Category: Life Science

by Vincent J. Burke America’s Premier Mammalogy Publisher will be at the ASM annual meeting in Oklahoma City Once again Johns Hopkins University Press will present its line of top-selling Mammalogy books. Our titles range from classics such as Walker’s Mammals of the World to the field’s leading textbook, Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology, to the technical-reference…

Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast.  Guest Post by Gene Helfman One of the true and ongoing pleasures of writing a popular, science-based book about sharks is that it’s a great conversation starter.…

Wild Thing is an occasional series where JHU Press authors write about the flora and fauna of the natural world—from the rarest flower to the most magnificent beast.  Guest Post by Gene Helfman One of the true and ongoing pleasures of writing a popular, science-based book about sharks is that it’s a great conversation starter.…

Guest post by Donald R. Prothero This post on the Oso landslide originally appeared on skepticblog.  We have republished it with the author's permission. Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice. —Will Durant For my post this week, I originally planned to write about the 50th anniversary of the Great Alaska earthquake, March 27, 1964. It…

Guest post by Donald R. Prothero On March 11, we mark the third anniversary of the huge Sendai earthquake and tsunami in Japan (officially known as the Tohoku quake of 2011, since it struck that region). It was the most powerful earthquake ever to hit Japan, and the fifth most powerful quake ever to occur since…

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Support the scholarly community by ordering direct from us with this special discount! Enter code HDPD at checkout to receive a 30% discount on all books featured in this blog post or mention this code when calling in your order at 1-800-537-5487. News and Notes / Praise and Reviews The New York Review of Books…

Couldn't make it to Boston for the 2013 History of Science Society annual meeting? At the meeting but simply too busy to give our books and journals a proper look? Prefer to plan your purchases from the comfort of your hotel room before hitting the book exhibit? We have you covered for just about every instance…

Couldn't make it to Boston for the 2013 History of Science Society annual meeting? At the meeting but simply too busy to give our books and journals a proper look? Prefer to plan your purchases from the comfort of your hotel room before hitting the book exhibit? We have you covered for just about every instance…

Main events for the 2013 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting kicked off today and we're happy to join the Society in Los Angeles for its 73rd annual meeting. At the same time, we recognize both that not everyone who wanted to attend could and that many of the professionals and students attending will find it…