When new diseases spread, news reports often focus on wildlife culprits—monkeys and mpox; bats and COVID-19; or waterfowl and avian flu. But it often works
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Fongoli chimpanzees are unique for many reasons. Their female hunters are the only apes that regularly hunt with tools, seeking out tiny bush babies with
Felice C. Frankel is an award-winning photographer whose images have appeared everywhere from the New York Times to National Geographic, Newsweek, Science, and Nature. Uniquely,
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In honor of University Press Week, November 13 through 17, 2023, university presses around the globe are celebrating and sharing the incredible impact that the
What lies beneath the surface of the ocean has mystified humankind for millennia. Today, we have explored more of the surface of the Moon than
In Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes, Clive Oppenheimer invites readers to stand with him in the shadow of an active
Meet the menagerie of life-forms that dig, crunch, bore, and otherwise reshape our planet. Did you know that elephants dig ballroom-sized caves alongside volcanoes? Or
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