women biologists

Tells the story of an injured barn owlet who was cared for by an owl laboratory assistant for over two decades. Describes the bond that developed between the woman and the owl and how the owl later saved her life.

A biography of the marine biologist and nature writer well-known for her campaign against the careless use of chemicals.

Collected correspondence between Carson and Freeman, spanning the last years of Carson's life, including the writing of "Silent Spring.".

The author relates her experience raising a barn owl she had met while working at the owl laboratory at Caltech, discussing her relationship with the bird and what she observed and learned about the species.

Tired of living on a failing farm and suffering oppressive poverty, bored housewife Dellarobia Turnbow, on the way to meet a potential lover, is detoured by a miraculous event on the Appalachian mountainside that ignites a media and religious firestorm that changes her life forever.

Traces an incrementally violent confrontation between a National Park Service biologist who would eradicate invasive wildlife on the Channel Islands and two locals who are fiercely opposed to the killing of any creatures.

The author, a neurobiologist, describes the challenges she encountered as she made the choice to care for her mother, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, along with carrying out the duties of a mother and wife.