Download or read book The Paraponera written by Perry D. DeFiore and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Richard Denton, a brilliant entomologist, is shy, introverted, and protective of the secret projects he hides in the basement of the country home he rents. He knows his creation is a major scientific breakthrough but fears the consequences of his discovery all the same. When one of Richards few friends convinces him to take a weekend off, he does soand returns to find that some of his hybrid ants have escaped into the world. Worried, he waits to hear and in the meantime finds an unexpected romance. Sightings of the ants become major international news, and as Richard watches, he knows it is just the beginning. A university associate helps develop a poison to combat the ferocious carnivorous insects, whose colonies soon reach into the millions. As the death toll climbs, Richard works to help defeat the demon he has created while attempting to keep his own responsibility for the ants a secret. But all bets are off when he learns that the ants are attacking the woman he loves. In this novel, a scientists carnivorous hybrid ants break loose and overrun the United States, and only time will tell if he can contain the menace he has unleashed.

Download or read book Into the Night written by Rick Adams and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This entertaining collection of essays from professional scientists and naturalists provides an enlightening look at the lives of field biologists with a passion for the hidden world of nocturnal wildlife. Into the Night explores the harrowing, fascinating, amusing, and largely unheard personal experiences of scientists willing to forsake the safety of daylight to document the natural history of these uniquely adapted animals. Contributors tell of confronting North American bears, cougars, and rattlesnakes; suffering red ctenid spider bites in the tropical rain forest; swimming through layers of feeding-frenzied hammerhead sharks in the Galapagos; evading the wrath of African bull elephants in South Africa; and delighting in the curious and gentle nature of foxes and unconditional acceptance by a family of owls. They describe “fire in the sky” across a treeless tundra, a sea ablaze with bioluminescent algae, nighttime earthquakes on the Pacific Rim, and hurricanes and erupting volcanoes on a Caribbean island. Into the Night reveals rare and unexpected insights into nocturnal field research, illuminating experiences, discoveries, and challenges faced by intrepid biologists studying nature’s nightly marvels across the globe. This volume will be of interest to scientists and general readers alike.

Download or read book Envenomations Caused by Animals written by Vidal Haddad Jr. and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-09 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About 90% of the injuries caused by venomous and poisonous animals are manifested by cutaneous signs, due to the inflammatory and necrotic characteristics of various toxins. Even when there are no initial changes in the skin, these can appear in later stages. Therefore, it is necessary for health professionals to be able to recognize and treat these types of injuries. This work provides detailed information on the identification of venomous and poisonous animals and the symptoms caused by their toxins. It includes extensive photographic documentation and discussion on the diagnosis and treatment of dermatitis, which can range from small superficial inflammations to deep necrosis with great tissue destruction. The latter can be prevented by early diagnosis. Chapters will discuss the identification of skin lesions caused by envenomation, and the definitions and implications of skin aggression. The content is presented in detail according to injuries caused by beetles (Coleoptera), Millepods, Hemiptera (Pentatomidae), cockroaches (Blattaria), centipedes (Chilopoda), bees and wasps, giant water bugs (Belostomatidae), ticks, ants, caterpillars and moths, spiders, scorpions, snakes, jellyfish and Portuguese man-of-war, venomous fish and bats. This original book fills a gap in the medical literature and will be a valuable resource for dermatologists, infectologists and general practitioners. Additionally, it may also be a useful tool for residents, professionals from other medical specialties and even from other areas, such as Biology and Veterinary Medicine. The author has more than 150 publications in indexed journals and forty years of clinical experience on the subject.

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Download or read book The Rediscovery of the Wild written by Peter H. Kahn, Jr. and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling case for connecting with the wild, for our psychological and physical well-being and to flourish as a species We often enjoy the benefits of connecting with nearby, domesticated nature—a city park, a backyard garden. But this book makes the provocative case for the necessity of connecting with wild nature—untamed, unmanaged, not encompassed, self-organizing, and unencumbered and unmediated by technological artifice. We can love the wild. We can fear it. We are strengthened and nurtured by it. As a species, we came of age in a natural world far wilder than today's, and much of the need for wildness still exists within us, body and mind. The Rediscovery of the Wild considers ways to engage with the wild, protect it, and recover it—for our psychological and physical well-being and to flourish as a species. The contributors offer a range of perspectives on the wild, discussing such topics as the evolutionary underpinnings of our need for the wild; the wild within, including the primal passions of sexuality and aggression; birding as a portal to wildness; children's fascination with wild animals; wildness and psychological healing; the shifting baseline of what we consider wild; and the true work of conservation.

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Download or read book Mighty Ants written by Wiley Blevins and published by Red Chair Press. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mighty ant has been around since the age of dinosaurs. These hard-working insects can be found on every continent except Antarctica. Readers will discover how ants work as a team and why they've been able to survive so long as they explore an ant colony.

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Download or read book Do Turtles Really Breathe Out Of Their Bums And Other Crazy Creepy and Cool Animal Facts written by Noel Botham and published by Dino Books. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DID YOU KNOW THAT. . .The SMELLIEST animal on earth can be SMELLED up to HALF A MILE AWAY?DO YOU WANT TO KNOW . . .How much ELECTRICITY is generated by an ADULT ELECTRIC EEL?AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS . . .By telling them about VENOMOUS FROGS and SHRIMPS so LOUD they can SHATTER GLASS!Do Turtles Really Breathe Out Of Their Bums? is the ultimate collection of totally awesome, totally useless animal facts.Ever wanted to know how much electricity an electric eel generates? Want to amaze your friends by telling them all about the world's most venomous frog?No animal is too crazy and no trivia is too trivial for Noel Botham, author of the hugely successful Book of Useless Information.Decorated throughout with eye-catching hand illustrations, this book is packed with the wildest, weirdest, funniest, grossest, fastest, longest, brainiest and best facts about animals!

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Download or read book Neurovascular Immunology written by Thomas C. Moore and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1992-10-28 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neurovascular Immunology provides an in-depth exploration of the neurovascular branch of the neuro-immune axis. The book includes discussions regarding the role of neurovascular molecules and their evolutionary history in biological defense, their major functions in invertebrates, their roles in terrestrial vertebrates, and their involvement in the organization and function of the vascular and nervous systems, including the immune response defense system. The book will appeal to all researchers, practitioners, and students interested in the functions of the nervous, vascular, and immune response systems.

Download or read book Life Above the Jungle Floor written by Donald R. Perry and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1986 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biologist describes the animals, birds, insects, and plants he observed from a platform that he built in the aerial zone (the area from 30 feet up to the treetops) of a tropical rain forest. He also includes a chapter on the relationship of prehistoric forests with dinosaurs.

Download or read book The Sting of the Wild written by Justin O. Schmidt and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With colorful descriptions of each venom’s sensation and a story that leaves you tingling with awe, The Sting of the Wild’s one-of-a-kind style will fire your imagination.

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