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Author
Language
English
Description
What can explain the incredible diversity of beauty in nature? Richard O. Prum, an award-winning ornithologist, discusses Charles Darwin's second and long-neglected theory--aesthetic mate choice--and what it means for our understanding of evolution. In addition, Prum connects those same evolutionary dynamics to the origins and diversity of human sexuality, offering riveting new thinking about the evolution of human beauty and the role of mate choice,...
4) Show-offs
Author
Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Pictures and text show how different animals use posture, plumage, or other natural decoration to warn, elude, or engage in courtship.
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Nature is putting on a dance recital...come watch! From award-winning author-illustrator Robin Page, SHALL WE DANCE? is a beautiful exploration of how and why different animals move their bodies. Whether it's to find a mate, repel a predator, or just for fun, readers will learn the reason and purpose behind each animal and critter's graceful, exuberant, or playful moves. And they might even want to get up and join in the dancing fun!"--
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
"Animated film about a shy young penguin and his lady love. During the penguin mating ceremony bachelor penguins present their sweethearts with a pebble. Hubie has found a perfect pebble, but his chosen lady has another admirer who casts Hubie out to sea to eliminate him as a rival. Many an adventure ensues before true love prevails." --
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Hubie is a hopeless romantic in love with Marina, the most beautiful penguin in all of Antarctica. When he magically stumbles upon the perfect pebble, he knows he has to find the courage to ask Marina to mate with him for life. But the evil penguin Drake, who also wants Marina, has other plans, and he throws Hubie into the ocean. Castaway Hubie meets the fearless Rocko, a penguin determined to fly, and together they must get Hubie home before the...
Author
Publisher
Workman Pub
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"Where do babies come from? No question arouses more curiosity--and few are harder to answer. This spirited book takes its way through the facts of life. From the first amorous glance to the birth of a bouncing baby, it's the story of how we all got here."
15) The mating game
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Explores the mating behavior of various animals living in different habitats and continents, and the different strategies they use to find a mate."--
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Bondar examines the sex lives of our animal cousins, which are fiendishly difficult, infinitely varied, and often violent. They involve razor sharp penises, murderous cannibals, and chemical warfare in an epic battle between the sexes. Like us, animals must first find the perfect partner. You think we have it tough? Try having to do it while being hunted down by predators, against a backdrop of unpredictable or life-threatening conditions. Then,...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The latest offering from the award-winning team of Robin Page and Steve Jenkins focuses on the most unique and exciting animal displays in the natural world, used by creatures to stand out. This eye-catching, high-interest material is ideal for nature lovers, Jenkins fans, and even the most reluctant readers."--
Author
Publisher
Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Cronin named her book after two organisms that gave Charles Darwin some difficult moments as he struggled with his theory of natural selection. The vast majority of ants are sterile workers, never reproducing, each always ready to engage in potential sacrifice of self for colony. How can natural selection, a theory based on self-preservation, explain the curious altruism of the ant? The peacock carries with it an immense and gaudy tail, far more than...
