<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[bl results for callnumber:("5**")   -callnumber:("51*") contentclass:"NONFICTION" formatcode:(BK OR EBOOK OR GRAPHIC_NOVEL OR LPRINT )]]></title><description><![CDATA[bl results for callnumber:("5**")   -callnumber:("51*") contentclass:"NONFICTION" formatcode:(BK OR EBOOK OR GRAPHIC_NOVEL OR LPRINT )]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/cals/rss/search?query=callnumber%3A%28%225%2A%2A%22%29%20%20%20-callnumber%3A%28%2251%2A%22%29%20contentclass%3A%22NONFICTION%22%20formatcode%3A%28BK%20OR%20EBOOK%20OR%20GRAPHIC_NOVEL%20OR%20LPRINT%20%29&amp;searchType=bl&amp;custom_edit=false&amp;suppress=true&amp;sort=newly_acquired&amp;title=%20New%20in%20Nature%20and%20Science&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 22:32:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Rocks & Minerals]]></title><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2179737</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2179737</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[und]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[DK.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2179737100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>und</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217306787/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lost in Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prepare for liftoff with a sweeping new book on the universe from the world's most celebrated astrophysicist, brimming with wit, authority, and laugh-out-loud humor. Filled with 5,000 tantalizing facts and more than 300 charts, maps, and photographs, this book offers a dazzling look at the cosmos from our home planet to the farthest reaches of outer space.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2179725</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2179725</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyson, Neil Degrasse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2179725100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>5,000 Facts for Navigating the Universe</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781426224386/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birder's Atlas of the World]]></title><description><![CDATA[A bird lover's book like no other, this illustrated atlas offers maps, photographs, art, and engaging text to portray our abundantly rich and fascinating world of birds. This resplendent large-format atlas, gracefully written and attractively designed, will intrigue everyone curious about the world's birds--from backyard bird-watchers to global birding adventurers. A decade ago, author Noah Strycker made birding history by spending a year traveling every continent and observing 6,042 species--more than anyone else before him. Now, he invites you to journey with him to every corner of the globe, exploring the beauty and wonder of birds in 111 distinct bioregions, desert to ocean, poles to tropics. Chapter by chapter, we come to know the birds of Earth's key bioregions--from nocturnal owls deep in the boreal forests to resilient penguins in Antarctica, from colorful parrots in South America to showy birds of paradise in New Guinea. For each region, Strycker identifies the top birds of interest and outlines the natural history of each landscape they inhabit. Beautiful enough to grace a coffee table and detailed enough to inform travel aspirations, the National Geographic Birder's Atlas of the World will satisfy many a reader. If you are a lover of our world on the wing--backyard bird-watcher, nature-loving hiker, or global birding adventurer--this book is for you.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2179730</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2179730</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Strycker, Noah K.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2179730100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781426223778/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among the Birds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Join national bestselling author Lyanda Lynn Haupt on an enchanting journey through the avian world. In Among the Birds, Haupt moves intuitively from species to species, celebrating experience, memory, and the serendipity of daily life. Haupt's signature voice--curious and gently humorous--infuses each vignette with delight and insight. Blending personal observations with natural history, she offers a closer look at the captivating quirks and habits of birds such as Steller's Jay, Anna's Hummingbird, Merlin, Black Oystercatcher, American Dipper, Caspian Tern, and many more. Acclaimed artist Justin Gibbens's realistic yet whimsical illustrations complement each bird's distinct story and personality. Among the Birds sparks wonder and cultivates mindfulness compelling us all to care for the wild lives that thrive alongside us.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2179700</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2179700</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Haupt, Lyanda Lynn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2179700100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Field Notes From Cascadia</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781680517682/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[It Could Be Otherwise]]></title><description><![CDATA[The search for certainty is embedded deep in the mythos of science. Science is expected to provide definitive answers based on immutable and universal laws. It seeks to answer the question: If we do this, what must necessarily follow? In It Could Be Otherwise, however, biologist Stuart Firestein rejects this idea; science isn't about discerning what must be, but what is possible. The classic view of science, Firestein argues, reduces the world to bland predictability and us to mere automatons. Firestein's vision is its opposite: modern discoveries of deep uncertainty, even unknowability, in evolution, complexity, and physics show that our actions not strictly governed-and that science is an agent of our freedom. In our contemporary age, suspicion of science and its certainties is deep. It Could Be Otherwise argues that science isn't about deciphering what the universe has already determined-instead, science offers possibilities. It invites us not to be prisoners of destiny, but helmsmen of our own fates.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2176002</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2176002</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Firestein, Stuart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2176002100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Science in the Age of Uncertainty</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781541606739/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Webb's Cosmos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Webb's Cosmos is written in the spirit of Terry Dickinson's enormously popular book Hubble's Universe, which has sold over 100,000 copies. This book contains both the classic Webb images that have already become famous and the latest images from the frontiers of science taken by Webb, some of which appear here for the first time.  Author Marcin Sawicki is a professional astronomer who is an active user of Webb's images and data. He brings a wealth of knowledge and personal experience to the book and explains the science behind the images in accurate but accessible and engaging language. Webb's Cosmos first provides the needed historical and scientific background to understand how the telescope works and what it can do. The book then presents a curated selection of some 200 photographs with descriptive captions that narrate these images of the distant universe.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2179748</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2179748</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sawicki, Marcin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2179748100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Images and Discoveries From the James Webb Space Telescope</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780228105732/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Rivers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three of Europe's greatest rivers share the same geological cradle: one fertile patch of Alpine ice in the jagged heights of central Switzerland. Coursing down through the peaks, the Rhine, the Rhone, and the Po gave birth to three different European cultures--German, French, and Italian--as they flowed across the continent. From this shared geological cradle, these waterways have shaped the landscape, influenced the pattern of towns and cities, laid the foundation for economies and created an intricate network of transport, trade, and agriculture. From the Romanesque buttresses and vines of Provence to the Wagnerian music of the Rhine and the artistic miracles of Lombardy, the heart of Western Europe--its languages, religion, philosophy, science, politics, and art--has been nourished by these waters. Setting off in the dramatic mountain landscape where this story begins, acclaimed historian Robert Winder traces the rivers' journeys from their increasingly fragile glacial sources, revealing in shimmering detail their impact on Europe's rich history as they flow toward the sea.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2175913</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2175913</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Winder, Robert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2175913100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Extraordinary Waterways That Created Europe</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798897101627/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exploring Chemical Elements and Their Compounds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summarizes each elements properties and characteristics, scientific and commercial applications, compounds and isotopes and historical background.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2180780</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2180780</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Heiserman, David L.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2180780100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780830630158/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among Giants]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the world's leading cetacean photographers describes his life photographing whales around the world, revealing their compexity and diversity and the continued threats to their existence from the whaling industry and environmental pollution.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2180399</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2180399</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicklin, Flip]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2180399100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Life With Whales</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780226580999/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A data-driven, scientific account of our need for speed-exploring a wide range of topics including evolution, transportation, and technology In a world obsessed with efficiency, perhaps nothing is valued as highly as being fast. Some of our greatest achievements include building planes that break the sound barrier and creating computers that process data at the touch of a button. With signature clarity, Smil offers accessible explanations of every major speed category, from wind erosion to hunting cheetahs, from Boeing 747s to America's war time industrial mobilization to the speed of global energy decarbonization. But as Smil argues in this paradigm-shifting book, speed isn't just a metric to optimize. In Speed, Smil expands on our traditional, human-centric understanding of speed to explore phenomena of space and time, evolution, and human achievement. What was the speed of planet formation? Of the development of different life forms? What happened in the collision of humans and the limits of natural speed, and what has emerged from our incessant desire to push those boundaries? Lauded for his "compelling, fascinating, realistic" (Steven Pinker) portraits of the modern world, Smil knows that we can't, won't, and shouldn't abandon our collective need for speed. But as good devotees of speed's eminence, we must understand it, its value, and its cost. Rich in historical and contemporary data, Bill Gates's favorite scientist's latest work is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary guidebook for science readers living in the fast lane.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2172233</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2172233</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smil, Vaclav]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2172233100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How It Explains the World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593834541/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hidden Nations of Animals]]></title><description><![CDATA[A travelogue that takes readers on a grand tour of the world's animal civilizations, resulting in a transformative new take on the animal kingdom and humanity's place in it. Maps and illustrations from award-winning cartographer Oliver Uberti will add never-before-seen layers to landscapes we thought we knew.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2174232</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2174232</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Huling, Ryan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2174232100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Grand Tour of Earth&apos;s Wild Civilizations</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593716847/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outsider Animals]]></title><description><![CDATA[When we think of animals that provide the greatest insights into animal cognition and behavior, primates and honeybees come to mind, or perhaps whales or octopus. What about the raccoons that plunder our rubbish at night, or the coyotes that threaten pets and livestock, or the gulls that divebomb for snacks at the beach? Outsider Animals challenges everything you thought you knew about the overlooked animals that live in proximity to humans, sharing the stories that each has to tell about adaptation and cohabitation on our increasingly crowded planet.  Marlene Zuk gives us a new appreciation for the animals we often shun, explaining why these unpopular creatures have something special to teach us not only about the ways we deal with other species but about our own place in nature and what it means for an animal to belong somewhere. You will discover how coyotes and snakes shed light on our coevolution with predators, what cockroaches tell us about the evolution of pregnancy, how butterflies make us reconsider the effects of roadside pollution, how cowbirds and mynas are forcing ecologists to think differently about invasive species, and much more.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2176020</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2176020</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zuk, Marlene]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2176020100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How the Creatures at the Margins of Our Lives Have the Most to Teach Us</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780691264240/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Art of Biodiversity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Strikingly original and abundantly illustrated, The Art of Biodiversity surveys the golden age of natural history art, exploring the alliance between scientists and artists that first revealed the astonishing diversity of life on Earth. Between 1700 and 1900, an art movement unveiled nature's great secret: the global diversity of life-forms. Centuries before the word 'biodiversity' existed, naturalists began to glimpse the reality that lay behind Charles Darwin's lyrical evocation of nature's 'endless forms most beautiful.' The naturalists recruited artists to create a family album of Earth, with every picture a precise drawing of a species of plant or animal, and so science and art, for the first and last time, went exploring together. The Art of Biodiversity recounts key chapters in the history of scientific nature art, with more than 330 color illustrations of surpassing beauty. It's a story about art that's not in the art history books, and a story about science that's missing from histories of science. Here, such giants as Linnaeus, Buffon, Cuvier, Humboldt, and Darwin cross paths with superb artists, including Merian, Redouté, Audubon, and Haeckel, among many others. This art first appeared in vividly illustrated books that, in a world without photography or film, offered readers a vastly expanded vision of nature. The Art of Biodiversity introduces the reader to the extraordinary men and women who created these books. They focused exquisite artistic skills on nature, traded in exotic seashells and butterflies, collected bird and monkey specimens in tropical rainforests, dredged strange invertebrates from the depths of the ocean, peered through magnifying lenses at insects, and dug prehistoric bones out of the earth. After sinking out of sight in the twentieth century, biodiversity art resurfaced in the twenty-first in myriad forms that reach millions of people on the Internet, as the natural history books in the world's great libraries were digitized and made available to all. The Art of Biodiversity plots a course through this wealth of material to chronicle the only art movement that successfully aligned the goals of art and science, for the transcendent purpose of documenting and understanding the natural world.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2169650</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2169650</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Himmel, Eric]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2169650100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Artists &amp; Naturalists, 1700-1900</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781419777257/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Brief History of the Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[An elegant exploration of humanity's continuous search to find the hidden truths of the universe and comprehend our place in the cosmos.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2172199</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2172199</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Malik, Sarah Alam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2172199100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>(and Our Place in It)</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063476523/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Common Uncommon]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the renowned author of A Year in the Maine Woods, the intimate reflections of a lifetime spent observing the natural world. For forty years, Bernd Heinrich has been ensconced in the woods of the northern, or boreal, forest, living in his log cabin amidst a vast sea of spruce, fir, and larch in the mountains of western Maine. In a land of winter snow, summer heat, and at times fire, drought, and flood, all life confronts vast and occasionally rapid environmental changes, as one day, and one season, may be a completely different environment from the next.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2169662</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2169662</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Heinrich, Bernd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2169662100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Forest Journey</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781324021100/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Perpetual Journal Practice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Botanical artist Lara Call Gastinger has made it her mission to teach artists and nature lovers worldwide how to keep a nature-focused perpetual art journal, holding sold out workshops and classes in person, as well as going live on Instagram every Monday morning to inspire and guide the efforts of her devoted followers and practicing artists of all skill levels. Now through this gorgeous, encouraging book, with a thoughtful foreword by trusted and beloved author and ecologist Doug Tallamy, Lara guides readers, nature lovers, and artists through this rich and mindful practice, further illuminated by a breathtaking, up-close-and-personal look into 52 of her own full-page journal spreads, lovingly built over many years.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2172223</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2172223</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gastinger, Lara]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2172223100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Building A Connection With Nature Through Art</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781643264905/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Bird's IQ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this work, animal behavior researcher Louis Lefebvre examines cognitive abilities, innovation, and learning in birds. Drawing on decades of scientific research and observations of species such as crows, parrots, finches, and tits, he explores how birds solve problems, adapt to changing environments, develop new behaviors, and transmit knowledge within populations. The book discusses the evolutionary and ecological factors associated with avian intelligence and reviews methods used to study and compare innovation among bird species.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2172195</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2172195</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lefebvre, Louis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2172195100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Innovation, Intelligence, and Problem Solving in the Avian World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781778402647/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romp!]]></title><description><![CDATA[You've heard of a murder of crows and a pride of lions-but what about a romp of otters? In this informative and entertaining book, animal behaviorist Heide Island takes readers on an odyssey through otterdom, focusing on a family, or "romp," of river otters that live near her home in Puget Sound while also weaving in research about otters around the globe. Tracking an otter nicknamed Patches and her three pups, Island observes as they hunt, play, and try to survive the various dangers in their environment. But the greatest danger they face isn't predators or food-stealing scavengers. It's humans. Because while they captivate our imagination with their intelligent and social behavior, these charming creatures, like so many species, face an uncertain future in an era of climate change. And we can learn crucial lessons about nature and our relationship with it by studying their adaptability, diversity, and personality, from the adorable sea otters of Monterey Bay to the giant otters of the Amazon. Discover what otters have to teach us about the world we share in Romp!]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2169695</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2169695</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Island, Heide]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2169695100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Journey Through the Natural History of Otters and Why They Matter</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593855034/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Wild Familiars]]></title><description><![CDATA[A dazzling journey into the hidden lives of synanthropes, the wild animals who've found ingenious ways to survive and thrive in human communities--from award-winning writer and epidemiologist Dan Werb Synanthropes have always been an immutable part of the tapestry of our lives. They are the reason we hear birdsong in the morning and skittering throughout the day, and why we take such pains to fix lids to our garbage cans. But they are so much more than that, too: epidemic vectors, churners of soil, ecosystem evolvers, spiritual lodestars, and, sometimes, sharp-toothed marauders making their way through our most intimate spaces with cruel intent. But beyond their quotidian impact on our lives, synanthropes have a critical part to play in how our communities are shaped and how sustainably they will function. These creatures are ambassadors from nature, arbiters of our planet's future, and a key influence on our species' ongoing evolution; and something essential has shifted with them. We are entering a fraught era of environmental disruption, habitat destruction, and human population expansion that is ravaging formerly wild and untouched lands. And with that, we are coming face to face with an entirely new class of synanthropes that are bringing chaos and danger--as well as opportunity--to our doorstep. These creatures, so long dismissed, are forcing us to reckon with them. Through vivid storytelling, Our Wild Familiars brings to spectacular life the world's most successful synanthropes, from bats, raccoons, and crows, to some of its weirdest, including the Giant Pacific Octopus. Acting as a guide to the curious, Werb reveals how the cracks in our millennia-long efforts to shield ourselves against the outside world might just lead us to a new and necessary harmony with nature-or to an ever more savage future.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2176019</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2176019</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Werb, Dan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2176019100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How Animals Are Adapting to Cities and Reshaping the Natural World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593799635/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astronomy 101]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what's really out there--or how we've come to understand so much about a universe so vast? Whether you're a lifelong stargazer or newly space-curious, Astronomy 101, 2nd Edition delivers a clear, engaging guide to the cosmos--now fully updated to include the most exciting discoveries of the 21st century.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2175974</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2175974</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Petersen, Carolyn Collins]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2175974100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>From Gravitational Waves and Merging Black Holes to New Exoplanets and Asteroid Samples, Key Theories, Discoveries, and Facts About the Universe</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781507226230/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wonder of Whales]]></title><description><![CDATA[Take a deep dive into the mystery and magic of the world’s largest mammals in this visually stunning and scientifically driven exploration. Full of fascinating scientific and historical insights and stories, The Wonder of Whales surveys the extraordinary behaviors, amazing migrations, and sophisticated communication skills of several species of whales. Author Melissa Hobson is a journalist specializing in ocean life with a mission to inspire people to love and protect the ocean.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2176038</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2176038</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hobson, Melissa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2176038100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Discover the Lives of Earth&apos;s Most Majestic Giants</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781577159155/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chasing the Northern Lights]]></title><description><![CDATA[You've seen the stunning photographs and the breathtaking videos, and now it's time to experience the magic of the northern lights for yourself. But where on earth can you see them? When's the best time to travel to see the lights in action? And what even are the aurora borealis?]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2172615</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2172615</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carter, Jamie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2172615100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Everything You Need to Know to See Nature&apos;s Greatest Light Show</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217138180/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shell Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[An hourly guide that follows twenty-four mollusks to reveal the fascinating lives behind the shells. From morning to night and from the Arctic to the equator, snails, clams, and other shell-making mollusks have busy days. In this short book, award-winning author and marine biologist Helen Scales shows readers exactly how these animals spend their time. Far in the north, the Svalbard archipelago lies deep in the darkness of the polar night. And yet, in what remains a scientific mystery, Iceland scallops continue daily rhythms, closing and opening their fan-shaped shells using an internal clock. By nine in the morning, the sun penetrates the waters of a coral reef in the Philippines, where a giant clam slowly opens twinned shells. A fleshy mantle sticks out like a crimped smile, painted in swipes of lipstick in shades of turquoise, cobalt, and violet. These dazzling colors are not there to impress other clams. They're a by-product of a super-efficient system for harnessing food that allows them to become the biggest living bivalves. At noon, a clam shell sits still on the seabed in a sandy lagoon. The two shells open a crack, and a pair of rounded eyes peep out. A small, rust-colored coconut octopus hiding inside lets the clam shells fall apart and gathers them up in her arms. This mollusk's ancestors long lost the ability to produce their own shells, but she's happy to use another animal's cast off as a temporary home. At ten that night, a male moon snail is using his huge, fleshy foot like a plow as he digs down into the seabed in search of food. When the moon snail finds a cockle, he swiftly smothers it in his foot, then sets about drilling aided by a daub of acidic slime. Cockles are tasty, but so are other moon snails and his snacking has a cannibalistic flavor. For each chapter, illustrator and cartoonist Aaron John Gregory has depicted these scenes with entrancing pen-and-ink illustrations.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2176027</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2176027</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scales, Helen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2176027100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Molluscan Lives</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780226840529/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snake Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[An hourly guide that follows twenty-four snakes as they find mates, hunt, and survive a changing world. Does a snake crossing your path trigger fascination or fear? The answer is clear for celebrated biologist Marty Crump, who shows why snakes deserve our respect and admiration. In her short book, each chapter introduces a single snake during a single hour, highlighting twenty-four different species from around the globe. In the dark morning of a Brazilian forest, you avoid stepping on a jararaca, a nocturnal viper. If it bites you, its venom will make your blood pressure-and you-drop. A synthetic version of this venom is now a life-saving drug, used to treat hypertension and heart failure. In the morning, in the Zagros Mountains that trace Iran's northwest border, there's enough light to see a tiny arachnid wiggling on the ground. When a warbler dives for a meal, it realizes its mistake too late; that spider is actually a snake's tail, and a spider-tailed horned viper makes a meal of the bird. In the early afternoon, in a pine forest outside of Atlanta, Georgia, we accidentally surprise an Eastern hognose snake who puffs up and hisses at us. We stand our ground. It coils and strikes. Still, we stand our ground. It flips onto its back and flops out its tongue. Fifteen minutes after playing dead, it slithers away. For each chapter, celebrated artist Stuart Patience has depicted these scenes with stunning pen-and-ink illustrations. Working together to narrate and illustrate these unique moments in time, Crump and Patience have created an engaging read that is a perfect way to spend an hour or two-and a true gift for readers, amateur scientists, and anyone who recoils from or relishes snake visits.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2176029</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2176029</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Crump, Marty]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2176029100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Serpentine Lives</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780226842943/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freshwater Fish of North America Field Guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Freshwater fishing is a perfect outdoor activity for all ages and skill levels. There's a whole world to discover beneath the surface of North America's lakes, rivers, and streams. Whether you're casting for bass, spotting an unfamiliar species, or simply exploring aquatic life, the Freshwater Fish of North America Field Guide by Dave Bosanko and Dan Johnson is the ultimate guide to the fish you'll find. When you're not sure what you reeled in, pull this handy guide out of your tackle box and narrow your choices by family (based on visual characteristics). Then identify your prize with the intricately detailed fish illustrations. Further verify the type of fish using the 'Similar Species' comparisons.]]></description><link>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2172209</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2172209</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bosanko, Dave]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2172209100</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781647556068/MC.GIF&amp;client=cenarkls&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>