Albatross: Their World, Their Ways. Tui De Roy, Mark Jones, and Julian Fitter. Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY, 2008. 240 pp., illus. $49.95 (ISBN 9781554074150 cloth).

Arctic Fox: Life at the Top of the World. Garry Hamilton. Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY, 2008. 232 pp., illus. $39.95 (ISBN 9781554073412 cloth).

The Birds, the Bees, and the Platypuses: Crazy, Sexy, and Cool Stories from Science. Michael Gross. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2008. 259 pp., illus. $37.50 (ISBN 9783527322879 cloth).

Breathing Space: How Allergies Shape Our Lives and Landscapes. Gregg Mitman. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2008. 336 pp., illus. $18.00 (ISBN 9780300143157 paper).

The Buzz about Bees: Biology of a Superorganism. Jürgen Tautz.Springer, New York, 2008. 284 pp., illus. $39.95 (ISBN 9783540787273 cloth).

Charles Darwin: The Beagle Letters. Frederick Burkhardt, ed. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2008. 544 pp., illus. $32.00 (ISBN 9780521898386 cloth).

Cranes: A Natural History of a Bird in Crisis. Janice Hughes. Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY, 2008. 256 pp., illus. $45.00 (ISBN 9781554073436 cloth).

Darkening Peaks: Glacier Retreat, Science, and Society. Ben Orlove, Ellen Wiegandt, and Brian H. Luckman, eds. University of California Press, Berkeley, 2008. 290 pp., illus. $45.00 (ISBN 9780520253056 cloth).

The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment. Paul R.Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2008. 438 pp., illus. $35.00 (ISBN 9781597260961 cloth).

Emerging Consequences of Biotechnology: Biodiversity Loss and IPR Issues. Krishna Dronamraju. World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ, 2008. 484 pp., illus. $58.00 (ISBN 9789812775009 cloth).

Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860–1870. Frederick Burkhardt, Samantha Evans, and Alison M. Pearn, eds. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2008. 336 pp. $28.00 (ISBN 9780521874120 cloth).

Human: The Science behind What Makes Us Unique. Michael S. Gazzaniga. Ecco/HarperCollins, New York, 2008. 464 pp., illus. $27.50 (ISBN 9780060892883 cloth).

Malformed Frogs: The Collapse of Aquatic Ecosystems. Michael Lannoo. University of California Press, Berkeley, 2008. 288 pp., illus. $65.00 (ISBN 9780520255883 cloth).

Mutualism: Ants and Their Insect Partners. Bernhard Stadler and Anthony Dixon. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2008. 228 pp., illus. $110.00 (ISBN 9780521860352 cloth).

Owls of North America. Frances Backhouse. Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY, 2008. 216 pp., illus. $34.95 (ISBN 9781554073429 cloth).

A Photographic Guide to Seashore Life in the North Atlantic: Canada to Cape Cod. J. Duane Sept. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2008. 224 pp., illus. $19.95 (ISBN 9780691133195 paper).

The Primate Family Tree: The Amazing Diversity of Our Closest Relatives. Ian Redmond. Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY, 2008. 176 pp., illus. $35.00 (ISBN 9781554073788 cloth).

Specialization, Speciation, and Radiation: The Evolutionary Biology of Herbivorous Insects. Kelley Jean Tilmon, ed. University of California Press, Berkeley, 2008. 360 pp., illus. $65.00 (ISBN 9780520251328 cloth).

Western Diseases: An Evolutionary Perspective. Tessa M. Pollard. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2008. 223 pp., illus. $65.00 (ISBN 9780521617376 paper).

Wild China: Natural Wonders of the World's Most Enigmatic Land. Phil Chapman and the BBC Wild China Team. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2008. 256 pp., illus. $29.95 (ISBN 9780300141658 paper).