Ross Piper
0313339228
Everyone is familiar with the dodo and the wooly mammoth, but how many people have heard of the scimitar cat and the Falkland Island fox? Extinct AnimalS≪/i> portrays over 60 remarkable animals that have been lost forever during the relatively recent geological past. Each entry provides a concise...
Ross Piper
Hardcover
204
Greenwood
0313349878
9780313349874
9
From mosquitoes to nematodes to mice, there are a multitude of organisms and animals that pose major health risks, cause economic burdens, and even threaten famine conditions for human civilization. Addressing these problems is often extremely costly and only partially effective. Pests: A Guide to t...
Ross Piper
Hardcover
282
Greenwood
0313384266
9780313384264
7
Animals have existed on Earth for many hundreds of millions of years. In that time they have evolved into a great variety of forms, exploiting nearly every habitat the planet has to offer. In the dark depths of the oceans, in the seemingly inhospitable Polar Regions, in the driest deserts, even with...
Ross Piper
Hardcover
320
Greenwood
0313339228
9780313339226
2
The animal kingdom in all its variety, featuring an astounding number of animal species that are overlooked in traditional surveys What most think of as the animal kingdom—from elephants to amphibians—in fact accounts for only a tiny portion of the tens of millions of species which scientists specul...
Ross Piper
Hardcover
320
Thames & Hudson
0500516960
9780500516966
1
Travel to the ends of the Earth and observe some of the world’s toughest creatures. Find out how long whales can hold their breath, why penguins don’t get frostbite, and how water bears can live through almost anything – even being cooked.
Ross Piper
Paperback
32
Fact Finders
1429646233
9781429646239
8
Extreme Lunch! is a Capstone Press publication.
Ross Piper
Paperback
32
Fact Finders
1429631317
9781429631310
6
University of Leeds
Academic degree:PHD
British writer
Ross Piper is a British zoologist and author of a number of books. Contents. 1 Biography; 2 Books; 3 References; 4 External links. Biography[edit]. Having been...
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