Nature's Giants: The Biology and Evolution of the World's Largest Lifeforms

by Graeme Ruxton and Graeme D. Ruxton

Book Overview

Why are creatures the size that they are? In this fascinating new book, Graeme Ruxton explains how and why nature's giants came to be so large. With examples ranging from huge butterflies to giant squid, Ruxton explores the physics, biology, and evolutionary drivers behind organism size, showing what it's like to live large.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300239882
• ISBN13: 9780300239881
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.8" x 11.0"