Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution
Explore the fascinating world of genetics, biology, and evolution through a diverse collection of texts that reveal the secrets of life. This category offers insights into the building blocks of DNA, the diversity of living organisms, and the processes that drive the natural world. Whether you’re a student, educator, or curious reader, these works provide a deeper understanding of how life evolves and thrives across different environments. Dive into the wonders of science with these engaging and informative works.
A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha
Discover the fascinating lives of rabbits, hares, and pikas as scientists work to understand their place in North America's natural landscape.
By E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
A New Pocket Gopher (Thomomys) and A New Spiny Pocket Mouse (Liomys) from Michoacán, Mexico
Hidden in the Mexican landscape, two unique rodent subspecies emerge, forever changing what we know about wildlife in this area.
By E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1
Witness how choices made by people transform the natural world as traits are passed down, forever altering both plants and animals.
By Charles Darwin
Mendel's principles of heredity: A defence
A scientist fights for the recognition of a forgotten monk whose pea plant experiments unlock the secrets of how traits are passed down through generations.
By William Bateson
The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 2 With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface
Travel to the jungles of South America and beyond to uncover strange animal life and reveal Earth's hidden secrets.
By Alfred Russel Wallace
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
Explore the groundbreaking theories of a 19th-century scientist who dared to imagine the origins of the cosmos and the evolution of life on Earth.
By Robert Chambers
Two New Meadow Mice from Michoacán Mexico
Hidden in the mountains of Mexico, discover the unique characteristics of two newly found meadow mice subspecies.
By E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
Geological Contemporaneity and Persistent Types of Life
Fossils challenge expectations as an older, more careful look at the history of life reveals unexpectedly steady creatures across vast stretches of time.
By Thomas Henry Huxley
Elementary Botany
Explore the hidden world of plant life, from the smallest cell to the largest ecosystem, and discover the amazing processes that keep our green world alive.
By George Francis Atkinson
Zoonomia; Or, the Laws of Organic Life, Vol. I
Explore the secrets of life as this groundbreaking scientific work seeks to categorize the principles governing the actions and feelings of living things.
By Erasmus Darwin
Physiological Researches on Life and Death
Go on a journey through this early scientific work, understanding life's functions and how they relate to the body's unavoidable journey to death.
By Xavier Bichat
The Coal Measures Amphibia of North America
Journey back in time to unearth the secrets of prehistoric amphibians and witness a pivotal chapter in the evolution of land vertebrates.
By Roy Lee Moodie
The History of Creation, Vol. 2 (of 2) Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes
Journey through time to witness life's evolutionary saga, where fossils and embryos whisper secrets of how organisms transformed across geologic epochs.
By Ernst Haeckel
Taxonomic Status of Some Mice of The Peromyscus boylii Group in Eastern Mexico, With Description of a New Subspecies
Discover the secrets of mouse classification in Eastern Mexico, where a scientist sorts out species, subspecies and even finds a new mouse in the mix.
By Ticul Alvarez
Two New Pocket Gophers from Wyoming and Colorado
** Discover the remarkable distinctions of two newly identified pocket gopher subspecies, as scientists explore their unique characteristics and geographical distribution.
By E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
The Preparation & Mounting of Microscopic Objects
Unlock the secrets of the microscopic world by learning how to expertly prepare and present specimens for optimal viewing.
By Thomas Davies
The Meaning of Infancy
Discover how the vulnerability of human babies is secretly the key to our species' intelligence, society, and ongoing progress.
By John Fiske
Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
Venture into the biological world of vertebrates, starting with rabbits, to uncover the secrets of their life processes through detailed anatomical study and observation.
By H. G. Wells
Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Singapore and Malacca
Embark on a journey to the tropical landscapes of Singapore and Malacca where a pioneering naturalist uncovers a hidden world of unique flying insects, forever changing our perspective on the region’s biological diversity.
By Alfred Russel Wallace
The Last Link: Our Present Knowledge of the Descent of Man
Embark on a scientific journey to uncover humanity's primal origins, venturing into a history changing exploration of our evolutionary link to the animal kingdom.
By Ernst Haeckel