animal behavior

Simple rhymes tell why kittens, bears, kangaroos, and other animals behave the way they do.

Illustrates numerous different ways in which animals sleep such as sprawling in a heap, dreaming in a tree, and dozing on one leg.

Examines the intelligence of animals in several areas including life-experience learning; toolmaking; survival strategies such as cooperation; "speech" and sign language; interactions with people; and other related topics.

Gives 20 science projects relating to the study of animal behavior.

Mowat is dropped alone onto the frozen tundra, where he begins his mission to live among the howling wolf packs and study their ways.

Explores ways in which a variety of animals--such as mammals, fish, reptiles, birds, insects, and bacteria--use their tails; and includes information on morphology.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text help students learn how animal mothers interact with their children.

Illustrations, photographs, and special see-through pages introduce children to different types of animals found in the world's rain forests, describing what they look like, inside and out, how they hunt, what they eat, and how they have adapted to their unique habitat.

Illustrations, photographs, and special see-through pages introduce children to killer whales, describing what they look like, inside and out, how they hunt, what they eat, and how they interact with humans.

Illustrations, photographs, and special see-through pages introduce children to jellyfish, describing what they look like, inside and out, how they hunt, what they eat, and how they interact with humans.