Elephants Slaughtered Along 'Highways Of Death'
Between 1970 and 1989, half of Africa's elephants (or about 700,000 individuals) were killed, mostly for their ivory tusks. The extreme decline spurred the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna ... [... more]
Live Science |
Algae Control In Ponds
Fish farmers face a difficult challenge in maintaining a healthy balance among the water, fish and microscopic flora and fauna in their pond systems. Algae are one important component of the natural nutrient cycles in ponds, but in high numbers, ... [... more]
Do It Yourself |
Cantigny, Flamingo, Bellamy-Ferriday
Prairie grasses may have once waved in Wheaton, Illinois, but now it's the island of color that distinguishes Cantigny Gardens. Then, we're off to Flamingo Gardens, which boasts 65 acres of exotic flora and fauna. What was once orange groves is ... [... more]
Home and Garden Television |
Victory For California Coast?
So for now, new oil drilling has taken a beating, which means that those of us who favor lower gasoline prices lost and those who want to drive gasoline prices up but keep flora and fauna flourishing on the coast have won. Also, those who would ... [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
An Introduction To Ants (Formicidae) Of The Tallgrass ...
Ants are a little-noticed but important part of the tallgrass prairie fauna. There are perhaps 100 species of ants that may be found in prairie tracts over the whole region, of which about 60 are typically found in ... [... more]
Northern Prairie Research Center |
Alvaro Vargas Llosa
Format: Trade Paperback, 218 pages Written by Alvaro Vargas Llosa LA FAUNA POLITICA LATINOAMERIC On Sale: February 1, 2005 [... more]
Random House |
Exotic Travel Destinations On Africa's Western Cape - ...
You can travel out to Dassen Island via boat, only several kilometers off of Yzerfontein's coast, and see its lovely flora and fauna. Take a ride to Pearl Bay Heights for spectacular views of the bay and its scenery. Better yet, travel there ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Flattened Fauna: A Field Guide to Common Animals of ...
 Are you among the millions of people whose only opportunity to observe wildlife comes after it has been run over and pressed into a patty by big rigs, then desiccated by the elements until even flies don't recognize it? This is the field guide for you! ... [... more]
$8.95
Amazon.com |
An Egyptian Bestiary
Of all the world's early civilizations, it was ancient Egypt that fostered the closest relationship with the animal world. All aspects of life, both secular and sacred, gave prominent place to man's vital involvement with living creatures of every kind. ... [... more]
$65.00
Amazon.com |
The Complete Fauna of Iran
This prize-winning book is the most comprehensive work to date on the fauna of Iran, now available for the first time to an English-speaking readership. Despite the emergence of a conservation movement in the 1960s and 70s, the last quarter century has ... [... more]
$95.00
Amazon.com |
Seashells of Southern Florida: Living Marine Mollusks of ...
Located where the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea converge, the Florida Keys are distinctive for their rich and varied marine fauna. The Keys are home to nearly sixty taxonomic families of bivalves such as clams and mussels--roughly ... [... more]
$85.00
Amazon.com |
Shakespeare's Flora & Fauna
Shakespeare was a lover of nature in all its forms, having gleaned his knowledge first hand as a youth in the Warwickshire countryside. This eloquent little tome is filled with selections of the floral and animal imagery from Shakespeare's comedies and ... [... more]
$9.95
Amazon.com |
