Smithsonian's backyard

Box Turtle feeds, sleeps in a hollow log until near dark, builds her nest, and lays four eggs, thus completing her job as a mother.

Shortly after laying thirty of its own eggs, an alligator does its best to protect them from coming to harm. When a turtle pushes through and lays thirty of its own eggs and then leaves, however, the alligator is forced to care for both sets of eggs.

On her own since birth, a young garter snake learns important skills such as how to find meals and protect herself from predators such as crows and dogs. Includes facts about garter snakes and a glossary.

Describes how Chipmunk gathers and stores food to prepare for winter.

Ladybug rambles through the garden, up and down rose stems in search of her favorite food, aphids, instinctively using her natural defenses to escape from threats.

Bumblebee emerges from hibernation, builds a nest, lays eggs, and begins the process of creating a busy bumblebee colony.

Presents an introduction to the life cycle of the Canada Goose, as spring comes to Cattail Lane and Canada Goose hatches five goslings, teaching them how to swim, find food, and more.

A young male bullfrog avoids a hungry heron and searches for a calling site in his bayou home.

While searching for a place to build her den and birth her pups, a badger encounters a jackrabbit, a gila monster, an owl, and other animals.

Loon and his mate protect their chicks from curious people, egg-hunting eagles and hawks, and ferocious pike throughout a summer at Northwood Lake.