Those who know sharks know not just how fascinating they are but also how remarkably diverse they are from species to species as well. To come to understand this for yourself, it’s best to consult a comprehensive field guide – and when it comes to field guides to sharks, none can compare to the Princeton Field Guides series volume Sharks of the World.
Two new books on natural history subjects are being released this week from Princeton University Press: The Amazing World of Flyingfish by Steve N. G. Howell, and A Sparrowhawk’s Lament: How British Breeding Birds of Prey Are Faring by David Cobham with Bruce Pearson and a foreword by Chris Packham.
Whenever one hears about bees these days, it is almost invariably to the European honey bee, Apis mellifera, that the reference is being made. Indeed, the health of this species is of justifiably great concern, but it is by no means the only species of bee on the planet. Among the approximately 20,000 species of […]
From a footnote to the article “Homage to Santa Rosalia or Why Are There So Many Kinds of Animals?” by G. E. Hutchinson as published May-June, 1959 edition of The American Naturalist: