When you think of smart creatures, animals such as owls, dolphins, dogs, and gorillas come to mind. But what about ants building mega colonies or bees reporting to the hive about new nesting sites? What about escape artist octopuses and jellyfish that use their eyes (they have twenty-four!) to navigate? Can insects, spiders, and other animals without backbones be considered smart, too? We don't usually think of invertebrates, or animals without a spine, as being smart. But invertebrates can be...
Endangered Whales (Focus on Endangered Species)
by Clara Maccarald
With fossil records dating back 400 million years, sharks have outlived the dinosaurs and many other forms of life currently on earth – they are even older than trees. There are more than 1,000 species of sharks and rays, with new species discovered every year. Through their evolution, sharks have shaped our oceans into the rich habitats we know today. As apex predators, sharks play an important role in the ecosystem by maintaining the species below them in the food chain – helping remove the we...
Curious Facts from the Deep
by Alexander Kitain and Natalya Kitain
Water Resource Management (Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints)
I Wonder Why the Sea is Salty and Other Questions About the Oceans (I Wonder Why) (I Wonder Why S.)
by Anita Ganeri
A further title from the question and answer series I WONDER WHY, with colour artwork and cartoons, an examination of the physical geography of seashores, islands and oceans, the animals that live in the oceans and human exploration of deep water, with unusual facts and analogies.
A Visual Guide to Fish and Amphibians (Visual Exploration of Science)
Mermaids and Fairies Coloring Book for Teens and Young Adults (8x10 Coloring Book / Activity Book) (Mermaids and Fairies Coloring Books, #2)
by Sheba Blake
Mermaids and Fairies Coloring Book for Teens and Young Adults (8.5x8.5 Coloring Book / Activity Book) (Mermaids and Fairies Coloring Books, #1)
by Sheba Blake
Let's Look at Fish Underwater (First Discovery/Torchlight)
by Claude Delafosse and Pierre De Hugo
If you would like to look at fish in the sea, you need to learn to dive, or you could watch the fish swim around in the pages of this book.
Dive under water and watch the fish swim around in the pages of this book, from sea creatures near the seashore to the strangest fish that live in the depths of the ocean.
Mermaids and Fairies Coloring Book for Teens and Young Adults (6x9 Coloring Book / Activity Book) (Mermaids and Fairies Coloring Books, #2)
by Sheba Blake
Whales and Dolphins (Animal Portraits S.) (Portrait of the Animal World)
by Andrew Cleave
Whales (First Discovery Book S.) (My First Discoveries)
by Ute Fuhr and Raoul Sautai
Uses transparent overlays to present information about the habits and behavior of whales and to help identify different water mammals.