habits and behavior

Discusses the similar ways animals and humans behave.

Contains information on dolpins and other animals that use echolocation.

Simple text and photographs describe various baby zoo animals snuggled by their mothers.

"Readers discover how grizzly bears hunt, where they call home, and how they raise their young."--Provided by publisher.

Takes a close look at what we dislike about each of 10 unpopular animals, and then presents the flip side: these very same animals are often smart, helpful to humans and the environment, or inspiring to scientists.

Introduces many deadly creatures on Earth, including bears, electric eels, box jellyfish, and carpenter ants.

"A high-interest look at how a variety of animals communicate with one another, from clicks and rumblings to dancing and plumage displays"--Provided by publisher.

Lester has just moved to Cape Cod and is starting in a new school, and George is missing his best friend who has moved away, but the two develop a friendship and learn about scientific experimentation when they start working on a school science project, testing psychic ability in dogs, based on an experiment developed by Dr. Rupert Sheldrake.

Text and photographs introduce more than 150 animals, highlighting some of the things they do that make humans cringe but make sense in the natural world, such as gorillas picking their noses and eating what they find there and blister beetles squirting blood to deter predators.

Explores the world of dinosaurs, examining fossil remains and explaining how scientists use them to determine what dinosaurs ate, how they raised their young, and how they may have become extinct.