"The fox. For thousands of years myth and folklore have celebrated its cunning intelligence. Today the red fox is nature's most populous carnivore, its dancing orange tail a common sight in backyards. Yet who is this wild neighbor, truly? How do we negotiate this uneasy new chapter of an ancient relationship? Join British ecologist Adele Brand on a journey to discover the surprising secrets of the fabled fox, the familiar yet enigmatic creature that...

Apples, blueberries, peppers, cucumbers, coffee, and vanilla. Do you like to eat and drink? Then you might want to thank a bee. Bees pollinate 75 percent of the fruits, vegetables, and nuts grown in the United States. Around the world, bees pollinate $24 billion worth of crops each year. Without bees, humans would face a drastically reduced diet. We need bees to grow the foods that keep us healthy. But numbers of bees are falling, and that has scientists...

A young man's treatment for cancer inspires profound changes in his family. Paul Bannerman, an ecologist in South Africa, believes he understands the trajectory of his life, with the usual markers of vocation and marriage. But when he's diagnosed with thyroid cancer and, after surgery, prescribed treatment that will leave him radioactive, for a period a danger to others, he begins to question, as Auden wrote, "what Authority gives / existence its...

With the planet still under attack by vicious animals, humans begin evolving into a barbaric species that has the power to save civilization--or destroy it.

Explains what ecology is, shows how living things are classified, and looks at the environments in which they live.

"From the veteran New Yorker staff writer and award-winning author of The Experience of Place: an urgent, resounding call to protect half the earth's land--and thereby millions of its species--by 2050, that gives us the tools to think big about the planet and our role in conserving it. Beginning in the North American Boreal Forest that stretches through Canada, and roving across the continent from the Northern Sierra to Alabama's Paint Rock Forest...

The greater part of this collection is made up of original drawings used in the Evergreen Nature Trail guide booklet. The drawings contain descriptive illustrations, some text, and numbered tree stumps which denote items of interest along the trail. Most of the booklet text was added later by the printer. Front cover [p. 1]: Crayon on coquille board. Booklet title, map of trail and stylized trees. Page 2: Pen and India ink on cream board. Title and...

Drawings: Pen and india ink, on cream 4-ply cream board. Sketches: 13 green pencil; 1 graphite, on cream paper. Print: Reproduction of black ink drawing, on white paper. Drawings show features of the trail marked by numbered stumps, with explanatory text. Sketches are of illustrations on pages: For front cover, inside front cover (2 sketches), inside back cover, back cover and pages [1], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], and [10]. Booklet: Maps...

A biography of the scientist and writer whose book "Silent Spring" warned of the dangers of pesticides and launched a popular movement to control their use.