name:"Acorn, John" found 5 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Contents: Geology of Alberta map -- Albanerpetontids, as we say -- Ammonites and ammolites -- Albertosaurus, Alberta's dinosaur -- Amber, fossilized tree sap -- Amia, the bowfin -- Atrociraptor, the new raptor -- Basilemys, a very large turtle -- Bison, as opposed to buffalo -- The Blindman River -- Belonostomus, a pointy-headed fish -- Barnum Brown, fossil hunter -- Burbank, Alberta -- Calgary and the things that lay beneath it -- Extinct camels -- The Canadian shield -- Centrosaurus, a herding horned dinosaur -- Champsosaurus, a kind of non-crocodile -- Chasmosaurus, a short-horned dinosaur -- North American cheetahs -- The Bow Valley at Cochrane -- Cretaceous lizards -- Alberta's crocodilians -- Dawn redwood trees -- Devil's Coulee and its dinosaur nests -- Didelphodon, a sort of primitive possum -- Dinosaur Provincial Park -- Dromaeosaurus, a snappy little raptor -- The Drumheller Badlands -- Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park -- Dunkleosteus, a very scary fish -- Edmonton, a modest sort of dinosaur graveyard -- Edmontosaurus, Edmonton's duck-billed dinosaur -- Edmontonia, Edmonton's other dinosaur -- Feathered dinosaurs -- Fossil frogs -- Gar, the fish -- Horn corals -- How do you know where to dig? -- Hypacrosaurus, less than the ultimate dinosaur -- The Kleskun Hills -- Lambeosaurus, Lambe's dinosaur -- Leptoceratops, a hornless horned dinosaur -- Alberta's lions -- Lundbreck Falls and the black beauty -- Mammoths and mastodons -- The Milk River -- Mosasaurs, the giant marine lizards -- Multituberculates, common but extinct mammals -- Myledaphus, a guitar fish -- New fossil names -- The oil sands -- Ornithomimids, the bird mimics -- Pachyrhinosaurus, the thick-nosed dinosaur -- Palaeontology in Alberta -- Pantodonts, giant Palaeocene mammals -- Parasaurolophus, a long-headed duck-bill -- Parksosaurus, Park's dinosaur -- The world's oldest pike -- Plants of the ornithomimid quarry -- Plesiadapis, a weird early primate -- Plesiosaurs, the sea serpents of the Mesozoic -- "Primitive" plants -- Pterosaurs, the flying reptiles -- Fossil salamanders -- Sandy Point -- Saurornitholestes, a raptor -- Short-faced bear -- Since the Ice Age -- Snakes of the dinosaur times -- Soft-shelled turtles -- Stegoceras -- The Sternberg family -- Sedimentology, the science of sediments -- Sturgeon, a living fossil fish -- Styracosaurus, a classic Alberta dinosaur -- Trace fossils -- Troodon, the "smart" dinosaur -- Triceratops, the three-horned face -- Tyrannosaurus or "T. rex"-- The venomous mammal.

Notes: Based on the radio series "Deep Alberta", broadcast on CKUA Radio and sponsored by the Royal Tyrrell Museum. Ben Gadd Personal Library

ISBN: 9780888644817

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 04 A7d

Collection: Archives Library

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Birds of Alberta

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1998

Author: Fisher, Chris and Acorn, John

Publisher: Edmonton : Lone Pine Pub.

Call Number: 04.2 F53b

Author: Fisher, Chris and Acorn, John

Publisher: Edmonton : Lone Pine Pub.

Published Date: 1998

Physical Description: 384 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: Lone Pine Field Guide

Subjects: Birds; Birds--Alberta

Abstract: More than 330 species of birds are grouped and coded here for quick identification. All the birds in the book are shown on pages 5 to 16 in a comparative reference chart.

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library

ISBN: 1551051737

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 04.2 F53b

Collection: Archives Library

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Bugs of Alberta

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2000

Author: Acorn, John and Sheldon, Ian

Publisher: Edmonton : Lone Pine Pub.

Call Number: 04.2 A7b

Author: Acorn, John and Sheldon, Ian

Publisher: Edmonton : Lone Pine Pub.

Published Date: 2000

Physical Description: 160 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Insects

Abstract: One hundred and twenty-five of the coolest bugs in Alberta are brought to life through lively text and vivid illustrations. - Aurora

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library

ISBN: 155105146X

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 04.2 A7b

Collection: Archives Library

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The tiger beetles of Alberta : killers on the clay, stalkers on the sand

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2001

Author: Acorn, John

Publisher: Edmonton : University of Alberta Press

Call Number: 04.2 A7t

Author: Acorn, John

Publisher: Edmonton : University of Alberta Press

Published Date: 2001

Physical Description: xix, 120 pages : color illustrations, color map, portraits (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Entomology

Abstract: "Among beetles, tiger beetles are some of the favourites of nature-loving people, and for good reason. Large, active, and colourful, tiger beetles are as watchable as birds - and easily as fascinating. Best of all, these surprisingly fierce predators with their jewel-like brillance can be found right across Alberta." "In Tiger Beetles of Alberta, naturalist John Acorn showcases the nineteen species of Cicindela that live in the province. John explains the name, habitat, and distinguishing marks of each tiger, with tips on where to find these remarkable insects, highlighted by more than 100 outstanding colour photos and illustrations. Appendices, references, and a glossary round out the text."--Jacket

Contents: Ch. 1. The life of a tiger beetle -- ch. 2. Why would they want to live there? -- ch. 3. The tiger beetles of Alberta -- Tiny tiger beetles -- Curlicue tiger beetles -- American tiger beetles -- Temperate tiger beetles -- ch. 4. A few reassuring words about tiger-beetle classification -- ch. 5. The joys of tiger-beetling -- ch. 6. Should we be protecting the tiger beetles of Alberta?