habits and behavior

Illustrations and easy text point out differences and similarities between seven unlikely pairs of animals, such as a cockatoo and a kangaroo, or a warthog and a frog.

Contains information on how to track wildlife by examining food leavings, waste materials, and signs of activity, with photographs, illustrations, and a glossary.

Illustrations and easy text point out strange physical characteristics or behaviors of certain large birds, such as ostriches, bustards, grebes, and penguins.

Describes the habitats of forty-nine animals commonly found throughout the world; demonstrates how the requirements of living in particular habitats lead to certain animal behaviors.

Follow the daily cycle of life at the water hole with the animals of the grasslands.

Provides information on dog behavior and advice on how best to guide a dog's development and successfully train it.

Discusses twelve animals, including skunk, coyote, porcupine, gull, and opossum, who are not in danger of extinction but who have survived and even flourished despite man's persistent destruction of their environment.

Describes the field work of three female primatologists and what their studies have revealed about the behavioral patterns of chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans in their natural habitat.