Bøger i Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series serien

After nearly 20 years of travelling around the globe searching for toads, frogs, salamanders, snakes, lizards and turtles, herpetologist Paul Freed pauses to tell stories of his adventures finding and collecting reptiles and amphibians from the tropics of Costa Rica to the deserts of Namibia.

This comprehensive field guide to Big Bend National Park in Texas recounts the area's archaeology and history, describes the characteristics and habitats of Big Bend's variety of plants and animals, and outlines walking and driving tours of the most likely spots for sighting these natural wonders.

Changes in chimney construction and homeowner attitudes had contributed to a major decline in the numbers of Chimney Swifts. With narrative, photos, and drawings, this book explores Chimney Swift natural history and provide practical guidelines for homeowners to coexist peacefully with these remarkable spring and summer guests.

For each of the 44 of the flowers of Texas in this book, the author describes the significance and origin of its common name, identifies where the flower grows naturally, what uses it has had historically, and what legends are associated with it.

Living and gardening in Central Texas since 1969, Bill Scheick has celebrated successes and analysed failures; techniques and plants that worked in one yard did not necessarily work in another just a few miles away. In Adventures of Texas Gardening, Scheick shares, through personal accounts as well as stories from fellow gardeners, big gardening efforts.

Texas hosts an unparalleled number of butterfly species, and whether one lives near the beaches of the Gulf Coast or in the mountains of the Trans-Pecos, all Texans can enjoy the color and tranquility that butterflies bring to any outdoor space.In Butterfly Gardening for Texas, author and expert Geyata Ajilvsgi shares a wealth of practical information about all kinds of butterflies and the many flowers and other plants they utilize in their miraculous life cycle: from hidden egg to munching caterpillar to cryptic chrysalis to nectar-sipping, winged adult.Written in an engaging, nontechnical style for anyone who wants to attract butterflies to the yard or garden, the book provides tips for making gardens caterpillar- and butterfly-friendly, in-depth profiles of more than fifty butterflies, descriptions of the food plants for a variety of both caterpillars and butterflies, and plant lists for easy selection and substitution, depending on where you live and what is available.For those who want specific advice on what to plant where, Ajilvsgi has designed useful, adaptable landscape plans and extensive planting options for each of seven state regions. Helpful appendices aid gardeners in taking photographs of the butterflies they attract, in locating sources for seeds and plants, and in finding organizations and other instructive publications for additional information about these beautiful and beneficial insects.As the popularity of butterfly gardening continues to increase, gardeners of all skill levels will find Butterfly Gardening for Texas an invaluable source of guidance and inspiration.

A photographic guide to seventy-seven species of grass that grow in the Texas Hill Country and beyond. It contains: handy thumb guides to seed head type; color photographs of stands of grasses and close-ups; information about economic uses, habitat, range, and flowering season; and quick-reference icons for native status, toxicity, and others.

Some 111 million years ago, deep in the heart of Texas, a herd of twenty-ton dinosaurs sauntered across a wet mud flat. Their footprints eventually became frozen in stone, leaving a sign of one fleeting moment of a particular day in the lives of these magnificent creatures. Today, after mountains of time have passed, the story of dinosaurs in what is now Texas is being reconstructed, footprint by footprint, bone by bone. Lone Star Dinosaurs tells that story, along with the exciting tale of the discoveries that have opened a peephole into the past. Behind each fossil find, there is not just a dinosaur but a person-- sometimes a child--whose spark of curiosity lights the picture of prehistory. This is a thrilling story, engagingly written and beautifully illustrated, through which young and old alike can enter the world of the dinosaurs and the world of the dinosaur hunters. Dinosaurs are a Texas legacy from worlds long past. Pleurocoelus, Alamosaurus, Acrocanthosaurus, Chasmosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, and Tenontosaurus are among the representatives Texas boasts of every basic group of dinosaurs--a remarkable diversity that samples nearly the entire range of dinosaurian development over an immense expanse of time. In fact, the three dinosaur-bearing areas within the state--the Panhandle, Central Texas, and Big Bend--yield treasures of vastly different ages, from the beginning of the Mesozoic Era more than 200 million years ago to the time of the big extinction some 66 million years ago. These dinosaurs lived in such different arrangements of the continents and oceans that they may as well have lived in different worlds. Their stories offer a compelling picture of the history of life on our planet.

With more than a hundred color photographs, this book reflects the author's penchant for the state's insect life, especially dragonflies, as well as his long affection for Texas birds.