habits and behavior

Explains the purposes and kinds of territories occupied and defended by animals in nature and the ways in which they obtain and keep them.

Describes the various skills that animals exhibit in building nests, traps, and larders.

Outlines the responsibilities faced by a puppy owner, with particular emphasis on the growth and development of dogs, the personalities of different breeds, and what to do if your training efforts are not successful.

Traces the growth of a tadpole into an adult frog and discusses the frog's environment and natural enemies.

Explains how cows, elephants, macaques, and acorn woodpeckers function as babysitters, thus helping animal parents raise their young.

Explains how the fox searches for food, defends itself, finds a mate, and rears its young.

Describes the habits and behavior of the red squirrel.

Describes nineteen insects that have peculiar and strange characteristics like the camouflage of the walking stick, the driver ants that prefer people to picnics, and the bugs that row themselves like boats on the water's surface.

A very hungry, but somewhat confused, hummingbird searches for food.

Compares children's expected behavior, such as washing behind their ears and brushing their teeth, with the way animals conduct themselves to achieve the same result.