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Recent movers and shakers in science.

Updated June 14, 2026
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Evaluating climate change impacts
Lyubchich, Vyacheslav
Ebook
Evaluating Climate Change Impacts discusses assessing and quantifying climate change and its impacts from a multi-faceted perspective of ecosystem, social, and infrastructure resilience, given through a lens of statistics and data science. It provides a multi-disciplinary view on the implications...
Phenology
Crimmins, Theresa M.
Ebook
The Gull Guide : North America
Ayyash, Amar.
Ebook
The definitive photographic guide to North American gulls Gull identification can be challenging for even the most seasoned birder. While these birds are common to coasts, lakes, and rivers, they exhibit remarkable plumage changes related to age, which is sometimes complicated...
The Little Book of Weather
Scaife, Adam.
Ebook
A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world's weather Packed with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile anyone who is curious about weather. Expertly written and beautifully illustrated throughout with color...
The Lives of Bats : A Natural History
Reeder, DeeAnn M.
Ebook
A wonderfully illustrated guide to the natural history of the world's bats Bats are the second-largest order of mammals and inhabit almost every corner of the globe, but these secretive creatures are often maligned and misunderstood. With more than 1,400 species worldwide,...
The Princeton Field Guide to Predatory Dinosaurs
Paul, Gregory S.
Ebook
An authoritative illustrated guide to the fearsome predators that dominated the Mesozoic world for 180 million years New discoveries are transforming our understanding of the theropod dinosaurs, revealing startling new insights into the lives and look of these awesome...
Evolution evolving : the developmental origins of adaptation and biodiversity
Laland, Kevin N.
Ebook
A new account of the central role developmental processes play in evolution A new scientific view of evolution is emerging--one that challenges and expands our understanding of how evolution works. Recent research demonstrates that organisms differ greatly in how effective...
Niche Construction : How Life Contributes to Its Own Evolution
Odling-Smee, John.
Ebook
Color in Nature
Marshall, Justin.
Ebook
A marvelously illustrated guide to color in the natural world Recent years have seen tremendous strides in the fields of vision, visual ecology, and our own multilayered experience of color in life and the world. These advances have been driven by astonishing discoveries in...
The clock in the sun : how we came to understand our nearest star
Sokolsky, Pierre
Ebook
Winner, 2025 Choice Outstanding Academic Title On the surface of the Sun, spots appear and fade in a predictable cycle, like a great clock in the sky. In medieval Russia, China, and Korea, monks and court astronomers recorded the appearance of these dark shapes, interpreting them...
Galaxies
Graur, Or.
Ebook
An eminently readable overview of the history and physics of galaxies. In Galaxies, Or Graur offers a brief and fascinating overview of the history, physics, and astrophysical uses of galaxies. Starting with the history of the last two thousand years of galaxy studies,...
The Little Book of Dinosaurs
Charles, Rhys.
Ebook
A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of dinosaurs Packed with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any dinosaur lover. Expertly written and beautifully illustrated throughout with color photographs and original color...
The Lives of Spiders : A Natural History of the World's Spiders
Nelson, Ximena.
Ebook
A beautifully illustrated guide to the natural history and breathtaking diversity of spiders around the world Spiders are dominant predators in virtually every terrestrial ecosystem on the planet. A marvel of evolution with species numbering in the tens of thousands, they have...
The Social Wasps of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean, Second Edition
Kratzer, Chris Alice.
Ebook
An authoritative, stunningly illustrated guide to every species of social wasp found in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean Social wasps like hornets and yellowjackets use the power of teamwork to build complex societies and architectural wonders, and though they...
Birds of Greater Southern Africa
Barnes, Keith.
Ebook
A comprehensive illustrated field guide to the birds of Greater Southern Africa The vast region of Greater Southern Africa--which includes Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe--is home to a truly extraordinary diversity...
ID Handbook of European Birds
van Duivendijk, Nils.
Ebook
A groundbreaking two-volume illustrated reference book covering all of Europe's 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 identification...
The Physical Nature of Information : A Short Course
Falkovich, Gregory.
Ebook
A unified introduction to information theory for scientists Applications of information theory span a broad range of disciplines today. This book presents a unified treatment of the subject for students and practitioners in the sciences. It teaches the tools universally used...
Physics Fixes All the Facts
Graham, Liam.
Ebook
What Walks This Way : Discovering the Wildlife Around Us Through Their Tracks and Signs
Russell, Sharman Apt.
Ebook
Eye Beyond the Sky : 27 Telescopes and Space Probes, from Hooker to JWST
Wang, Jie.
Ebook
The World Atlas of Deserts and Drylands
Thomas, David
Ebook
A richly illustrated atlas of the world's deserts and drylands, their ecosystems, and their environments Deserts and drylands account for more than 40 percent of land on our planet. Characterized by a lack of water and extreme temperatures, they are the result of atmospheric...
The Heart of the Wild : Essays on Nature, Conservation, and the Human Future
Minteer, Ben A.
Ebook
Timely and provocative reflections on the future of the wild in an increasingly human world The Heart of the Wild brings together some of today's leading scientists, humanists, and nature writers to offer a thought-provoking meditation on the urgency of learning about...
Proceedings of the XXV DAE-BRNS High Energy Physics (HEP) Symposium 2022, 12-16 December, Mohali, India
Jena, Satyajit.
Ebook
The Land Is Our Community : Aldo Leopold's Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium
Millstein, Roberta L.
Ebook
A contemporary defense of conservationist Aldo Leopold's vision for human interaction with the environment.   Informed by his experiences as a hunter, forester, wildlife manager, ecologist, conservationist, and professor, Aldo Leopold developed a view he called...

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