Books written by David Rains Wallace
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The Bonehunters' Revenge: Dinosaurs, Greed, and the Greatest Scientific Feud of the Gilded Age
Stegner , “ and with it much of the structure of government science that Powell had labored with for more than twenty years . " On July 20 , Powell telegraphed to Marsh : “ Appropriation cut off . Please send your resignation at once .
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Chuckwalla Land: The Riddle of California's Desert
This book will appeal to anyone who cherishes arid lands and their natural history.”-Bruce M. Pavlik, author of The California Deserts: An Ecological Rediscovery “David Rains Wallace explores the origins of the California desert with ...
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Neptune’s Ark: From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas
The actor Burgess Meredith wanted to make a dolphin film and invited Lilly to stay at his beach house while he was looking for property in Malibu . The next morning , according to Lilly's biographer , Meredith told him that he'd dreamt ...
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The Klamath Knot: Explorations of Myth and Evolution
Ledyard Stebbins, author of Variation and Evolution in Plants "The Klamath Knot is a marvelous book, one of the finest nature essays I have read, beautifully written, full of stimulating ideas and insights."—George B. Schaller, author of ...
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Chuckwalla Land: The Riddle of California's Desert
chapter twenty- eight . bushes and camels 173 “It is likely that contemporary”: Janzen, “Chihuahuan Desert Nopaleras,” p. 625. 174 “There are many books”: Ibid., p. 597. 174 “There were four genera”: Ibid., p. 611.
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Mountains and Marshes: Exploring the Bay Area's Natural History
Daniel Janzen writes that landscapes “moderately and patchily browsed” by a variety of big animals “may be more like those before megafaunal extinction than were those present at the time of the Spanish conquest.” On the other hand, ...
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Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution
As Daniel Janzen's studies of contemporary Central America savanna and dry forest show, many tree species there with large, tasty fruits— jicaro, guapinol, guanacaste—depend largely on ungulates to spread their seeds.
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The Quetzal and the Macaw: The Story of Costa Rica's National Parks
Describes how Costa Rica saved millions of acres of forest by creating a national park system and examines the park's ecosystems and diversity of life
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Ecotravel
A guide to outdoor exploration and recreation activities in North America offers information on the plants and animals that inhabit each place and advice on equipment, clothing, and safety.
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Neptune’s Ark: From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas
Miller, Loye, Edward D. Mitchell, and Jere H. Lipps. “New Light on the Flightless Goose, Chendytes lawi.” Contributions in Science of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History 43 (1961). Mitchell, Edward D. “A Walrus and Sea Lion ...
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Mammoth Cave: Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
Mammoth Cave: Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
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Nature Travel
Authoritative, lavishly photographed and illustrated guides to the wonders of the natural world around us. Clear, accessible format, charts, diagrams, field tips, practical pointers, and historical profiles.
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The Turquoise Dragon: A Mystery
When ex-forest ranger George Clark uncovers the murdered body of a naturalist friend in California's Klamath Mountains and understands his friend's startling discovery, he is drawn into the orbit of a millionaire who made his fortune ...
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Shakespeare's Wilderness
"Shakespeare is often praised for his love and understanding of nature.
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The Monkey's Bridge: Mysteries of Evolution in Central America
This is the story of Central America's role as an evolutionary link between continents"--Provided by publisher.
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Adventuring in Central America: Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Adventuring in Central America: Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
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Articulate Earth: Adventures in Ecocriticism
Articulate Earth is a collection of 23 provocative essays spanning the past 30 years of Wallace's career.
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The Dark Range: A Naturalist's Night Notebook
The Dark Range: A Naturalist's Night Notebook
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The Untamed Garden and Other Personal Essays
The Untamed Garden and Other Personal Essays
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The Monkey's Bridge: Mysteries of Evolution in Central America
When the Panama land bridge between North and South America formed three million years ago, plants and animals surged back and forth in the "Great American Biotic Interchange", an evolutionary...