University of Chicago Press, 2016. — 320 p. From eminent biologists like Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin to famous authors such as Rudyard Kipling in his Just So Stories , many people have asked, "Why do zebras have stripes?" There are many explanations, but until now hardly any have been seriously addressed or even tested. In Zebra Stripes , Tim Caro takes readers...
DK Publishing, 2016, 80 p., ISBN: 978-1-4654-5174-3. (DK Eyewitness Books). Discover the world of horses and ponies- from their origins and breeds to their role in human history. Become an expert on horses, one of nature's most beloved animals. This children's book shows how horses have played a pivotal part throughout human history. You will uncover the role of these majestic...
Smithsonian Libraries; Island Press, 1992. — 60 p. — (IUCN/SSC Action Plans for the Conservation of Biological Diversity). Genectic diversity of Equid species, feral horses and donkeys, feeding & ranging, reproductive and social behavior, population sizes, action required to conserve wild equids. Includes: mountain zebras, grevy's zebras, plain zebras, african wild asses, asian...
Princeton University Press, 1999. — 256 p. — ISBN: 085661131X (ISBN13: 9780856611315). Hippos are unusual in being genuinely amphibious and this has a fundamental effect on their physiology and way of life. Following a general introduction, there is a detailed description of hippo anatomy and physiology, including many fascinating and little-known facts about their skin...
The Blood-Horse, Inc. 2003. — 375 p. More than 15 years of research and observation from students and experts at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center have gone into McDonnell's formal catalogue of equine behavior. Designed to be useful to the widest possible range of readers, from veterinarians to high school students, and from horse buffs to those engaged in...
World Conservation Union, 2002. — 190 p. The new Equid Action Plan provides current knowledge on the biology, ecology and conservation status of wild zebras, asses, and horses. It specifies what information is lacking, and prioritizes needed conservation actions. The Action Plan also provides chapters on equid taxonomy, genetics, reproductive biology, and population dynamics....
Reaktion Books, 2018. — 216 p. Common and exotic, glamorous and ferocious, sociable and sullen: zebras mean many things to many people. But one facet of zebras universally fascinates: their stripes. The extraordinary beauty of zebras’ striped coats has ensured their status as one of the world’s most recognizable and popular animals. Zebra print is everywhere in contemporary...
Skyhorse Publishing, 2017. — 148 p. There is no creature that quite embodies the beauty and grandeur of the American West as does the wild horse. For thousands of years, the horse has roamed the plains and valleys of the American continent, free of the encumbrances of man or the saddle. In "America’s Wild Horses", award-winning photographer and lifelong horse lover Steven Price...
Springer, 2023. — 442 p. The reader achieves insight that speciation does not equate with specialization. Step-by-step development of the understanding that form and function are linked but adaptation is a different concept. Horse-aficionadas will discover that horses are not alone and that other beautiful horse-like animals exist. The narrative of the progression of the ‘horse...
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. — 248 p. Wild horses, zebras, asses, and feral equines exhibit intriguing and complex social structures that captivate the human imagination and elicit a wide range of emotions that influence conservation and management efforts. This book, spearheaded by Jason I. Ransom and Petra Kaczensky, brings together the world's leading experts on...
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