Zoologi: ryggradsdjur (vertebrater)

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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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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  Sillens betydelse kan inte överskattas. Den fångades och åts av människor redan för tusentals år sedan. Havets silver har mättat magar och skapat förmögenheter bortom vår fattningsförmåga. Genom åren har den glänst och simmat, men aldrig få...

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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 groundbreaking two-volume illustrated reference book covering all of Europes birds Would you like to be able to identify any bird species in Europe, in all plumages, in every season? ID Handbook of European Birds is the resource for you. This id...

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

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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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The follow-up to the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Other Minds A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Waterstones Best Book of 2020 The scuba-diving philosopher explores the origins of animal consciousness. Dip below the oceans surface and you...

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An award-winning scientist presents a lyrical and scientific exploration of the raven, one of the most complex and engaging creatures known to man. Photo insert. Line drawings throughout.

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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 a...

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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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<p><b>Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025: the profound and life-affirming memoir about finding our way in a chaotic world</b><p><p>'A sumptuous, surprising, dark delight' Carmen Maria...

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From prehistoric cave paintings to the prints and etchings of Picasso, owls have captivated and inspired us for millennia. Whether they appear as ancient Athenian symbols of wisdom, ghostly harbingers of death, or the cuddly sidekicks of Harry Pot...

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Mama's Last Hug is a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals- beginning with Mama, a chimpanzee matriarch who formed a deep bond with biologist Jan van Hooff. Her story and others like it show that humans are not the only sp...

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The first edition of Frans de Waal's Chimpanzee Politics was acclaimed not only by primatologists for its scientific achievement but also by politicians, business leaders, and social psychologists for its remarkable insights into the most bas...

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From the monotonous lark to the rough-faced shag, these poor birds have us all asking: ARE ORNITHOLOGISTS OK? Some people will literally name all the birds instead of going to therapy, and this book exposes all the weird and wonderful monikers the...

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The life, death and afterlife of one of the true icons of extinction, the Great Auk The great auk was a flightless, goose-sized bird superbly adapted for life at sea. Fat, flush with feathers and easy to capture, the birds were in trouble whenever...

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Flodnejonöga, nätting, har traditionellt fiskats i de norrländska älvarnas mynningsområden under uppströmsvandringen från havet till lekområdena, men fisket har minskat. Den fångas även längs den finska kusten och i Baltikum. Redskapen görs av vid...

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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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The first guide ever to document and explore the diverse parks and reserves of Africas middle belt, it covers Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. The region contains prized spots such as the world-famous landscapes of the Namib and Kal...

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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 this beautifully written . . . terrific book, he tells the extraordinary story of how mammals came...

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This handsome box set of 100 postcards features original watercolor illustrations from David Sibley, America's leading ornithologist. Culled from The Sibley Field Guide to Birds, each bird is lovingly rendered in watercolors by David Sibley and ch...

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The past, present and future of the world's most popular and beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat lover. Engaging and wide-ranging The Age of Cats is a readable and informed exploration of the wildcat that lurks wi...

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The robin was hardly understood when David Lack - Britain's most influential ornithologist - started his scientific observations. This book is a landmark in natural history, not just for its discoveries, but because of the approachable style,...

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And if anyone knows anything about anything it's Owl who knows something about something. Winnie-the-Pooh, A. A. Milne From prehistoric cave paintings to the prints and etchings of Picasso, owls have captivated and inspired us for millennia. ...

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Identify migratory birds with this book, containing detailed text on flight and contact calls, annotated sonograms and QR codes to the calls themselves. Every spring and autumn, millions of birds fly over us to en route to their summer or winter q...

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The most comprehensive single-volume photographic guide to Europes birds ever producedfrom the authors of the acclaimed Britains Birds Covering more than 900 species, and illustrated with 4,700 photographs, Europes Birds is the most comprehensive,...

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The isthmus of Panama, where North and South America meet, hosts more bird species than all of North America. More accessible than ever to birdwatchers and other ecotourists, the country has become a premier neotropical birding and nature tourism ...

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The Kruger National Park, one of the largest and best-known conservation areas in the world, supports a remarkable diversity of birds. This attractive and handy field guide lists more than 500 species that have been recorded here, and provides ful...

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From two of the worlds 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 Dogs World imagines a ...

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