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On the Wing is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the evolution of flight in all four groups of powered flyers: insects, pterosaurs, birds and bats.
Nature's Flyers
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'Nature's Flyers' is a detailed account of the current scientific understanding of the primary aspects of flight in nature. The author explains the physical bas
Insects and Gardens
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Authors: Eric Grissell
Categories: Beneficial insects
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It might be time to declare a truce with the insects in our lives. With a sound basis in science and a practical grounding in gardening experience, Grissell int
The Art of Migration
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Pages: 224
Authors: Peggy Macnamara
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Tiny ruby-throated hummingbirds weighing less than a nickel fly from the upper Midwest to Costa Rica every fall, crossing the six-hundred-mile Gulf of Mexico wi
Twitch
Language: en
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Twitch has three pet chickens, four pigeons, swallows nesting in his bedroom and a passion for birdwatching. On the first day of the summer holidays he arrives