Life, the spectacular companion volume to the new Discovery Channel/BBC series, tells a majestic and compelling story of survival and of the amazing behaviors animals and plants adopt to stay alive and pass their genes to a new generation. Beautifully written and illustrated with more than 300 high-definition color photographs, Life focuses on the most exciting examples of the millions of species to demonstrate the harrowing and very different challenges that all living things must overcome to prevail and to procreate. In 60 concise and captivating vignettes, intriguingly grouped in categories like Extraordinary Sea Creatures, Fabulous Fish, Irrepressible Plants, Hot-blooded Hunters, and Intellectual Primates, the authors provide the most up-to-date science. Each chapter parallels an episode of the television series, making the book a must-have addition to any interested viewer’s library. From the familiar to the rare―polar bears, Japanese snow macaques, monarch butterflies, and fish-catching bats, a mega-roost of 10 million fruit bats in Zambia, capuchin monkeys that use stone tools, marine life beneath and upon the ice of Antarctica, and tiny goby fish that climb Hawaiian waterfalls―this sumptuous volume brims with information and unforgettable images of the spectacular, the dangerous, and the bizarre.

Life: Extraordinary Animals, Extreme Behaviour

Science & Math

Holmes, Martha

GUNTON, Michael

Biological Sciences

University of California Press

Sea Trek

Describes the undersea life off the coast of Southern California, and in the Galapagos Islands, Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the Caribbean, and the Hawaiian Islands

Bbc Pubns

The oceans of the world are home to countless different forms of sea life, from microscopic algae to the largest mammals on Earth. In this book, based on the five-part BBC Television series shown in the autumn of 1991, Martha Holmes sets out on a voyage of exploration to five locations, to discover the varied creatures which each one supports. The book takes her to the Galapagos Islands, the Great Barrier Reef, the kelp forests of the Californian coast, the volcanic seascapes of Hawaii and the coral reefs of the Caribbean. Her adventures bring her face-to-face with whales, sharks, sting-rays and moray eels, as well as the endearing sea otters of California and the playful dolphins of the Caribbean. The author writes about her discoveries and lives and habitats of many sea animals, describing the underwater world of communication, hunting techniques and reproduction, and discussing the question of man's relationship with this fragile and beautiful environment.

From the beginning of recorded history, the River Nile has been a blessing in an otherwise barren world, but at first was a mystery. As the centuries passed, explorers braved rapids, swamps, jungles, and disease to push further and further up the river, each time bringing back new clues to its origins. Nile charts the full story of this great river. Beginning with an exploration of the world of ancient Egypt, we then journey upstream as the river splits into its two main armsthe White Nile and the Blue Nile. Finally, we follow in the heroic footsteps of the great explorers as they raced to solve the riddle of the river’s source, deep in the heart of Africa. Abundantly illustrated with color photos and detailed maps, Nile weaves together history and natural history in a fascinating portrait of one of the world’s greatest natural wonders.

Nile

Arts & Photography

Scoones, Tim

Maxwell/Gavin

Photography & Video

BBC Books

"From space, Planet Earth is blue. It floats like a jewel in the inky black void. The reflection of the sun's light from the vast expanse of water covering its surface creates it gemlike blue color. In the entire solar system, Earth is the only planet that has water in liquid form in such quantities." Scientist have calculated that 70 percent of our planet is covered by water; small wonder that the human being shave always been so fascinated by the oceans and what lies beneath. Today, while we still have so much more of the ocean realm to uncover, we have discovered enough to know that beneath the waves lies a vast treasure-trove of rich and diverse life. Accompanying the television series of the same name, The Blue Planet leads up on a voyage of exploration from the coasts, the very edges of the oceans, to the deep where weird and monstrous fish lurk in a world of perpetual darkness. Along the way we are introduced to a whole host of wonderful creatures -- from tiny copepods to majestic blue whales, and from the grotesque hairy anglerfish, to the amazing tripod fish that stands on its three delicate legs waiting to snap up unsuspecting prey. Complete with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough and 400 full-color photographs, The Blue Planet is the first complete and comprehensive portrait of the whole ocean system.

The Blue Planet: A Natural History of the Oceans

DK PUBLISHING

Byatt, Andrew

Fothergill, Alastair

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