The Bird: A Natural History of Who Birds Are, Where They Came From, and How They Live pdf

Colin Tudge est né à Londres en 1943. Il s'intéresse depuis toujours à la biologie et s'intéresse depuis longtemps à l'agriculture, à la politique alimentaire, à "diverses parcelles de philosophie", et s'intéresse particulièrement ces jours-ci à la relation entre la science et la religion - " les deux sont nécessaires ». Il a trois enfants et deux petits-enfants et vit à Oxford avec sa femme Ruth West.
Depuis qu'il a quitté l'université en 1965 (Peterhouse, Cambridge, zoologie), Colin Tudge a gagné sa vie en écrivant et en diffusant. Entre 1980 et 1984, il a été rédacteur en chef pour le magazine New Scientist. Il a également travaillé sur des programmes scientifiques pour la BBC Radio et a présenté le programme régulier « Spectrum ».
Colin Tudge a écrit pour divers magazines et journaux, dont Farmer's Weekly, New Scientist, The New Statesman, Nature, The Times, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, The Guardian, Resurgence, The Daily Mail, The London Review of Books, Natural History, BBC Wildlife Magazine, Index de la liberté d'expression. Mais il écrit principalement des livres, dont deux ont été présélectionnés pour le COPUS/Poulence Science Book of the Year ; Last Animals at the Zoo (1991) et The Engineer in the Garden (1993). The Day Before Yesterday (1995) a remporté le prix B.P. Prix ​​du livre de conservation de l'année.
Colin Tudge est un ancien membre du Conseil de la Zoological Society of London et, depuis 1995, il est chercheur invité au Centre for Philosophy de la London School of Economics.

The Bird: A Natural History of Who Birds Are, Where They Came From, and How They Live pdf par Colin Tudge

• How are birds so good at flying and navigating?
• Why are birds so like mammals– and yet so very different?
• Did birds descend from dinosaurs, and if so, does that mean birds are dinosaurs?
• How do they court each other and fend off rivals?
• What' s being communicated in birdsong?
• Can we ever know how birds think?
In this fascinating exploration of the avian class, Colin Tudge considers the creatures of the air. From their evolutionary roots to their flying, feeding, fighting, mating, nesting, and communicating, Tudge provocatively ponders what birds actually do–as well as why they do it and how. With the same curiosity, passion, and insight he brought to redwoods, pines, and palm trees in his widely acclaimed book The Tree, Tudge here studies sparrows, parrots, and even the Monkey-eating Eagle to better understand their world–and our own.
There is far more to a bird's existence than gliding gracefully on air currents or chirping sweetly from fence posts–the stakes are life and death. By observing and explaining the complex strategy that comes into play with everything from migration to social interaction to the timing of giving birth to young, Tudge reveals how birds are uniquely equipped biologically to succeed and survive. And he offers an impassioned plea for humans to learn to coexist with birds without continuing to endanger their survival.
Complete with an "annotated cast list" of all the known birds in the world– plus gorgeous illustrations–The Bird is a comprehensive and delightfully accessible guide for everyone from dedicated birders to casual birdwatchers that celebrates and illuminates the remarkable lives of birds.