The Anthropology of Extinction: Essays on Culture and Species Death. Genese Marie Sodikoff, ed. Indiana University Press, 2012. 256 pp., illus. $24.95 (ISBN 9780253223647 paper).

Antiviral Resistance in Plants: Methods and Protocols. John M. Watson and Ming-Bo Wang, eds. Springer (Humana Press), 2012. 380 pp., illus. $139.00 (ISBN 9781617798818 cloth).

Bones, Clones, and Biomes: The History and Geography of Recent Neotropical Mammals. Bruce D. Patterson and Leonora P. Costa, eds. University of Chicago Press, 2012. 432 pp., illus. $65.00 (ISBN 9780226649191 cloth).

The Case of the Green Turtle: An Uncensored History of a Conservation Icon. Alison Rieser. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. 352 pp., illus. $45.00 (ISBN 9781421405797 cloth).

Cells to Civilizations: The Principles of Change that Shape Life. Enrico Coen. Princeton University Press, 2012. 360 pp., illus. $29.95 (ISBN 9780691149677 cloth).

Citizen Science: Public Participation in Environmental Research. Janis L. Dickinson and Rick Bonney, eds. Cornell University Press, 2012. 304 pp., illus. $49.95 (ISBN 9780801449116 cloth).

Climate and Conservation: Landscape and Seascape Science, Planning, and Action. Jodi A. Hilty, Charles C. Chester, and Molly S. Cross, eds. Island Press, 2012. 392 pp., illus. $35.00 (ISBN 9781610911719 paper).

Dinosaur Paleobiology. Stephen L. Brusatte. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.336 pp., illus. $80.00 (ISBN 9780470656587 paper).

Dirty, Sacred Rivers: Confronting South Asia's Water Crisis. Cheryl Colopy. Oxford University Press, 2012. 416 pp., illus. $34.95 (ISBN 9780199845019 cloth).

Earth before the Dinosaurs. Sébastien Steyer (trans. by Chris Spence). Indiana University Press, 2012. 200 pp., illus. $35.00 (ISBN 9780253223807 paper).

How to Think Seriously About the Planet: The Case for Environmental Conservatism. Roger Scruton. Oxford University Press, 2012. 464 pp. $29.95 (ISBN 9780199895571 cloth).

Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People. Harry Ostrer. Oxford University Press, 2012. 288 pp., illus. $24.95 (ISBN 9780195379617 cloth).

Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color. Nina G. Jablonski. University of California Press, 2012. 286 pp., illus. $29.95 (ISBN 9780520251533 cloth).

Nanopore-Based Technology. Maria E. Gracheva, ed. Springer (Humana Press), 2012. 267 pp., illus. $119.00 (ISBN 9781661797729 cloth).

A New Environmental Ethics: The Next Millennium for Life on Earth. Holmes Rolston III. Taylor and Francis (Routledge), 2012. 256 pp., illus. $29.95 (ISBN 9780415884846 paper).

Phantoms of the Prairie: The Return of Cougars to the Midwest. John W. Laundré. University of Wisconsin Press, 2012. 208 pp., illus. $24.95 (ISBN 9780299287542 paper).

Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You: Busting Myths about Human Nature. Agustín Fuentes. University of California Press, 2012. 304 pp., illus. $27.50 (ISBN 9780520269712 cloth).

RNA Abundance Analysis: Methods and Protocols. Hailing Jin and Walter Gassmann, eds. Springer (Humana Press), 2012. 231 pp., illus. $119.00 (ISBN 9781617798382 cloth).

Science and Religion: Christian and Muslim Perspectives. David Marshall, ed. Georgetown University Press, 2012. 160 pp. $24.95 (ISBN 9781589019140 paper).

Speleothem Science: From Process to Past Environments. Ian J. Fairchild and Andy Baker. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. 450 pp., illus. $119.95 (ISBN 9781405196208 cloth).

Tree Thinking: An Introduction to Phylogenetic Biology. David A. Baum and Stacey D. Smith. Roberts and Company, 2012. 496 pp., illus. $60.00 (ISBN 9781936221165 cloth).

You're Hired! Now What? Mohamed A. F. Noor. Sinauer, 2012. 96 pp., illus. $11.95 (ISBN 9780878939633 paper).