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Zoology

Zoology is the branch of biology that deals with the animal kingdom

Last Chance to See
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Other Minds
The Genius of Birds
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
In the Shadow of Man
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
M.Sc. Zoology
The Unexpected Truth About Animals: A Menagerie of the Misunderstood
Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife
Invertebrates
The Origin of Species
Gorillas in the Mist
The Spotted Sphinx by Joy AdamsonTomorrow's Sphinx by Clare BellChasing Cheetahs by Sy MontgomeryI...AM...CHEETAH! by Stephanie J. TeerThe Tribe of Tiger by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Books about Cheetahs
13 books — 12 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Jungle Books by Rudyard KiplingGorillas in the Mist by Dian FosseyOut of Africa by Isak DinesenHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Rainforests and Jungles of the World
382 books — 106 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonNo Word for Wilderness by Roger  ThompsonSave the Arctic by Bethany StahlThe Quest Begins by Erin HunterLittle Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
Books about Bears
162 books — 31 voters

Hyena by Mikita BrottmanCrow by Boria SaxTurtle by Louise M. PrykeScorpion by Louise M. PrykeOtter by Daniel Allen
Reaktion Animal Books
104 books — 12 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Jungle Book by Rudyard KiplingTiger Moon by Antonia MichaelisThe Tiger by John VaillantIn the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Books about Tigers
57 books — 22 voters

A prison for animals who committed no crimes is what a zoo is." - On Zoos ...more
Lamine Pearlheart, The Sunrise Scrolls: To Life from the Shadows II

Our species has co-evolved alongside many others to which we were in contact, especially through scavenging, hunting, and then animal husbandry, all of which would have exposed us to novel pathogens and zoonotic diseases. As a species, we had to adapt to these new pathogens without the benefits of modern medicine. The newly emerging diseases of recent decades, while novel in themselves, are but a repeat of patterns which humans have survived over several millennia.
Kimberly A. Plomp, Palaeopathology and Evolutionary Medicine: An Integrated Approach

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