All Creatures: Naturalists, Collectors, and Biodiversity,1850–1950. Robert E. Kohler. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. 380 pp., illus. $35.00 (ISBN 0691125392 cloth).

Amniote Paleobiology: Perspectives on the Evolution of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles. Matthew T. Carrano, Timothy J. Gaudin, Richard W. Blob, and John R. Wible, eds. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2006. 554 pp., illus. $40.00 (ISBN 0226094782 paper).

The Best American Science Writing 2006. Atul Gawande, ed. Harper Perennial, New York, 2006. 384 pp. $13.95 (ISBN 006072644X paper).

Biotech: The Countercultural Origins of an Industry. Eric J. Vettel. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2006. 296 pp., illus. $39.95 (ISBN 0812239474 cloth).

Birds and Climate Change. Anders P. Møller, Wolfgang Fiedler, and Peter Berthold, eds. Elsevier, Burlington, MA, 2006. 272 pp., illus. $49.95 (ISBN 0123736145 paper).

Building the Next Ark: How NGOs Work to Protect Biodiversity. Michael M. Gunter Jr. University Press of New England, Lebanon, NH, 2006. 272 pp., illus. $19.95 (ISBN 1584655909 paper).

Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees. Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Masaki Tomonaga, and Masayuki Tanaka, eds. Springer, New York, 2006. 548 pp., illus. $89.95 (ISBN 4431302468 cloth).

Corridor Ecology:The Science and Practice of Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation. Jodi A. Hilty, William Z. Lidicker Jr., and Adina M. Merenlender. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2006. 344 pp., illus. $30.00 (ISBN 1559630965 paper).

Ecology of Desert Rivers. Richard Kingsford, ed. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2006. 368 pp., illus. $110.00 (ISBN 0521818257 cloth).

The First Boat People. Steve Webb. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2006. 336 pp., illus. $120.00 (ISBN 0521856566 cloth).

Footprints in the Soil: People and Ideas in Soil History. Benno P. Warkentin, ed. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2006. 566 pp., illus. $75.00 (ISBN 0444521771 cloth).

Global Coastal Change. Ivan Valiela. Blackwell, Malden, MA, 2006. 376 pp., illus. $89.95 (ISBN 1405136855 paper).

How to Do Ecology: A Concise Handbook. Richard Karban and Mikaela Huntzinger. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. 160 pp., illus. $16.95 (ISBN 0691125775 paper).

Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man. Dale Peterson. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2006. 752 pp., illus. $35.00 (ISBN 0395854059 paper).

Keywords and Concepts in Evolutionary Developmental Biology. Brian K. Hall and Wendy M. Olson, eds. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. 476 pp., illus. $29.95 (ISBN 0674022408 paper).

The Landscape of Reform: Civic Pragmatism and Environmental Thought in America. Ben A. Minteer. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. 272 pp. $28.00 (ISBN 0262134616 cloth).

Mechanistic Home Range Analysis. Paul R. Moorcroft and Mark A. Lewis. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006. 208 pp., illus. $39.50 (ISBN 0691009287 paper).

The Other Insect Societies. James T. Costa. Harvard University Press, Belknap Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006. 812 pp., illus.$59.95 (ISBN 0674021630 cloth).

Sippewissett: Or, Life on a Salt Marsh. Tim Traver. Chelsea Green, White River Junction, VT, 2006. 264 pp., illus. $22.50 (ISBN 1933392142 cloth).

The Survival Imperative: Using Space to Protect Earth. William E. Burrows. Forge Books, New York, 2006. 320 pp., illus. $24.95 (ISBN 0765311143 cloth).

The Theoretical Biologist's Toolbox: Quantitative Methods for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Marc Mangel. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2006. 392 pp., illus. $50.00 (ISBN 0521537487 paper).

To Recruit and Advance: Women Students and Faculty in Science and Engineering. National Academy of Sciences. National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2006. 148 pp., illus. $29.95 (ISBN 0309095212 paper).

Wildfire: A Century of Failed Forest Policy. George Wuerthner, ed. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2006. 352 pp., illus. $45.00 (ISBN 1597260703 paper).

The World of the Polar Bear. Norbert Rosing. Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY, 2006. 204 pp., illus. $45.00 (ISBN 1554071550 cloth).