Note: Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- GEORGE BOWERING: Logger Laureate -- TOM McPHEE: Mill Worker -- BETTY KRAWCZYK: Fanatic -- KEN WU: Old-Growth-Tree Hugger -- JACKSON DAVIES: Beachcomber -- VELCROW RIPPER: Sacred Activist -- JAY DODGE: Tree Sprite -- SEVERN CULLIS-SUZUKI: Second-Generation Activist -- DR. RICHARD HEBDA: Hot Scientist -- BEN PARFITT: Beetle Maniac -- PATRICK MOORE: Eco-Heretic -- KALLE LASN: Adbuster-in-Chief -- TZEPORAH BERMAN: Eco-Rock Star -- ALAN DRENGSON AND DUNCAN TAYLOR: Wild Foresters -- ANTONY MARCIL: Forest Steward -- JOHN VAILLANT: Golden Sprucer -- JOHN WIGGERS: Tree Guru -- CHIEF BILL WILLIAMS AND NANCY BLECK: Witnesses -- WADE FISHER: Union Man -- TOBIAS LAWRENCE: Social Contractor -- AVRIM LAZAR: Company Man -- CHARLOTTE GILL: Treeplanter -- THE FIRST LINK IN THE CHAIN: The Screenplay -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Copyright.

Note: Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Chapter 1: The Future Is Funky -- Chapter 2: Fun with 'Frankenstein' -- Chapter 3: So Emotional -- Chapter 4: Surprise! -- Chapter 5: Does This Need More Salt? -- Chapter 6: Lizard Boy! -- Chapter 7: Croak! -- Chapter 8: The Extreme Weather Challenge -- Chapter 9: The Future Is Foggy -- Chapter 10: A Very Big Idea -- Chapter 11: Ahoy, Scallywags! -- Chapter 12: Father and Son -- Chapter 13: Frankenstein: The Musical! -- 'Beware of the Giant Brain!' Teaser -- About the Author -- Copyright.

Note: Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Ch1: Queen of the Salish Sea -- Ch2: Moms and Matriarchs -- Ch3: Wolves of the Sea -- Ch4: Right Whales and Wrong Whales -- Ch5: Catching a Killer -- Ch6: Moby Dick -- Ch7: Moby Doll -- Ch8: The Age of Aquariums -- Ch9: Thinking Bigg -- Ch10: Listening to Orcas -- Ch11: What's in a Name? -- Ch12: Orca Intelligence -- Ch13: Orca Love -- Ch14: Orca Mysteries -- Ch15: Orcas Everywhere -- Ch16: Tanks for the Memories -- Ch17: Orca Celebrities -- Ch18: Orcas and You -- Glossary -- Resources -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Contents -- List of colour plates -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 An Introduction to Moths -- A butterfly is just a moth by another name -- Counting species -- Moths are found everywhere -- Moths as herbivores -- The classification of moths -- Types of moths -- The life cycle of moths -- Mating in moths -- Laying eggs -- The structure of moths -- Moths and man -- The study of moths -- Recent studies -- The conservation of moths -- CHAPTER 2 The origins and distribution of Britain's moths -- The origin of Britain's moths -- The last Ice-age -- The varied climate and vegetation since the last Ice-age -- Which moths invaded Britain first? -- What do we know of the current distribution of Britain's moths? -- 'The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland' -- The Rothamsted moth trap series -- Basic patterns of distribution of moths in Britain and their possible causes -- Habitat preferences of moths -- Anomalous distributions and their causes -- Recent changes in distribution -- Races, clines and subspecies -- The numbers of subspecies in different families of moths -- Coastal races -- Island races -- Northern races -- Races associated with specific habitats -- Clines -- CHAPTER 3 Dispersal and migration of moths -- Moving on or staying put -- Dispersal -- Patterns of movement within suitable habitats -- Which stages are dispersive? -- What starts migration? -- What stops migration? -- What guides migratory moths? -- Definitions of orientation and navigation -- Cues used in orientation -- Confusing orientation - moths and candles -- Do moths ever navigate? -- Evidence for migration in moths -- Which species migrate? -- Where do migrants come from? -- Mass arrivals and years of abundance -- Return migration - does it work? -- Colonisation follows migration! -- Moths and climatic warming -- CHAPTER 4 Life cycles and hibernation. , What is a life cycle? -- Continuous development or seasonal patterns? -- Living in a seasonal environment -- How many generations in each season? -- What controls the start of overwintering? -- Boundaries between single and double brooded races of moths -- Species requiring more than one year for each generation -- Northern and mountain species -- Synchrony of emergence in multi-year life cycles -- Delayed emergence from pupae - bet-hedging -- Species on the Atlantic fringe - larval diapause -- Micro-climate effects -- Aestivation -- Passing the winter -- Quiescence or diapause during adverse conditions -- Breaking diapause -- Choosing a hibernation site -- Adult hibernation -- Avoiding predation and other overwintering losses -- Coping with freezing temperatures -- CHAPTER 5 Plants as food for moths -- What do moths and their larvae feed on? -- What do plants provide as food for larvae of moths? -- Choosing which part of a plant to eat -- Choosing which species of plant to eat -- Oligophagy - feeding on only a small number of plant species -- Polyphagy - generalist feeders -- Why do certain species of plant have more than their share of moth herbivores feeding on them? -- Other factors that influence the choice of hostplant - 'apparency' -- Finding a foodplant -- Changing to new foodplants -- The Winter moth and its new foodplants -- Changing a foodplant may allow a change of range -- Feeding strategies -- Leaf miners and their mode of feeding -- Specialised feeding habits -- Moths that do not feed on plants -- CHAPTER 6 Plant defence against larvae -- Do moths damage their foodplants? -- Physical defence -- Chemical defence -- Can moths detoxify plant chemicals? -- Ecological defence -- Plant responses to feeding damage - induced defence -- Talking trees? -- How do moths respond to plant defence? -- Green islands' and mining larvae. , CHAPTER 7 The mating behaviour of moths and the use of pheromones in the control of moth pests -- Finding a mate -- Female pheromones - their chemistry and production -- Courtship and mating -- Pest control using pheromones -- Examples of moth control programmes using pheromones -- Monitoring populations of pest species -- CHAPTER 8 Moth predators and population dynamics -- What causes mortality in moths? -- Parasites as a cause of mortality -- Predators of moths -- How great is the mortality due to predators? -- Density-dependent and density-independent mortality factors -- Pine Looper population cycles -- How do moths avoid being eaten? -- Melanism in moths -- Changes in colour and pattern over very short distances -- Moths and bats -- The way moth populations are organised -- CHAPTER 9 Catching and studying moths -- Early moth hunters and their apparatus -- Collecting and studying larvae -- Pupa-digging and other methods of collecting pupae -- Catching and studying adult moths -- Assembling moths to virgin females -- Sallowing -- Attracting moths to sugar -- Light traps -- Marking moths for research -- Rearing moths -- Storing eggs and pupae and encouraging emergence -- The success of a rearing scheme -- Keeping adult moths -- CHAPTER 10 Conservation of moths -- The causes of recent reductions in Britain's moths -- Monitoring the distribution and status of moths -- Mapping rare species and recording key species -- Formal notification of rarity - the Red Data Books -- Coping with small and isolated populations -- Researching the habitat requirements of moths -- Examples of research on the conservation of moths -- Positive conservation action -- Practical conservation examples -- Recovery programmes and viability analyses -- Conservation in the wider countryside -- The future for moths in Britain -- References -- Species Index -- A -- B -- C -- D. , E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- The colour plate section.

Note: Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Loomings -- 1. The Sea Beast -- 2. Save the Whale -- 3. Canada's Captain Ahab -- 4. A Living Nightmare -- 5. The Terrible Struggle -- 6. The Pugnacious, Dangerous Monster -- 7. Superpod -- 8. From Moby Dick to Moby Doll -- 9. Million-Dollar Baby -- 10. The Ultimate Exhibit -- 11. Feeding Time -- 12. The Blackfish Gold Rush -- 13. The First Orca -- 14. The Whale Who Changed the World -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- A Note on Research -- Selected References -- Copyright Page.