Milne, Lorus J(ohnson)

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MILNE, Lorus J(ohnson)

MILNE, Lorus J(ohnson). American (born Canada). Genres: Biology, Botany, Children's non-fiction, Environmental sciences/Ecology, Natural history, Zoology. Career: University, of New Hampshire, Durham, professor of zoology, 1948-, now emeritus. Publications: WITH MARGERY MILNE: A Multitude of Living Things, 1947; Famous Naturalists, 1952; The Biotic World of Man, 1952, 3rd ed., 1965; The Mating Instinct, 1954; The World of Night, 1956; Paths across the Earth, 1958; Animal Life, 1959; Plant Life, 1959; (with R. and M. Buchsbaum) The Lower Animals, 1960; The Balance of Nature, 1960; (with the Editors of Life) The Mountains, 1962; The Senses of Animals and Men, 1962; Because of a Tree, 1963; The Valley, 1962; Water and Life, 1964; The Crab That Crawled Out of the Past, 1965; Gift from the Sky, 1967; Living Plants of the World, 1967; Patterns of Survival, 1967; The Phoenix Forest, 1968; The Ages of Life, 1968; The Nature of Animals, 1969; North American Birds, 1969; When the Tide Goes Far Out, 1970; The Nature of Life, 1970; The Nature of Plants, 1971; The Cougar Doesn't Live Here Any More, 1971; The How and Why of Growing, 1972; The Arena of Life, 1972; Invertebrates of North America, 1972; The Animal in Man, 1973; Because of a Flower, 1975; (with F. Russell) The Secret Life of Animals, 1976; Ecology Out of Joint, 1977; A World Alive, 1978, rev. ed., 1998; Gadabouts and Stick-at-Homes, 1980; Insect Worlds, 1980; The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders, 1980; Dreams of a Perfect Earth, 1982; Nature's Clean-up Crew, 1982; (with L. Line) The Audubon Society Book of Insects, 1983; Nature's Great Carbon Cycle, 1983; A Time to Be Born, 1984; The Mystery of the Bog Forest, 1984; A Shovelful of Earth, 1987; Understanding Radioactivity, 1989; Learning and Behavior in Animal Babies, 1989; Insects and Spiders, 1991. Address: 1 Garden Lane, Durham, NH 03824, U.S.A.

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