Random House New Releases - Science - Life Sciences - Zoology - Mammals - Between May 25, 2012 and June 24, 2013.

Gold Rush in the Jungle by Dan Drollette, Jr.

2013-04-16T00:30:00-05:00

Gold Rush in the Jungle The Race to Discover and Defend the Rarest Animals of Vietnam's "Lost World"
Written by Dan Drollette, Jr.

An engrossing, adventure-filled account of the rush to discover and save Vietnam's most extraordinary animals

Deep in the jungle where the borders of Vietnam meet those of Laos and Cambodia is a region known as "the lost world." Large mammals never seen before by Western science have popped up frequently in these mountains in the last decade, including a half-goat/half-ox, a deer that barks, and a close relative of the nearly extinct Javan rhino. In an age when scientists are excited by discovering a new kind of tube worm, the thought of finding and naming a new large terrestrial mammal is astonishing, and wildlife biologists from all over the world are flocking to this dangerous region. The result is a race between preservation and destruction.

Containing research gathered from famous biologists, conservationists, indigenous peoples, former POWs, ex-Viet Cong, and the first U.S. ambassador to Vietnam since the war's end, Gold Rush in the Jungle goes deep into the valleys, hills, and hollows of Vietnam to explore the research, the international trade in endangered species, the lingering effects of Agent Orange, and the effort of a handful of biologists to save the world's rarest animals.

Gold Rush in the Jungle by Dan Drollette, Jr.

2013-04-16T00:30:00-05:00

Gold Rush in the Jungle The Race to Discover and Defend the Rarest Animals of Vietnam's "Lost World"
Written by Dan Drollette, Jr.

Red Fox by J. David Henry

2013-04-09T00:30:00-05:00

Red Fox The Catlike Canine
Written by J. David Henry

In this engaging introduction to the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), J. David Henry recounts his years of field research on this flame-colored predator. With its catlike whiskers, teeth, and paws, as well as vertical-slit pupils, the North American red fox not only resembles but often behaves like a feline, especially when hunting. Probing the reasons for these similarities, Henry reveals the behavior and ecology of a species that thrives from the edge of suburbia to the cold northern tundra.

Zoobiquity by Kathryn Bowers

2013-04-09T00:30:00-05:00

Zoobiquity The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health
Written by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers

New York Times Bestseller

A Discover Magazine Best Book of 2012

An O, The Oprah Magazine “Summer Reading” Pick
Finalist, 2013 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books

Do animals overeat? Get breast cancer? Have fainting spells?

Inspired by an eye-opening consultation at the Los Angeles Zoo, which revealed that a monkey experienced the same symptoms of heart failure as her human patients, cardiologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz embarked upon a project that would reshape how she practiced medicine. Beginning with the above questions, she began informally researching every affliction that she encountered in humans to learn whether it happened with animals, too. And usually, it did: dinosaurs suffered from brain cancer, koalas can catch chlamydia, reindeer seek narcotic escape in hallucinogenic mushrooms, stallions self-mutilate, and gorillas experience clinical depression. Natterson-Horowitz and science writer Kathryn Bowers have dubbed this pan-species approach to medicine zoobiquity. Here, they present a revelatory understanding of what animals can teach us about the human body and mind, exploring how animal and human commonality can be used to diagnose, treat, and heal patients of all species.

Zoobiquity by Kathryn Bowers

2012-06-12T00:30:00-05:00

Zoobiquity What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing
Written by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers

In the spring of 2005, cardiologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz was called to consult on an unusual patient: an Emperor tamarin at the Los Angeles Zoo. While examining the tiny monkey’s sick heart, she learned that wild animals can die of a form of cardiac arrest brought on by extreme emotional stress. It was a syndrome identical to a human condition but one that veterinarians called by a different name—and treated in innovative ways.

This remarkable medical parallel launched Natterson-Horowitz on a journey of discovery that reshaped her entire approach to medicine. She began to search for other connections between the human and animal worlds: Do animals get breast cancer, anxiety-induced fainting spells, sexually transmitted diseases? Do they suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder, bulimia, addiction?

The answers were astonishing. Dinosaurs suffered from brain cancer. Koalas catch chlamydia. Reindeer seek narcotic escape in hallucinogenic mushrooms. Stallions self-mutilate. Gorillas experience clinical depression.

Joining forces with science journalist Kathryn Bowers, Natterson-Horowitz employs fascinating case studies and meticulous scholarship to present a revelatory understanding of what animals can teach us about the human body and mind. “Zoobiquity” is the term the authors have coined to refer to a new, species-spanning approach to health. Delving into evolution, anthropology, sociology, biology, veterinary science, and zoology, they break down the walls between disciplines, redefining the boundaries of medicine.

Zoobiquity explores how animal and human commonality can be used to diagnose, treat, and heal patients of all species. Both authoritative and accessible, offering cutting-edge research through captivating narratives, this provocative book encourages us to see our essential connection to all living beings.

Zoobiquity by Kathryn Bowers

2012-06-12T00:30:00-05:00

Zoobiquity What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing
Written by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers

Zoobiquity by Karen White

2012-06-12T00:30:00-05:00

Zoobiquity What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing
Written by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers
Read by Karen White

Zoobiquity by Karen White

2012-06-12T00:30:00-05:00

Zoobiquity What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing
Written by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers
Read by Karen White

Random House New Releases - Science - Life Sciences - Zoology - Mammals - Between May 25, 2012 and June 24, 2013.

Gold Rush in the Jungle by Dan Drollette, Jr.

Gold Rush in the Jungle The Race to Discover and Defend the Rarest Animals of Vietnam's "Lost World"Written by Dan Drollette, Jr.

Gold Rush in the Jungle by Dan Drollette, Jr.

Gold Rush in the Jungle The Race to Discover and Defend the Rarest Animals of Vietnam's "Lost World"Written by Dan Drollette, Jr.

Red Fox by J. David Henry

Red Fox The Catlike CanineWritten by J. David Henry

Zoobiquity by Kathryn Bowers

Zoobiquity The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal HealthWritten by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers

Zoobiquity by Kathryn Bowers

Zoobiquity What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of HealingWritten by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers

Zoobiquity by Kathryn Bowers

Zoobiquity What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of HealingWritten by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers

Zoobiquity by Karen White

Zoobiquity What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of HealingWritten by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers Read by Karen White

Zoobiquity by Karen White

Zoobiquity What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of HealingWritten by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers Read by Karen White

Gold Rush in the Jungle The Race to Discover and Defend the Rarest Animals of Vietnam's "Lost World"
Written by Dan Drollette, Jr.

Gold Rush in the Jungle The Race to Discover and Defend the Rarest Animals of Vietnam's "Lost World"
Written by Dan Drollette, Jr.

Red Fox The Catlike Canine
Written by J. David Henry

Zoobiquity The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health
Written by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers

Zoobiquity What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing
Written by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers

Zoobiquity What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing
Written by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers

Zoobiquity What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing
Written by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers
Read by Karen White

Zoobiquity What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing
Written by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers
Read by Karen White