• Coast to Cactus: The Canyoneer Trail Guide to San Diego Outdoors

    Coast to Cactus: The Canyoneer Trail Guide to San Diego Outdoors is much more than a hiking guide. It is a field guide too. Written by citizen scientists trained by the San Diego Natural History Museum Canyoneers, it is the new bible for really getting to know and appreciate the county's biodiversity while exploring firsthand. The guide has 245 hikes and an additional 73 hike options making 318 exploring opportunities. Each hike has its own map and symbols indicating the habits found on a trail, a full hike description with mileage, elevation gain/loss, difficulty rating, directions to the tra... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 194138420X
    • ASIN: 194138420X
    • ISBN: 194138420X
    • Manufacturer: Sunbelt Publications

  • Wild LA: Explore the Amazing Nature in and Around Los Angeles

    “Put on your hiking shoes, pack your binoculars, and rediscover the City of Angels.” —Westways Magazine Los Angeles may have a reputation as a concrete jungle, but in reality, it's full of amazing wildlife. You just need to know where to find it!  Equal parts natural history, field guide, and trip planner, Wild LA has something for everyone. It looks at the factors that shape local nature—including fire, floods, and climate—and profiles over 100 local species, from easy-to-spot squirrels and praying mantids to more elusive green sea turtles, bighorn sheep, and mountain lions... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1604697105
    • ASIN: 1604697105
    • ISBN: 1604697105
    • Brand: Timber Press
    • Size: 1 EA
    • Manufacturer: Timber Press

  • A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert

    The landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region varies dramatically from parched desert lowlands to semiarid tropical forests and frigid subalpine meadows. Covering southeasternmost California, much of southern and central Arizona, most of Baja California, and much of the state of Sonora, Mexico, it is home to an extraordinary variety of plants and animals. A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert takes readers deep into its vast expanse, looking closely at the relationships of plants and animals with the land and people, through time and across landscapes. In accessible language, more than forty s... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0520287479
    • ASIN: 0520287479
    • ISBN: 0520287479
    • Manufacturer: University of California Press

  • Windows on Nature: The Great Habitat Dioramas of the American Museum of Natural History

    New York City's American Museum of Natural History is a national treasure, attracting four million visitors annually. Its dioramas-a dazzling mixture of nature, science, and art-have inspired young and old alike, and are world-renowned examples of the unique diorama craft: art in the service of science. Now, in the only book of its kind, readers get an insider's view of these "windows on nature," witnessing their creation step by meticulous step.More than forty of the museum's finest dioramas are featured here, depicting the fauna and flora of myriad ecological environments. Stephen Quinn, a d... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0810959402
    • ASIN: 0810959402
    • ISBN: 0810959402
    • Brand: Brand: American Museum of Natural History/Harry N. Abrams
    • Manufacturer: American Museum of Natural History/Harry N. Abrams

  • Our Solar System (Science for Toddlers)

    The youngest astronomers can go forth and journey into outer space in this fun, basic introduction to the solar system. The unique format presents our sun and each planet in order with graduated flaps—turn each flap to reveal fascinating facts on each celestial body, and even the Milky Way!

    • ASIN: 1454914181
    • ASIN: 1454914181
    • ISBN: 1454914181
    • Manufacturer: Sterling Children's Books

  • Sharks (Science for Toddlers)

    Created in collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History, this beautiful board book lets you dive in and take a bite out of SHARKS!   More than 400 shark species swim in the Earth’s oceans: some live in shallow waters, others far below, and some are fast while others are slow. Sharks introduces nine different sharks to your budding marine biologist—from the five-foot-long blue to the school bus-sized whale shark. Thanks to the book’s graduated tabbed format, kids can really see and compare the various size and shapes of these special animals.

    • ASIN: 1454921285
    • ASIN: 1454921285
    • ISBN: 1454921285
    • Manufacturer: Sterling Children's Books

  • The Case of the Haunted History Museum (Museum Mysteries)

    Capitol City's Natural History Museum is haunted - or at least that's what someone wants people to think. But Wilson Kipper, son of the museum's head paleontologist, knows better. When the mysterious occurrences go from spooky to dangerous, the museum is forced to close its doors. Can Wilson and his friends get to the bottom of things, or will the Natural History Museum be closed for good?

    • ASIN: 1434296911
    • ASIN: 1434296911
    • ISBN: 1434296911
    • Manufacturer: Stone Arch Books

  • ABC Dinosaurs (AMNH ABC Board Books)

    From Apatosaurus to Zupaysaurus, the 26 dinosaur friends in this oversized board book will enchant preschoolers and help them learn their ABCs. Developed in conjunction with paleontologists at the American Museum of Natural History, it features extra-large letters; bright, detailed illustrations of the dinos (many on display in the museum); information about each creature; and an embossed tactile cover that feels like bumpy dinosaur skin!

    • ASIN: 1402777159
    • ASIN: 1402777159
    • ISBN: 1402777159
    • Manufacturer: Sterling

  • Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

    Over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and more than a million copies sold.The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime and any... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B01MAWT2MO
    • ASIN: B01MAWT2MO
    • Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

  • The Lost Florida Manuscript of Frank Hamilton Cushing (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series)

    "The late 19th century was a time of great intellectual flowering, and Frank Hamilton Cushing bloomed along with his contemporaries. His genius and scholarship are apparent once again with the publication of this lost manuscript. How fortunate for Florida that Cushing arrived on the Gulf Coast in the 1890s and recorded everything that 'his eyes beheld.' His vivid descriptions of the environment and its inhabitants furnish a mental picture of a time and place that have long since vanished."--Barbara A. Purdy, professor emerita, University of Florida, and curator emerita, Florida Museum of Natur... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0813028035
    • ASIN: 0813028035
    • ISBN: 0813028035
    • Manufacturer: University Press of Florida

  • American Museum of Natural History Birds of North America

    Updated to reflect all the latest taxonomic data, American Museum of Natural History Birds of North America is the complete photographic guide to the 657 species of birds found in the United States and Canada.Ideal for the armchair bird enthusiast or dedicated bird watcher, this book includes stunning full-color photographs revealing 657 individual species with unrivaled clarity. The 550 most commonly seen birds are pictured with plumage variations, and images of subspecies and information on similar birds are provided to make differentiation easy, from game birds and waterfowl to shorebirds a... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1465443991
    • ASIN: 1465443991
    • ISBN: 1465443991
    • Brand: DK Publishing Dorling Kindersley
    • Manufacturer: DK

  • Build Your Own Dinosaur Museum (Lonely Planet Kids)

    Calling all dinosaur experts! We need your help. We have just received a crate of dinosaur fossils – and they need assembling! Fast! Can you find the right room for each skeleton and build them in time for the museum’s big opening? There are five pop-up dinosaurs to put back together, including a Triceratops, Stegosaurus and T-rex. It’s going to be roarsome! Lonely Planet’s Build Your Own Dinosaur Museum is an activity book with a difference, where you get to play chief paleontologist. The museum rooms are ready, but there aren’t any skeletons to display. It’s up to you to figure o... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1788681282
    • ASIN: 1788681282
    • ISBN: 1788681282
    • Brand: Lonely Planet Kids
    • Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Kids

  • Botanicum: Welcome to the Museum

    Discover more than 160 exhibits in this virtual museum, open all hours.The 2017 offering from Big Picture Press's Welcome to the Museum series, Botanicum, is a brilliantly curated guide to plant life. With artwork from Katie Scott of Animalium fame, Botanicum gives readers the experience of a fascinating exhibition from the pages of a beautiful book. From perennials to bulbs to tropical exotica, Botanicum is a wonderful feast of botanical knowledge complete with superb cross sections of how plants work.

    • ASIN: 0763689238
    • ASIN: 0763689238
    • ISBN: 0763689238
    • Brand: BIG PICTURE
    • Manufacturer: Big Picture Press

  • I Am NOT a Dinosaur!

    Way back in time, astonishing creatures lived on our planet. But they weren’t all dinosaurs! In this fun, fascinating book, you’ll meet some of these amazing prehistoric creatures, from a very big fish with 7-inch teeth to a flying reptile. Based on specimens in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History, I Am NOT a Dinosaur! uses riddle-like rhymes and bright illustrations to reveal 16 creatures. With an introduction from Chairman of Paleontology at the Museum, Dr. Mark Norell, the book also features short notes, fossil photos, and an illustrated timeline to explain everyth... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1454914912
    • ASIN: 1454914912
    • ISBN: 1454914912
    • Manufacturer: Sterling Children's Books

  • Fort Center: An Archaeological Site in the Lake Okeechobee Basin (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series)

    "An excellent publication on an important southeastern site. . . .  This book is a superb archaeological report."--Popular Archaeology"A landmark publication by one of the great American archaeologists, it should be read not only by southeastern specialists but by all concerned with agriculture and ceremonial life in the precolumbian New World."--Michael D. Coe, Curator, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University Raising intriguing questions about the relationship of South Florida's prehistoric population to the Caribbean basin and about the origins of maize agriculture in the eastern... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0813012988
    • ASIN: 0813012988
    • ISBN: 0813012988
    • Manufacturer: University Press of Florida

  • Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History); Volume PT. 2

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as

    • UPC: 800541215

  • A Museum at War : Snapshots of the Natural History Museum During World War One

    9780565094614

    • UPC: 543151144

  • Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History, Volume 25, Part 1871...

    Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History, Volume 25, Part 1871... Height : 0.31 In Length : 9.69 In Width : 7.44 In Weight : 0.59

    • UPC: 903469581

  • Catalogue of the Fresh-Water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) ..; Volume 1 Paperback

    Catalogue of the Fresh-Water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) ..; Volume 1 Height : 0.29 In Length : 9.21 In Width : 6.14 In Weight : 0.44

    • UPC: 966410075

  • Catalogue of the Fossil Foraminifera in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History) Paperback

    Catalogue of the Fossil Foraminifera in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History) Height : 0.27 In Length : 9.21 In Width : 6.14 In Weight : 0.41

    • UPC: 441416912

  • Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas...

    Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas... Height : 0.05 In Length : 9.02 In Width : 5.98 In Weight : 0.10

    • UPC: 270313971

  • Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas...

    Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas... Height : 0.06 In Length : 9.02 In Width : 5.98 In Weight : 0.12

    • UPC: 411410223

  • Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas...

    Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas... Height : 0.08 In Length : 9.02 In Width : 5.98 In Weight : 0.15

    • UPC: 862105960

  • Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas...

    Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas... Height : 0.07 In Length : 9.02 In Width : 5.98 In Weight : 0.14

    • UPC: 891711182

  • Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas...

    Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas... Height : 0.12 In Length : 9.02 In Width : 5.98 In Weight : 0.20

    • UPC: 676957255

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