What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Gull Guide: North America’

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Updated 08 May 2024
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Gull Guide: North America’

Author: AMAR AYYASH

Gull identification can be challenging for even the most seasoned birder.

While these birds are common to coasts, lakes, and rivers, they exhibit remarkable plumage changes related to age, which is sometimes complicated by similarities between species and a readiness to hybridize.

This book provides an invaluable identification guide to all regularly occurring gull species and subspecies throughout North America.

 


What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Human Microbiome in Health and Disease’

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Updated 28 December 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Human Microbiome in Health and Disease’

Author: MARGARET RILEY

Each of our bodies is home to trillions of microorganisms that shape our health, prevent disease, and influence conditions ranging from depression to allergies. This book offers a detailed look at how our microbial inhabitants—known as the microbiome—affect almost every facet of our health.

It takes readers from the microbiome’s primordial origins and their symbiosis with humans to the latest microbiome research, utilizing real-world case studies and current clinical insights to show how shifts in the microbiome can play a role in obesity, autoimmune disorders, and depression.