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 New Extinct Emydid Turtle from the Lower Pliocene of Oklahoma
Journey back in time to witness the unveiling of a long-lost turtle species, its fossilized remains offering clues to its unique characteristics and ancient lineage.
By Edwin C. (Edwin Carter) Galbreath
Complete Treatise on the mare and foal at the time of delivery, with illustrations. Also on cows and calves, with stallion and mare, when diseased by Gonorrhea (clap) or Pox, also Diarrhea and Costiveness in Colts.
Navigate the challenging world of 19th-century animal husbandry with a guide that provides detailed instructions and remedies for complicated births, diseases, and general health issues in mares, foals, cows, and calves.
By Conrad Mitchell
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México
Venture into the world of Mexican wildlife through decades-old research, where previously unknown species and their habitats get their time to shine.
By William Edward Duellman
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
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
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
Note on the Resemblances and Differences in the Structure and the Development of the Brain in Man and Apes
Venture into a world where science challenges long-held beliefs about how we are evolutionarily connected by studying the surprising similarities between ape and human brains.
By Thomas Henry Huxley
The Dancing Mouse: A Study in Animal Behavior
A scientist investigates the odd behaviors of dancing mice, seeking to uncover the mysteries of their movements and understand animal actions.
By Robert Mearns Yerkes
Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution: His Life and Work
Discover the untold story of a scientist whose revolutionary ideas about evolution were almost lost to history.
By A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
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
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
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