Encyclopedias, Dictionaries...: Biology

Explains biological concepts and explores related fields as well as the history of biological science.

Covers molluscan biology, genomics, anatomy, physiology, fossil history, phylogeny and classification.

With chapters on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Environmental Ethics

Covers topics on ethics of health professions, animal research, population control and the environment.

A comprehensive guide to the essentials of evolutionary biology, these entries by leading experts survey essential concepts and theories, present methods, models and findings, and discuss both the history of the field and current controversies.

Provides information on all aspects of insects, including their anatomy, physiology, evolution, behavior, reproduction, ecology, and disease, as well as issues of exploitation, conservation, and management

Third Edition, 2009. A comprehensive survey of microbiology, edited by world-class researchers

Topic areas will include sleep across the life cycle and in other species, sleep and women, sleep and the elderly, pediatric sleep, sleep deprivation and loss, sleep mechanisms, sleep physiology and pathophysiology, sleep disorders, neurobiology, chronobiology, pharmacology, and impact of other disorders on sleep.

A breathtaking insight into underwater life, this Encyclopedia offers unrivalled coverage of the fish and aquatic invertebrates that inhabit our rivers, lakes, and oceans.

A completely revised and updated version of the original work published in Germany in 1960, this edition incorporates recent developments in the animal world as noted by prominent advisors and contributors from the scientific community.

The New Encyclopedia of Birds is the definitive single-volume guide to birds of the world.

This superbly designed and illustrated encyclopedia has brought together a wealth of new and fascinating information on amphibians and reptiles in one volume.

The Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology provides a comprehensive survey of modern biochemistry and molecular biology.