Promiscuity: An Evolutionary History Of Sperm Competition

By TIM BIRKHEAD, T. R. Birkhead, Birkhead, Tim

males Are Promiscuous And Ferociously Competitive. Females—both Human And Of Other Species—are Naturally Monogamous. That At Least Is What The Study Of Sexual Behavior After Darwin Assume...

Promiscuity: An Evolutionary History Of Sperm Competition

By TIM BIRKHEAD, T. R. Birkhead, Birkhead, Tim

males Are Promiscuous And Ferociously Competitive. Females—both Human And Of Other Species—are Naturally Monogamous. That At Least Is What The Study Of Sexual Behavior After Darwin Assume...

The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (And Outside) A Bird'S Egg

By TIM BIRKHEAD, T. R. Birkhead, Birkhead, Tim

'i Think That, If Required On Pain Of Death To Name Instantly The Most Perfect Thing In The Universe, I Should Risk My Fate On A Bird's Egg' Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1862 How Are Eggs Of Differe...

The Wonderful Mr Willughby: The First True Ornithologist

By TIM BIRKHEAD, T. R. Birkhead, Birkhead, Tim

From the author of Bird Sense , a biography of Francis Willughby, the man who pulled the study of birds out of the dark ages and formed the foundations of modern ornithology. ** Francis Willughby...

The Wisdom Of Birds: An Illustrated History Of Ornithology

By TIM BIRKHEAD, T. R. Birkhead, Birkhead, Tim

What the birds have taught us: a gorgeously rendered and comprehensive history of ornithology, from folklore to facts—the perfect gift for bird enthusiasts everywhere. Leading ornithologist Tim Bir...

Birds And Us

By TIM BIRKHEAD, T. R. Birkhead, Birkhead, Tim

Since the dawn of human history, birds have stirred our imagination, inspiring and challenging our ideas about science, faith, art and philosophy.Looking to the skies above, we have variously worsh...

The Wisdom Of Birds: An Illustrated History Of Ornithology

By Tim R. Birkhead, TIM BIRKHEAD, T. R. Birkhead, Birkhead, Tim

What the birds have taught us: a gorgeously rendered and comprehensive history of ornithology, from folklore to facts—the perfect gift for bird enthusiasts everywhere. Leading ornithologist Tim Bir...

Bird Sense

By TIM BIRKHEAD, T. R. Birkhead, Birkhead, Tim

Most people would love to be able to fly like a bird, but few of us are aware of the other sensations that make being a bird a gloriously unique experience. What is going on inside the head of a ni...

Magpies

By T. R. Birkhead, Birkhead, Tim

Wonderful Mr Willughby

By TIM BIRKHEAD, T. R. Birkhead, Birkhead, Tim

From the author of Bird Sense , a biography of Francis Willughby, the man who pulled the study of birds out of the dark ages and formed the foundations of modern ornithology. ** Francis Willughby...