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Exploring the World of Insects: The Equinox Guide to Insect Behavior
Adrian Forsyth

Camden House, 1992

Award-winning writer and biologist Adrian Forsyth relates his firsthand experience with the most adaptive creatures on Earth. Describing the innovative strategies that insects employ to cooperate and survive in a hostile world, Forsyth takes us on a guided tour through the beautiful and bizarre life histories of the animal none of us can avoid. Color photos.

How Monkeys Make Chocolate
Adrian Forsyth

Tandem Library, 1999

Exploring the natural history of common and uncommon foods and medicines, an examination of the relationship between the rainforests and science explains why it is so important to learn about and preserve the rainforests.

The Architecture of Animals: The Equinox Guide to Wildlife Structures

Camden House, 1989

Portraits of the Rainforest

3 reviews
Adrian Forsyth

Camden House, 1995

Monteverde residents bring rain forest to life
The author and photographers are part time residents of the Monteverde area of Costa Rica. Many of the photos in this book also are displayed at the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, near Santa Elena, in Central Costa Rica. Anyone who has been to a Central or South American rain forest or cloud forest will enjoy the ecological explanations -- similar to briefer explanations by guia naturalistas ...

NATURAL HISTORY OF SEX PA (The Curious Naturalist Series)

5 reviews
Adrian Forsyth

Mariner Books, 1993

INteresting reading
Lots of VERY interesting facts and pretty good analysis+presentation. The book is not very comprehensive in dealing with issues - perhaps that is its strength. I have enjoyed reading Dawkins, Gould, Maynard Smith before. This book is only slightly less enjoyable. I will tuck it between 'Red Queen (Matt Ridley)' and 'Promiscuity (Tim Birkhead)' with 'The Mating Mind (Geoffrey Miller)' somewhere ...

Mammals of North America: Temperate and Arctic Regions

2 reviews
Adrian Forsyth

Firefly Books, 1999

happy book buying, when looking for editions that are not in the local book store.
I cann't say how much I enjoy looking for books that I entend to purchase to add to my library,especially when I don't have to wait 6-10 years to find a copy for myself. It is just great. Plus your online personal that helped me to do my shopping, she was just wonderful. I couldn't figure out why my book didn't get here. The person helping me found it in the shopping cart, I never made it to ...

Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America

26 reviews
Adrian Forsyth, Ken Miyata

Touchstone, 1987

Excellent Tropical Overview
This book is well written and easy to read and understand. The literary quality is not lost in the scientific terminology. A must read prior to a trip to the tropics. A good written explanation of why we should save the tropical forests.

How Monkeys Make Chocolate: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Rain Forest
Adrian Forsyth

Maple Tree Press, 2006

In How Monkeys Make Chocolate renowned ecologist Adrian Forsyth introduces the people, plants, and animals of the world?s rain forests through exciting first-hand stories and stunning color photographs. He visits aboriginal shamans and imitates the behavior of animals to tap into the inner workings of various rain forests, revealing a world of riches with unsuspected connections to everyday life. His adventures expose the amazing origins of ...