written by an expert i...

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Snake venom that digests human flesh. A building cleared of every living thing by a band of tiny spiders. An infant insect eating its living prey from within, saving the vital organs for last. These are among the deadly feats of natural engineerin...

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The author chronicles a year in the lives of beekeeper and bees, describing and explaining the activities of both and the rewards of having bees of one's own.

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Honeybees get their due in this delightfully illustrated, fact-filled work that offers a guided tour through the history, folklore, and function of the hardest-working creatures on the planet.

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First published in 2000. This comprehensive book represents the first attempt to write a world history of people's use of social bees: how bees' nests were initially hunted for their honey and wax and, later, how the bees were kept in pu...

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In 1876, the U.S. Congress declared the locust the single greatest impediment to the settlement of the country between Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains." Throughout the nineteenth century, swarms of locusts regularly swept across the Ameri...

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As seen on PBS's American Spring LIVE, the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers presents a natural and cultural history of bees: the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round. Bees are like oxygen: ubiquitous, essentia...

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