50 Years of DNA. Julie Clayton and Carina Dennis, eds. Nature Publishing Group, New York, 2003. 120 pp., illus. $30.00 (ISBN 1403914796 cloth).
AIDS: Science and Society, 4th ed. Hung Y. Fan, Ross F. Conner, and Luis P. Willarreal. Jones and Bartlett, Sudbury, MA, 2003. 229 pp., illus. $35.95 (ISBN 076370086X paper).
Biodiversity, Status and Conservation of the World's Shads. Karin E. Limburg and John R. Waldman, eds. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD, 2003. 370 pp., illus. $75.00 (ISBN 1888569514 paper).
Comparative Biomechanics: Life's Physical World. Steven Vogel. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2003. 580 pp., illus. (ISBN 0691112975 cloth).
Contested Nature: Promoting International Biodiversity with Social Justice in the Twenty-First Century. Steven R. Brechin, Peter R. Wilshusen, Crystal L. Fortwangler, and Patrick C. West, eds. SUNY Press, Albany, NY, 2003. 321 pp. $19.95 (ISBN 0791457761 paper).
Outlooks: Readings for Environmental Literacy. 2nd ed. Michael L. McKinney, ed. Jones and Bartlett, Sudbury, MA, 2003. 156 pp. $21.95 (ISBN 076373280X paper).
Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon: An Ecotourist's Guide. R. D. Bartlett and Patricia Bartlett. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 2003. 310 pp., illus. $29.95 (ISBN 0813026237 paper).
A Search for the Origins of Human Speech: Auditory and Vocal Functions of the Chimpanzee. Shozo Kojima. Trans Pacific Press, Victoria, Australia, 2003. 195 pp., illus. $44.95 (ISBN 4876984557 cloth).
Self-Organization in Biological Systems. Scott Camazine, Jean-Louis Deneubourg, Nigel R. Franks, James Sneyd, Guy Theraulaz, and Eric Bonabeau. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2003. 560 pp., illus. $35.00 (ISBN 0691116245 paper).
Tropical Flowering Plants: A Guide to Identification and Cultivation. Kirsten Albrecht Llamas. Timber Press, Portland, OR, 2003. 424 pp., illus. $69.95 (ISBN 0881925853 cloth).