Titres dans Sciences biologiques

As the dominant species on Earth, humans have made astonishing progress since our ancestors came down from the trees. But how did the descendants of small primates manage to walk upright, become top predators, and populate the world? How were humans able to develop civilizations and produce a globalized economy? Now, in The Age of Wood, Roland Ennos shows for the first time that the key to our success has been our relationship with wood.

David Starr Jordan was a taxonomist, a man possessed with bringing order to the natural world. In time, he would be credited with discovering nearly a fifth of the fish known to humans in his day. When his specimen collections were demolished by lightning, by fire, and eventually by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, many might have given up, given in to despair. But Jordan? He surveyed the wreckage at his feet, found the first fish that he recognized, and confidently began to rebuild his collection. And this time, he introduced one clever innovation.

When it comes to sex, common wisdom holds that men roam while women crave closeness and commitment. But in this provocative, headline-making book, Daniel Bergner turns everything we thought we knew about women's arousal and desire inside out. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with renowned behavioral scientists, sexologists, psychologists, and everyday women, he forces us to reconsider long-held notions about female sexuality.

The 1964 murder of a nationally known cancer researcher sets the stage for this gripping exposé of medical professionals enmeshed in covert government operations over the course of three decades. Following a trail of police records, FBI files, cancer statistics, and medical journals, this revealing book presents evidence of a web of medical secret-keeping that began with the handling of evidence in the JFK assassination and continued apace....

In these 24 lectures, The Great Courses teams up with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, to take you behind the scenes of the animal world. Dr. Moore has crafted a wonderful introduction to zoology that brings you up close and personal with a breathtaking variety of animal species through the eyes of a trained zoologist.

Welcome to the Save Our Sperrins Podcast, where we explore the beauty, significance, and urgent challenges facing the Sperrin Mountains in Northern Ireland . This podcast dives into the heart of the campaign to protect this stunning landscape from the threat of gold mining, offering insights, stories, and expert perspectives on why the Sperrins matter—not just to Ireland, but to the world. Join us as we navigate the critical public inquiry process, unpack the environmental, cultural, and social stakes, and celebrate the people standing up for their communities and the planet. Each episode ...

The Habitable Zone brings you weekly explorations of astrobiology and life in the universe. Join us as we uncover life’s greatest frontier.

Storie, natura e trasformazioni di un parco che cresce con la città.Come si progetta una foresta urbana? E cosa possiamo imparare da un luogo in cui natura e città hanno imparato a coesistere?In occasione dei 50 anni del Parco Nord Milano nasce questo podcast: un racconto in 12 episodi (più due inediti) che riprende e reinterpreta l’audioguida Il Parco sopra la Fabbrica, realizzata nel 2015 da Lorenza Zambon e Tomaso Colombo.Attraverso nuove voci e domande, il podcast ci accompagna in un viaggio dentro un ecosistema unico: un parco nato dove prima c’erano fabbriche e strade, oggi ...

Every Sunday, YouTuber Upamanyu Das and Wildlife Filmmaker Meghana Sanka meet to discuss current events in the wildlife conservation, climate change, science and the natural world, a subject from which they do not stray. Hardly ever.

Conservation Beyond the Cage pulls back the curtain on the world of endangered species recovery and wildlife protection—without the sugarcoating. Hosted by the team at RSCF, this podcast explores the victories, heartbreaks, and hard truths of modern conservation, from hands-on animal care and global field programs to uncomfortable topics like greenwashing, wildlife trafficking, and conservation fraud.

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Capstick will stun you with these true accounts of the most notorious and often unexpected man-eaters from around the world. After listening to them, you'll think again about that docile elephant in the zoo, or about deadly piranha escaping into Florida's waterways. Your nightmares will be complete when you learn about the greatest man-eater of all the cannibal including such civilized legends as Jeremiah Johnson!

Paraíso enjaulado es el podcast de Salvemos la Patagonia, campaña ciudadana que reúne a más de 50 organizaciones y que tiene por objetivo sensibilizar, informar y valorizar las áreas protegidas de la Patagonia chilena, buscando contener las amenazas que atenten contra su conservación, en particular, el avance de la industria salmonera. A través de entrevistas con periodistas, investigadores, habitantes de los territorios y otros actores clave, los episodios abordarán temas como la biodiversidad de las áreas protegidas, su relevancia ecosistémica, cultural y económica, las ...

This Podcast is dedicated to the idea that there are exciting and interesting things we can learn about nature: Spiritual, poetic, reflective, mindful, helpful. This is a work in progress by C. Dennis Shaw, a Master Naturalist Candidate in the Potomac Valley Master Naturalists located in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia!

Welcome to the Tight Lines Podcast, hosted by Tyler Placke. This is a family friendly fishing podcast that focuses on anything and everything fishing. Midwestern freshwater will be the central portion of the show, but we will discuss all types of fishing. I hope you enjoy the show!

Welcome to talk of the non talkers podcast. Chats for understanding introverts and listening to their quiet navigation of this world. Hosted and produced by Sanjay and Indira.

In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, Doughty blends her mortician’s knowledge of the body and the intriguing history behind common misconceptions about corpses to offer factual, hilarious, and candid answers to 35 distinctive questions posed by her youngest fans. In her inimitable voice, Doughty details lore and science of what happens to, and inside, our bodies after we die. Why do corpses groan? What causes bodies to turn colors during decomposition? And why do hair and nails appear longer after death?

TENACITY is a survival skills podcast inspired by Tom Clancy’s The Division 2. Join Dr. Bradley Garrett as he shares practical tips on everything from collecting water, to bugging in, to building your own earth oven. And for players of the game among you, explore and you may well find a few episodes directly in-game ! If you liked this podcast please subscribe, share, rate and review.A Ubisoft podcast produced by Paradiso Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dish up the red meat, eggs, and whole milk! In this well-researched and captivating narrative, veteran food writer Nina Teicholz proves how everything we've been told about fat is wrong. For decades, Americans have cut back on red meat and dairy products full of "bad" saturated fats. We obediently complied with nutritional guidelines to eat "heart healthy" fats found in olive oil, fish, and nuts, and followed a Mediterranean diet heavy on fruits, vegetables, and grains. Yet the nation's health has declined. What is going on?

For a thousand generations, human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider community of nature, and they carried on active relationships not only with other people but with other animals, plants, and natural objects (including mountains, rivers, winds, and weather patterns) that we have only lately come to think of as "inanimate". How, then, did humans come to sever their ancient reciprocity with the natural world?