Product Description
Life above and below water
In this volume:
LANAO
Text and Photos: Heiko Bleher
Herre’s Philippine fresh water fishes. Are they extinct? Or do some of them still survive? A report on an expedition to the land of Maranaos, Lanao on the island of Mindanao; and on the problems facing its endemic species.
Text and Photos: Heiko Bleher
SALAMANDER EVOLUTION
Photos: Burkard Kahl – Text: ag team
Once upon a time the amphibians “ruled” the earth; nowadays we are fascinated by the secretive way of life of their descendants, whose existence is regrettably often endangered. Part 1 tells of the evolution of the first vertebrates to venture onto dry land.
WAIAPI
Photos & Text: Victor Fuks
The last indians in north-eastern Brazil; their festivals are a celebration of their existence in harmony with Nature and their environment.
PORTFOLIO
Photos & Text: Michel Roggo
The bizarre land crabs of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean are just one of the subjects of Michel Roggo’s picturebook…
THE CLOCK OF LIFE
Photos: Planet Earth Pictures – Text: Keith Banister
What determinates the times of biological events? A trip into the world of biorhythms with Dr Keith Banister.
KAKABAN
Photos: G. R. Allen and R. Steene – Text: G. R. Allen
The renowned ichthyologist, Dr G. R. Allen, reports on a unique lake on this tiny island.
MOLLIES
Photos: Burkard Kahl – Text: ag team
When, in 1821, C. A. Lesueur, a French emigré living in the USA, described Mollienesia latipinna, little did he realise what Man would create from it.
BORNHOLM
Photos: S. Reul, F. Wieland and U. Lippek – Text: Falk Wieland
Falk Wieland shows us what the “island of nightingales” has to offer, above and below water. A unique report with underwater photos to match.
SEA SERPENTS
Pictures: Aquaprint archives – Text: Jill Emmett
Have you ever seen one? Do they, or did they, really exist? Jill Emmett endeavours to separate fact from fiction.
MOSSES
Photos: Burkard Kahl – Drawings: Aquaprint archives – Text: ag editorial team
Are they higher or lower plants? Do they have roots or not? How do they reproduce? There are many such difficult questions. The ag team investigates.
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