On Saturday, January 26, Emory professor Anthony Martin will give a talk about the Georgia Barrier Islands and his new book, Life Traces of the Georgia Coast. The event takes place at Manuel's Tavern at 7 p.m. Suggested donation for non-students is $3. Books will be available for purchase at the event. More information about Dr. Martin's talk is available here.
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British newspaper The Guardian featured five IU Press books its Birdbooker Report 252:
Butterflies of Indiana: A Field Guide
"For beginners and experts, Butterflies of Indiana ... offers an introduction to the natural history of butterflies. The simple and intuitive design of this guide and its wealth of features make it a faithful companion for butterfly watchers, collectors, gardeners, birders, and naturalists."
"Dragonflies of Indiana includes sections on key identification features, anatomy, life history, habitats, behavior, and flight seasons of dragonflies; the history of dragonfly study in Indiana; and the conservation value of dragonflies. It will be appreciated by all who take wonder in the shimmer of dragonfly wings on a summer day."
The Sunflower Family in the Upper Midwest
"This beautiful book features 544 photos as well as range maps for each of the 150 treated species. ... This is an eye-catching book suitable for display or reference."
"All 43 of the orchids now growing in Indiana are represented in this handsome volume of detailed descriptions, range maps, and color photographs, appealing to naturalists and orchid lovers everywhere."
Sedges of Indiana and the Adjacent States: The Non-Carex Species
"This attractive publication is as relevant to gardeners as it is to natural areas biologists and plant taxonomists. The states covered by this guide include: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin."
Read the complete article on The Guardian's website.
"Throughout his engaging life narrative, Raff holds forth on intriguing scientific topics, and makes his case for the teaching of evolution in schools, the consequences of scientific assumptions 'harnessed to politics,' and more. At once a cri de coeur from an eminent scientist on behalf of his profession, Raff's work is also an engaging and informative jaunt through the richly diverse history of evolution as a phenomenon and a course of study."—Publishers Weekly
"In Christopher E. Cosans Owen has acquired a zealous modern mythologist. Owen’s Ape & Darwin’s Bulldog: Beyond Darwinism and Creationism offers a lively and uncompromisingly partisan account of the struggles between Owen and the Darwinists." —Journal of the History of Biology
"In this book, Rudolf A. Raff reaches out to the scientifically queasy, using his life story and his growth as a scientist to illustrate why science matters, especially at a time when many Americans are both suspicious of science and hostile to scientific ways of thinking. ... Once We All Had Gills is also the story of evolution writ large: its history, how it is studied, what it means, and why it has become a useful target in a cultural war against rational thought and the idea of a secular, religiously tolerant nation. ... For those with an interest in the role that science (especially evolution) can/should play in our society." —Birdbooker Report
Jolyon C. Parish’s The Dodo and the Solitaire: A Natural History has been named a Library Journal Editors' Pick from BookExpo America 2012.
"The Dodo and the Solitaire: A Natural History (Indiana Univ. Pr., Nov.) meticulously traces human encounters with these ill-fated large flightless birds—perhaps had they retained the ability to fly they would have survived," writes Social Sciences Editor Margaret Heilbrun. "Parish’s book is rich with contemporary images, evocative descriptions, and later anatomical studies."
You can pre-order and find more information about The Dodo and the Solitaire on the IU Press website.
Mammals of Indiana author John O. Whitaker Jr. will be the featured speaker at the Sassafras Audubon Society’s spring meeting and dinner March 25 at Grazie! Italian Eatery in Bloomington.
Whitaker will discuss Indiana bats and the challenges in bat preservation, including white-nose syndrome and wind farms.
The evening begins at 5:30 p.m., with dinner at 6. Reservations are required. To reserve your spot, email Julia Ferguson at fluvialjulia@gmail.com by March 21.
Mike Homoya will lecture at the Anderson Public Library about his book, Wildflowers and Ferns of Indiana Forests March 17. The lecture runs from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and is sponsored by Madison County Master Gardener Association and Madison County Purdue Extension.
"[Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs] represents a valuable addition to the literature on these animals as it contains many novel ideas and quite a bit of new data. It will definitely instigate more work on sauropod biology and help to focus future work in new directions." —Geological Magazine
"...[A] very comprehensive guide to the wide variety of fish, or fishes if you prefer, that can be found in Hoosier waters... [It] is a book worth reading." —The Herald Times (requires subscription)
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