collection and preservation

A guide to over 400 rocks and minerals.

A field guide for identifying minerals, including their appearance, properties, formation, and locations. Contains information on collecting tools and methods.

Surviving a bomb threat that was set up as a test by a terrorist cell that has abducted his father, industrial engineer Tyler Locke is blackmailed into tracking down a legendary treasure that will finance terrorist activities for decades.

Discusses the nature and origin of fossils, the collection and study of them, and what they can tell us about creatures of the past.

An account of the American Museum of Natural History expedition to the Dzanga Sangha Rain Forest in the Central African Republic to collect specimens for an exhibit.

Discusses the history of American artifacts and explains how and where to look for Indian pottery and arrowheads, Civil War battlefield items, and other artifacts.

Gives instructions for collecting, preserving, identifying, and displaying a nature collection.

Explains how to catch, house, feed, and observe a wide variety of insects. Includes suggestions for collecting and preserving them when they die.