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Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary CreatureIn his most personal book yet, Tim Flannery, the internationally acclaimed author of The Weather Makers, draws on three decades of travel, research, and field work to craft a love letter to his native land and one of its most unique and beloved inhabitants:...
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Savages and Beasts: The Birth of the Modern ZooTo modern sensibilities, nineteenth-century zoos often seem to be unnatural places where animals led miserable lives in cramped, wrought-iron cages. Today zoo animals, in at least the better zoos, wander in open spaces that resemble natural habitats and are enclosed, not by bars, but...
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Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Northeastern North AmericaAuthor: Barbara L. Peckarsky, Pierre R. Fraissinet, Marjory PentonPublisher: Cornell University PressPublished: 01/16/1990Pages: 456Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.78lbsSize: 9.89h x 7.13w x 1.11dISBN: 9780801496882Audience: Young Adult
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Biology and Evolution of CrocodyliansCrocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharials--the Crocodylia, known collectively as crocodylians (or crocodilians)--are the world's largest living reptiles. The largest of them, probably the estuarine or saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, can grow to almost twenty feet and weigh more than two thousand pounds. Crocodylians are...
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Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United StatesIn much of North America, crickets and katydids provide the soundtrack to summer nights, and grasshoppers frequent the fields and roadsides of midsummer days. Although insects from this group have long been the bane of those who make their living from the land, grasshoppers,...
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The Monarch Butterfly: Biology and ConservationThe knowledge of citizen scientists, biologists, and naturalists informs this book's coverage of every aspect of the monarch butterfly's life cycle (breeding, migration, and overwintering) from the perspective of every established monarch population (western North American, eastern North American, and Australian). In addition to...
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Stinky Skunks and Other Animal AdaptationsIf you were a hungry coyote, would you brave a skunk's stinky spray for a meal, or would it leave a bad taste in your mouth? Many animals have survival techniques that offend the senses or strike fear in the hearts of predators. From...
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Otters Love to PlayKa-splash Head to the river, where a frolicsome bunch of otters plays all year round in a nonfiction story sprinkled with facts -- and loaded with fun. It's spring, and a litter of baby river otters emerges from a den . . . to...
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Benson's Wild Animal FarmBenson's Wild Animal Farm in Hudson, New Hampshire, opened to the public in 1927. Due in part to the evolution of the automobile, the attraction grew in size and attendance to become one of New England's major family destinations. Benson's was a zoo to...
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Animal Life CyclesThis graphic nonfiction book introduces various animal life cycles, including birds, amphibians, butterflies, and mammals. The Building Blocks of Life Science volumes feature whimsical characters to guide young readers through topics exploring animal behavior, the cell cycle, plant and animal life cycles, and much...
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Animal BehaviorThis graphic nonfiction book introduces behaviors and instincts that allow animals to survive in the wild. The Building Blocks of Life Science volumes feature whimsical characters to guide young readers through topics exploring animal behavior, the cell cycle, plant and animal life cycles, and...
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Bugs Rule!: An Introduction to the World of InsectsThe essential illustrated introduction to insects for nonscience majors Bugs Rule provides a lively introduction to the biology and natural history of insects and their noninsect cousins, such as spiders, scorpions, and centipedes. This richly illustrated textbook features more than 830 color photos, a...
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Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New MexicoThis is the first guide to dragonflies and damselflies of the south-central United States. The book covers 263 species, representing more than half of the North American fauna. The area of coverage significantly overlaps with other regions of the country making this book a...
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A Field Guide to Spiders of AustraliaA Field Guide to Spiders of Australia covers all known Australian spider families, using over 1,300 stunning color photographs to enable identification of commonly encountered spiders to the family level, and, in some cases, to genus and species. Highly accurate and vetted by experts,...
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Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blind: A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies about WildlifeIn this fascinating book, wildlife expert and enthusiast Warner Shedd refutes popular animal myths like squirrels remembering where they bury nuts, wolves howling at the moon, and oppossums playing dead. Have you ever seen a flying squirrel flapping through the air, watched a beaver...
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A First Look at Animals With Backbones and A First Look at Animals Without BackbonesThere are more than a million different kinds of animals in the world. Only 50,000 of these have backbones, and are called vertebrates. The rest are animals without backbones, called invertebrates. This book gives an overall view of these animals and shows the young...
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The Magnificent Migration: On Safari with Africa's Last Great HerdsSibert medalist and National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery takes readers on a staggering, emotional journey alongside the greatest land migration on the planet earth--that of the wildebeest across the Serengeti--to explore the mystery and wonder of migration in a sweeping story sure to...
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Just Like Us! PlantsGet the facts on an array of leafy organisms and discover the unexpected ways humans and plants are alike in Just Like Us! Plants. Appealing mix of photographs and cartoon illustrations. What living things wear perfume, bask in the sun, use weapons to defend...
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The Manatee Scientists: Saving Vulnerable SpeciesManatees are docile, large sea mammals who are eaten in some parts of the world, feared in others, and adored in still others. But human encroachment, disease, environmental hazards, and being hunted, among many other issues, are causing their numbers to decline. In Manatee...
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The Ecology of Freshwater MolluscsHere is a comprehensive review of the ecology of freshwater bivalves and gastropods worldwide. Robert Dillon discusses the ecology of these species in its broadest sense, including diet, habitat, and reproductive biology to emphasize the tremendous diversity of these freshwater invertebrates. He develops a...
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