Biology Subject Guide

A comprehensive guide to the essentials of evolutionary biology, these entries by leading experts survey essential concepts and theories, present methods, models and findings, and discuss both the history of the field and current controversies.

Taking each group in turn, from millipedes to mantids and from spiders to scorpions, this volume provides a summary of the current scientific understanding of these of animals. Exceptionally illustrated with specially commissioned artwork illuminating the text, this work is the one-stop guide to the host of largely unseen 'mini-beasts' that share our world.

Covers the behaviour, diet, distribution, and evolution of every known living mammal in the world in clear, accessible language, and is well illustrated throughout with photographs and original artwork.

This encyclopedia gives an excellent overview of reptiles and amphibians. Vividly illustrated, it combines scientific research with easy to read essays to appeal simultaneously to a general audience interested in natural history and to specialists requiring an accurate up to date reference work.

Describes in detail the anatomy, behaviour, habitat, breeding, and conservation status of species: from microscopic, single-celled organisms swept along by water currents to gigantic powerhouses of the deep.

Entries are prepared by a team of biologists and conservationists giving a systematic account of every family, covering their form and function, distribution, diet, social behaviour, and breeding biology.