Biology
How scientists are unravelling one of the most tantalizing questions in paleontology
A seagoing scientist explores how life thrives in one of the most mysterious environments on Earth
An enchanting, fact-filled treasury for the dog lover in all of us, from A to Z
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
How animals conceive of death and dying—and what it can teach us about our own relationships with mortality
An engaging account of the life and work of the legendary polymath Alexander von Humboldt
A comprehensive overview of what psychologists now know about the nature of cognition
A biologist’s up-close account of how he and fellow biologists cracked long-standing puzzles about honey bee behavior
The hidden role of fungi inside and all around us
Shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize
How an iconic bird’s final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinction
A hands-on approach to quantitative reasoning in the life sciences
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
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
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
A powerful new approach to interpreting population-genetic data in evolution and ecology
A new account of the central role developmental processes play in evolution
A new edition of Peter and Rosemary Grant’s classic account of their groundbreaking forty-year study of Darwin’s finches
In the age of AI, why our future depends on better understanding what makes us human
A marvelously illustrated look at everything we now know about the fearsome king of the dinosaurs
A groundbreaking new perspective on collective behavior across biological systems
The extraordinary life story of the celebrated naturalist who transformed our understanding of evolution
A scientist’s personal reflections on how to harness creativity and curiosity to generate new ideas and discover the unexpected
A sweeping new account of the role of power in the evolution of all life on Earth
A richly illustrated journey through the evolution of Africa’s extraordinary natural world across deep time
The visionary science behind the digital human twins that will enhance our health and our future
The essential insider’s guide for ecologists at all career stages—now completely updated and expanded
An authoritative introduction to the latest comparative methods in evolutionary biology
An authoritative, accessible, and gorgeously illustrated exploration into the lives of these remarkable animals
The most comprehensive and up-to-date general reference book on honey bee biology
An up-to-date reference book on phylogenetic methods and applications for evolutionary biologists
A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other species
Why information is the unifying principle that allows us to understand the evolution of complexity in nature
A powerful framework for understanding how natural selection shapes adaptation and biological design
A comprehensive overview of symbiotic relationships between insects and microbes
From two of the world’s leading authorities on dogs, an imaginative journey into a future of dogs without people
A comprehensive history of the biological sciences from antiquity to the modern era
A major biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveler, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selection
A vivid portrait of the life and work of Carl Linnaeus
A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation