habits and behavior

Looks at what pairs of animals have in common, despite their obvious differences, such as sharks swimming in the deep ocean and goldfish swimming in a bowl both blowing bubbles.

Discusses how various animals defend themselves, build their own dwellings, live in families, feed, and generally interact with their environment.

Describes the experiences of eleven women who study animal behavior: Belle Benchley, Ruth Harkness, Jane Goodall, Kay McKeever, Hope Buyukmihci, Karen Pryor, Eugenie Clark, Dian Fossey, Birut?e Galdikas, Leone Pippard, and Heather Malcolm.

Presents amusing comparisons of the similarities between the behaviors of animals and people.

Introduces and identifies fourteen North American land predators, including bears, skunks, and weasels, and offers recommendations for tracking them.

Explores ways in which a variety of animals--such as mammals, insects, reptiles, and birds--stay clean; and includes information on morphology.

Presents a children's book for early readers that features Marsupial Sue who describes how different groups of animals play, hunt, work, and raise their young together.

Explores why animals fight with each other, how some behavior prevents fights, different ways that animals fight when they must, and the advantages of being proved the strongest in one's group.

Explores how different animals of the land, sea, and air create fantastic displays of light and color as they seek mates, give warnings, or simply gather together.

Photographs and text explain how animals live in towns and cities.