NURSERY EARTH: THE WONDROUS LIVES OF BABY ANIMALS AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WAYS THEY SHAPE OUR WORLD
Book ID/图书代码： 12780023C00001
English Summary/英文概要： From the author of Monarchs of the Sea, a first-of-its-kind journey into the hidden world of baby animals―hailed as “a gobsmacking delight!” (Sy Montgomery, New York Times–bestselling author of The Soul of an Octopus)
It’s time to pay attention to baby animals. From egg to tadpole, chick to fledgling, they offer scientists a window into questions of immense importance: How do genes influence health? Which environmental factors support―or obstruct―life? Entire ecosystems rest on the shoulders (or tentacles, or jointed exoskeletons) of animal babies. At any given moment, babies represent the majority of animal life on Earth.
In Nursery Earth, researcher Danna Staaf invites readers into the sibling (and, sometimes, clashing) fields of ecology and developmental biology. The tiny, hidden lives that these scientists study in the lab and in the wild reveal some of nature’s strangest workings: A salamander embryo breathes with the help of algae inside its cells. The young grub of a Goliath beetle dwarfs its parents. The spotted beak of a parasitic baby bird tricks adults of other species into feeding it. Mouse embryos can absorb cancerous cell grafts―and develop into healthy adults.
Our bias toward adult animals (not least because babies can be hard to find) means these wonders have long gone under-researched. But for all kinds of animals, if we overlook their babies, we miss out on the most fascinating―and consequential―time in the lives of their species. Nursery Earth makes the case that these young creatures are not just beings in progress but beings in their own right. And our planet needs them all: the maggots as much as the kittens!
8-page color photo insert | 40 B&W photographs
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 请大家的注意力转向动物的婴儿小宝宝！从卵到蝌蚪，从雏鸡到雏鸟，这些动物婴儿宝宝们提供给科学家一个了解极其重要性的新窗口：基因是如何影响健康？哪些环境因素可以支持或是阻碍动物的生命？我们认知的生态系统其实都是靠着这些动物婴儿来做平衡。在任何特定时刻，动物的婴儿宝宝们代表了地球上动物的大多数。
在《苗圃地球》中，研究员丹娜·斯塔夫邀请读者进入生态学和发育生物学这两个兄弟（有时是冲突的）的科学领域。这些科学家在实验室和野外研究的微小、隐藏的生命揭示了自然界一些最奇怪的运作方式：蝾螈胚胎在细胞内藻类的帮助下呼吸。歌利亚甲虫的幼虫使其父母相形见绌。寄生幼鸟的斑点喙会诱骗其他物种的成鸟来喂养它。小鼠胚胎可以吸收癌细胞移植物，并发育成健康的成年人。
我们对成年动物的偏见（尤其是因为很难找到婴儿）意味着这些奇迹长期以来一直没有得到充分的研究。但对于所有种类的动物来说，如果我们忽视它们的婴儿，我们就会错过它们物种生命中最迷人且最重要的时光。 《苗圃地球》证明，这些年轻的生物不仅是正在进步的生物，而且是有其自身权利的生物。我们的星球需要它们：蛆虫和小猫！(Wendy)
Awards/获奖情况：Review
"Every page of Danna Staaf’s Nursery Earth brims with strange wonders. This book is a gobsmacking delight!"
― Sy Montgomery, New York Times–bestselling author of The Soul of an Octopus
"Some animal babies are really cute (kittens), and some are a bit horrifying (larval parasites), but this book shows how all are incredibly interesting. Packed with the fascinating and the fantastic, Nursery Earth is a surprising page-turner, as hard to put down as a new puppy."
― Carl Safina, New York Times–bestselling author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel
"There is certainly a cuteness factor here. . . . [But] beyond the oohs and ahs, scientist Staaf shares significant findings about the connections between the environment and human genes. The miracle of life (and developmental biology, Staaf’s specialty) is the book’s journey, documenting each stage, from egg to juvenile/teenager, with easy-to-understand research and illuminating analogies."
― Booklist
"I can’t count the number of times the word wow crossed my lips as I eagerly turned to the next page of Nursery Earth. If you’ve ever wondered how nature works, Staaf shows us why you’d best not ignore the beginnings. This book is the finest kind of science writing: heartwarming and perspective-shifting!"
― Juli Berwald, author of Spineless and Life on the Rocks
About the Author/作者介绍： Danna Staaf earned a PhD in biology from Stanford University with her studies of baby squid. She is the author of Monarchs of the Sea and The Lady and the Octopus, and she has written for Science, Atlas Obscura, and Nautilus. She lives in California with her human family, a cat, and a garden full of grubs, caterpillars, maggots, and innumerable other babies.
Richard Strathmann, PhD, is an expert in the diverse patterns of animal development, with a particular focus on marine animals. He finds the beauty and variety of changes from eggs through embryos, larvae, and metamorphosis endlessly entertaining. He joined the faculty of the University of Washington in 1973.
丹娜·斯塔夫 (Danna Staaf) 凭借对小鱿鱼的研究获得了斯坦福大学生物学博士学位。她是《海洋君主》和《女士与鱼》的作者，并为《科学》、《Atlas Obscura》和《鹦鹉螺》撰稿。她和她的人类家庭、一只猫和一个满是幼虫、毛虫、蛆和无数其他婴儿的花园住在加利福尼亚州。
理查德·斯特拉斯曼（Richard Strathmann）博士是动物发育多样化模式方面的专家，特别关注海洋动物。他发现从卵到胚胎、幼虫再到变态的美丽和各种变化给他带来了无尽的乐趣。 他在1973年加入华盛顿大学任教。
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