This book surveys Wyoming’s mammal, bird, reptile, and amphibian faunas. In addition to introducing the state’s geography, geology, climate, and major ecosystems, it provides 65 biological profiles of 72 mammal…

There are eight currently recognized species of North American geese: emperor, greater white-fronted, snow, Ross’s, Canada and cackling, barnacle, and brant geese. This book describes each species’ geographic range and…

The 12 species described in this volume are not closely related, but they provide an instructive example of adaptive evolutionary radiation within the much larger waterfowl lineage as to their…

Serves as a reference on the wildlife that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark encountered during their 1804-6 Corps of Discovery expedition. This book identifies over one hundred animals and plants…

Arising in two separate streams high in the Rockies and flowing east across the plains to meet the Missouri near Omaha, Nebraska, the Platte River is a microcosm of the…

Of all birdgroups, none is more closely associated with the world’s tropical forests than trogons and quetzals. With shimmering golden-green feathers and long ornamental tail coverts, Central America’s resplendent quetzal…

This book surveys Wyoming’s mammal, bird, reptile, and amphibian faunas. In addition to introducing the state’s geography, geology, climate, and major ecosystems, it provides 65 biological profiles of 72 mammal…

The Great Plains are America’s biological melting pot, drawing creatures from surrounding regions to create a rich diversity of wildlife. This book illuminates the enormous variety and uniqueness of prairie…