Examines how scientists attempt to protect and monitor various reptiles around the world like alligators, turtles, and iguanas through radio tracking, captive breeding, habitat conservation, and poaching control.
Examines how scientists and zoos around the world are managing wild and captive big cats like panthers, cheetahs, tigers, and lions by radio tracking, scat examination, zoo breeding programs, and habitat conservation.
An overview of post-traumatic stress disorder that discusses the history, causes, and treatments of the disorder and explores research as well as how the United States is helping soldiers deal with stress on the frontlines. Includes a glossary, contact information for organizations, and suggestions for further reading.
Describes the origins and development of the multifaceted field of artificial intelligence, and spectulates on what the area of research might hold for the future.
Discusses various types of bacteria and viruses, methods of fighting diseases, and how bacteria and viruses can be used to benefit people and the environment.
Uses actual cases, some drawn directly from headlines, to describe some of the advances and techniques being employed in the field of forensic anthropology at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
