- Provides a summary of the modern understanding of the animal world and its evolution - Shows how DNA studies have revolutionized the classification of animals - Discusses key topics in zoology such as modern evolutionary trees and the origin of animals - Part of the Very Short Introductions series - over three million copies sold worldwide The animal world is immensely divers...(展开全部)

- One of American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Books for General Audiences and Young Adults 2014 While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare to those of other animals. For instance: the male garden spider spontaneously dies after mating with a female more than fifty times his size. Female cichlids must guar...(展开全部)

While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare to those of other animals. For instance: the male garden spider spontaneously dies after mating with a female more than fifty times his size. Female cichlids must guard their eggs and larvae--even from the hungry appetites of their own partners. And male blanket octopuses employ ...(展开全部)

- One of American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Books for General Audiences and Young Adults 2014 While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare to those of other animals. For instance: the male garden spider spontaneously dies after mating with a female more than fifty times his size. Female cichlids must guar...(展开全部)

While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare to those of other animals. For instance: the male garden spider spontaneously dies after mating with a female more than fifty times his size. Female cichlids must guard their eggs and larvae--even from the hungry appetites of their own partners. And male blanket octopuses employ ...(展开全部)

The 3rd edition of this classic textbook continues to serve as a one-stop resource for authoritative information on all aspects of small animal surgery. Coverage includes basic procedures such as spays, castrations, and declaws, as well as more advanced surgeries that might be referred to specialists such as craniotomy, ventral slots, and lung lobectomy. Discussions of general ...(展开全部)