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Examines various human attitudes toward wildlife and the environment, focusing on seasonal occurrences and natural adaptations. This lively and entertaining book provides a fascinating and thought-provoking look at the ecology of animals, plants, and their habitats, and promotes awareness of pressing environmental issues.
About the author
Whit Gibbons is a professor emeritus of ecology at the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory in Aiken, South Carolina. He is the author of more than a dozen popular and scientific books on the reptiles and amphibians of the United States, including
Their Blood Runs Cold (University of Alabama Press, 1983) and
Poisonous Plants and Venomous Animals of Alabama and Adjoining States (University of Alabama Press, 1990). He is the coauthor of
Ecoviews: Snakes, Snails, and Environmental Tales (University of Alabama Press, 1998).
Anne R. Gibbons was a freelance editor until her retirement in 2014. She has worked for Columbia University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, the University of New Mexico Press, and the University of Alabama Press, among others. She is the coauthor of Ecoviews: Snakes, Snails, and Environmental Tales (University of Alabama Press, 1998).
Summary
Examines various human attitudes toward wildlife and the environment, focusing on seasonal occurrences and natural adaptations. This lively and entertaining book provides a fascinating and thought-provoking look at the ecology of animals, plants, and their habitats, and promotes awareness of pressing environmental issues.
