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Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior: What They Did and How We Know David Hone

How scientists are unravelling one of the most tantalizing questions in paleontology

Into the Great Wide Ocean Into the Great Wide Ocean: Life in the Least Known Habitat on Earth Sönke Johnsen

A seagoing scientist explores how life thrives in one of the most mysterious environments on Earth

Dogpedia Dogpedia: A Brief Compendium of Canine Curiosities Jessica Pierce

An enchanting, fact-filled treasury for the dog lover in all of us, from A to Z

The Power of Prions The Power of Prions: The Strange and Essential Proteins That Can Cause Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Other Diseases Michel Brahic

The remarkable family of proteins that can make us very ill—but can also be linked to long-term memory, immunity, and the origin of life

Playing Possum Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death Susana Monsó

How animals conceive of death and dying—and what it can teach us about our own relationships with mortality

Alexander von Humboldt Alexander von Humboldt: A Concise Biography Andreas W. Daum

An engaging account of the life and work of the legendary polymath Alexander von Humboldt

Principles of Cognition Principles of Cognition: Finding Minds Eduardo Mercado III

A comprehensive overview of what psychologists now know about the nature of cognition

Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners: 20 Mysteries of Honey Bee Behavior Solved Thomas D. Seeley

A biologist’s up-close account of how he and fellow biologists cracked long-standing puzzles about honey bee behavior

The Last of Its Kind The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction Gísli Pálsson

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize
How an iconic bird’s final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinction

Quantitative Biosciences Quantitative Biosciences: Dynamics across Cells, Organisms, and Populations Joshua S. Weitz

A hands-on approach to quantitative reasoning in the life sciences

Quantitative Biosciences Companion in R Quantitative Biosciences Companion in R: Dynamics across Cells, Organisms, and Populations Joshua S. Weitz and Marian Domínguez-Mirazo

A hands-on lab guide in the R programming language that enables students in the life sciences to reason quantitatively about living systems across scales

Quantitative Biosciences Companion in Python Quantitative Biosciences Companion in Python: Dynamics across Cells, Organisms, and Populations Joshua S. Weitz, Nolan English, Alexander B. Lee, and Ali Zamani

A hands-on lab guide in the Python programming language that enables students in the life sciences to reason quantitatively about living systems across scales

Quantitative Biosciences Companion in MATLAB Quantitative Biosciences Companion in MATLAB: Dynamics across Cells, Organisms, and Populations Joshua S. Weitz and Bradford P. Taylor

A hands-on lab guide in the MATLAB programming language that enables students in the life sciences to reason quantitatively about living systems across scales

Mathematical Properties of Population-Genetic Statistics Mathematical Properties of Population-Genetic Statistics: Quadratic Forms Most Beautiful Noah A. Rosenberg

A powerful new approach to interpreting population-genetic data in evolution and ecology

40 Years of Evolution 40 Years of Evolution: Darwin's Finches on Daphne Major Island, New Edition Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary Grant

A new edition of Peter and Rosemary Grant’s classic account of their groundbreaking forty-year study of Darwin’s finches

The Importance of Being Educable The Importance of Being Educable: A New Theory of Human Uniqueness Leslie Valiant

In the age of AI, why our future depends on better understanding what makes us human

King Tyrant King Tyrant: A Natural History of Tyrannosaurus rex Mark P. Witton

A marvelously illustrated look at everything we now know about the fearsome king of the dinosaurs