Biology: The Essentials: 2025 Release

Biology: The Essentials: 2025 Release, authored by Mariëlle Hoefnagels, is published by McGraw-Hill Higher Education. The textbook provides a broad, conceptual introduction to the biological sciences, simplifying complex scientific content into the core elements required by introductory students.

The text emphasizes fundamental biological principles and demonstrates how the discipline applies to everyday life. By focusing on central concepts, the presentation helps beginning students understand foundational ideas and recognize how biological processes operate in the world around them.

To reinforce structural relationships among topics, Survey the Landscape and Pull It Together concept maps outline the thematic links connecting material across units and chapters.